Subject Area Experts

While the Bring LA Home! Project will be coordinated and staffed by four main organizations, the strategic planning process will draw upon the extensive knowledge of an additional group of subject area experts who have agreed to make their knowledge and experience available as part of the project team. The Subject Area Experts are listed below.

Community Development

Jessica Goodheart, Co-director of Research
Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy

Anthony Thigpenn, Executive Director
Los Angeles Metropolitan Alliance

Mark Whitlock, Executive Director
FAME Renaissance

Data Systems

Jim Rice, Principal
AR Companies

Domestic Violence

Carol Adelkoff, Executive Director
1736 Family Crisis Center

Employment

Sophia Esparza, CEO
Chicana Service Action Center

Adlai Wertman, President & CEO
Chrysalis

Geography

Jennifer Wolch, Professor
USC School of Geography

Health

Michael Cousineau, Associate Professor
University of Southern California

Lillian Gelberg, Associate Professor
UCLA Division of Family Medicine

Mandy Johnson, Executive Director
Community Clinic Assoc. L.A. County

Housing

Jan Breidenbach, Executive Director
So. Calif. Assoc. Nonprofit Housing

Jeff Farber, Chief
Los Angeles Family Housing

Jonathan Hunter, Program Officer
Corporation for Supportive Housing

Sam Mistrano, Deputy Director
So. Calif. Assoc. Nonprofit Housing

Beth Steckler, Executive Director
Livable Places

Justice System

Paul Freese, Dir. Litigation & Advocacy
Public Counsel Law Center

Dan Grunfeld, President
Public Counsel Law Center

Lisa Jaskol, Directing Attorney
Public Counsel Law Center

Bruce Iwasaki, Executive Director
Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles

Clare Pastore, Staff Attorney
Western Center on Law and Poverty

Jeremy Rosen, Public Benefits Staff Attorney
Nat. Law Ctr. Homelessness & Poverty

Land Use Planning

Lynn Harris, Manager Community Dev. Div.
So. Calif. Assoc. Government (SCAG)

Norman Murdoch
Retired Dir., LA County Planning Dept

Mental Health

Dora Gallo, Executive Director
Community of Friends

Kim Lewis, Staff Attorney
Western Center on Law and Poverty

Mollie Lowery, Executive Director
LAMP

Jim Preis, Executive Director
Mental Health Advocacy Services

Research

Peter Dreier, Professor
Occidental College

Paul Koegel, Principal Investigator
RAND Corporation

Marge Nichols, Manager of Research
United Way of Greater Los Angeles

Service Delivery

Cheryl Branch, Project Coordinator
Special Services for Groups

Scott Chamberlain, Executive Director
Central City Community Outreach

Benita DeFrank, Homeless Srvs. Coordinator
City of Pomona

Robert Freeman

John Horn, Director Programs & Social Srvs
LA Family Housing Corp. (LAFHC)

John Macieri, Executive Director
Ocean Park Community Center

Rhonda Meister, Executive Director
St. Joseph Family Center

Mike Neely, Executive Director
Homeless Outreach Project

Rev. Dr. Ralph E. Plumb, President / CEO
Union Rescue Mission

Corinne Schneider, Plng. & Research Analyst
City of Long Beach

Joel Schwartz, Senior Administrative Analyst
City of Santa Monica

Martha Wengert, Professor
Antelope Valley College

Substance Abuse

Karen Bass, Executive Director
Community Coalition

Mark Casanova, Executive Director
Homeless Health Care of L.A.

Veterans

Toni Reinis, Executive Director
New Directions

Welfare

Gary Blasi, Professor
UCLA School of Law

Youth

George Lozano, Executive Director
Covenant House California

Susan Rabinovitz, Associate Director
Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles