J. SHAWN LANDRES, Ph.D.

Connecting people, ideas, and resources, Shawn Landres, PhD, has earned international recognition for his leadership in social innovation. A widely published essayist and editor whose work has been featured by the White House and covered by TIME, the Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times, he is co-founder and Board co-chair of Jumpstart Labs, a philanthropic research and design consultancy.

A Senior Fellow at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, Landres chairs the City of Santa Monica Social Services Commission and is senior advisor to the Future of Cities initiative.

Landres brings to the Commission more than two decades of experience in academic, nonprofit, and philanthropic leadership, social entrepreneurship, network building, and organizational development, including the Clinton Administration's Reinventing Government initiative and projects funded by the U.S. State Department and the British government.

In 2015, Landres led the Commission’s Strategic Plan Update and shepherded its “Digital by Default” report; he also chaired the Santa Monica Public Library's Innovation Technology Task Force. In 2016, he co-authored the UCLA/California Community Foundation report, “The Generosity Gap: Donating Less in Post-Recession Los Angeles County.”

A Los Angeles native who grew up in Santa Monica, where he now lives with his wife and two young daughters, Landres holds degrees from Columbia University (BA cum laude, religion), the University of Oxford (MSt with distinction, social anthropology), and the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he earned a PhD in religious studies. He has co-edited four books and published award-winning articles and essays that advance intergroup understanding.

In 2013, the Liberty Hill Foundation honored him with its NextGen Leadership Award. He was a 2015-16 California Connections Fellow of the Southern California Leadership Network as well as a 2016 participant in the Harwood Institute for Public Innovation.

An active partner in early-stage ventures and social enterprises, Landres serves on the board of managers of Impact Hub Los Angeles and SPARK Experience as well as The Mother Company advisory board, and has advised Tala and TherOzone. He is a member of the Southern California Grantmakers Public Policy Committee, advises the Nexus global youth network for philanthropy and social impact investing; and serves on the Liberty Hill Foundation advisory council. Landres, whom the Forward recognized in 2009 as one of America's 50 most influential Jewish leaders in 2009, also serves on the Jewish Federation’s New Leaders Project and ChangeMaker Challenge Steering Committees. (file:Commission/Biographies/Landres 1-31-17)

JACKI BACHARACH

Jacki Bacharach served for 14 years as Mayor and Councilmember in the City of Rancho Palos Verdes and on the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission (a predecessor agency to the LACMTA) for 12 years. On the Commission, she chaired the overall Planning Committee, the Rail Construction and Planning Committees as well as the full Commission. She led the committees through the development of the overall rail plan for L.A. County and oversaw the construction of the Metro Blue and Green Lines.

Since 1985 she has been a member of the Los Angeles-San Diego Rail Corridor Agency overseeing and improving L.A.-San Diego Amtrak service representing LACMTA serving as the Vice Chair which she remained until the end of 2012 when her appointment ended.

Jacki Bacharach was a charter member of the Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority dealing with landside access to the Ports of LA and Long Beach and served as Founding Chair of the Southern California Regional Rail Authority - the five-county agency that operates the Metrolink commuter rail system.

She served on the State Commission on Local Governance for the 21st Century and as a member of the National Commission on Intermodal Transportation as well as serving as a member of President Clinton’s Transition Team Transportation Cluster Group. In both of these positions, she was the only member from California.

Her first job after graduating from UCLA was as a social worker for L.A. County Department of Social Services.

JAMES B. HUSSEY

James “Jim” Hussey has been an advocate member of his community for the past several decades.  He served for 10 years as Chairman  for the Citizen Advisory Committee for the Pacific Corridor Revitalization Project in San Pedro, CA.  On the committee, he was a part of a community development project to revitalize downtown San Pedro and advocated for a park to be built at the entrance of San Pedro called Welcome Park.  The park was later generously dedicated to him by then Los Angeles City-Council member Janice Hahn.

For the past 52 years, he has served as the President of Hussey Insurance Agency, a multiline insurance agency representing the State Farm Insurance Company in Southern California.  For 18 years, he was Chairman for Aries Automotive Inc., $12 million dollar marketing and distribution company of aftermarket automobile accessories.   Due to his hard work and dedication to the City of Los Angeles, former Governors Pete Wilson and Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed Hussey to the Board of Governors for the State Bar of California, where he served for eight years.

Through the trust he has gained within the Los Angeles area, former Mayors Tom Bradley and Richard Riordan appointed him to several committees, including the Los Angeles Business Development Committee, the Fort MacArthur Master Plan Committee, and the Futures Commercial Task Force.  Hussey served as a member of the Committee of Bar Examiners for the State of California for 14 years.  During his time on the Operations and Management Subcommittee, he managed a budget in excess of $10 million.  Hussey also, served as the Vice Chairman of the Moral Character Subcommittee.

Throughout his illustrious business career, founded two banks (the Bank of San Pedro and Conejos National Bank), and served as Chairman of the Board of Ventura National Bancorp, Ventura County National Bank and Frontier National Bank.

James Hussey grew up in Los Angeles, and graduated from Torrance High School.  He served in the U.S. Army and earned an undergraduate degree from UCLA in 1964.  He currently resides in Rolling Hills Estates with his wife Marguerite of more than 50 years.

ANDRES CUERVO

RODNEY C. GIBSON, Ph.D.

EDUCATION
University of California, Los Angeles - Ph.D. - Electrical Engineering
University of California, Los Angeles – M.S - Electrical Engineering
University of California, Davis, B.S. - Electrical Engineering
Other - Defense Systems Management College Course for Industry, Brookings Institute Course on Public Policy for Acquisition Professionals, Leadership at the Peak, Center for Creative Leadership, and Edward Deming’s Course on Total Quality Management.
MILITARY - Captain U.S. Army, serving in the U.S. and Vietnam
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Consultant for Vanguard Research, working for the Missile Defense Agency
Consultant for the development and application of commercial satellites for DoD
Extensive experience with The Aerospace Corporation, retiring after 32 years as Senior Vice President of System Planning and Engineering.

• Requirement definition, planning, development, production, test, launch, and deployment of many DoD developed satellite systems
• Independent reviews and technical assessments of these satellite systems January 2011

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EVELYN GUTIERREZ

Evelyn M. Gutierrez, Marketing Consultant, retired from the County of Los Angeles in 2003, with over 30 years of expertise in the development of public policy, program administration, fiscal management and marketing. As past Director of the Office of Workplace Programs and Marketing with the Chief Administrative Office, Ms. Gutierrez directed

Countywide Employee Programs and Administrative Policies for over 100,000 County employees. Ms. Gutierrez is Chair of the Commission’s Promotion Committee, Co-Chair of the Productivity and Quality Awards Program honoring County programs that promote enhanced productivity and quality public service. She is also a valued member of the Department Visit Committee and Strategic Foresight Group.

On April 17, 2012, Ms. Gutierrez was appointed by the Board of Supervisors, 1st District, to the Redevelopment Dissolution Oversight Board for the City of Baldwin Park. The Oversight Board has a fiduciary responsibility and analytical review role in the submission of enforceable obligations presented by the successor agency.

Ms. Gutierrez has been recognized by the National Association of Counties, the California State Association of Counties, Washington D.C.’s Public Employees Roundtable, and the County Board of Supervisor’s as an award winning Program Administrator. Additional Board memberships include the County Library Foundation, Eastmont Community Center and Los Amigos of the East Los Angeles Library. Supporting continued education, Ms. Gutierrez has established the Evelyn Gutierrez Scholarship Fund for financially disadvantaged high school students.

Ms. Gutierrez is a graduate of East Los Angeles College, with an Accounting major, attended Cal-State LA and California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, majoring in Management of Human Resources, with a minor in Marketing.

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JOT N. HOLLENBECK

Jot N. Hollenbeck has extensive experience in the health care industry, specializing in same day surgical facility operations. He most recently served as Group President of United Surgical Partners International, Inc., until his retirement in 2015.

From January 2001 until April 2006, he was a co-founder and Executive Vice President, Operations of Surgis, Inc., a privately held ambulatory surgery center company that was acquired by United Surgical Partners. Prior to joining Surgis, Mr. Hollenbeck served as the first Director of Field Operations for Pediatrix Medical Group, the nation’s largest Maternal Fetal medicine group.

From 1983 until 1994, Mr. Hollenbeck held various executive positions within Medical Care America, including Senior Vice President, where he managed surgery center operations in a variety of markets prior to its merger with Columbia/HCA.

He is a graduate of the University of California at San Diego, where he earned a Bachelor’s degree and has a Master’s of Science Degree in Health Administration from the University of Colorado.

He lives in Rancho Palos Verdes with his wife Linda and has two adult children.

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HUASHA L. LIU

Ms. Huasha Liu is the Director of the Land Use and Environmental Planning at the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG). SCAG is the nation’s largest Metropolitan Planning Organization representing six counties (Imperial, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and Ventura) and 191 cities with over 18 million residents.

As part of the executive management at SCAG, Ms. Liu oversees numerous activities that are key to success of regional and local planning. She oversees the compliance with pertinent federal and state laws and regulations including transportation/air quality conformity, environmental justice, affordable housing (RHNA), California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), and climate change (AB 32 and SB 375). She oversees the Sustainability Program that fosters livable communities and healthier environment while promoting economic well-being. The Sustainability Program covers the Compass Blueprint Program, Green Region initiative, and Active Transportation. Other major activities under Ms. Liu’s responsibilities include performance monitoring, socio-economic growth forecast, development of new tools to quantify progress of the region, Local Profiles Reports for each local jurisdictions, Research and Analyses, data/GIS technical services to members, and the State of the Region Report to assess the region’s progress.

Ms. Liu has over twenty years of experience in land use, transportation, housing, and environmental planning and related fields. Ms. Liu has over ten years of management experience. Prior to joining SCAG, Ms. Liu worked for over ten years at the South Coast Air Quality Management District. In addition, Ms. Liu has substantial planning experience in China focusing on regional collaboration and public policy for economic development on the Pacific Rim.

In 2004, Ms. Liu was appointed by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors to serve on the county’s Quality and Productivity Commission. The role of the commission is to advise the board, oversee policies, and support the implementation of programs that enhance the quality and productivity of County services.

Ms. Liu earned her Bachelor’s degree in Urban and Regional Planning from Nanjing University, China. She earned her Master’s degree in Urban and Transportation Planning from the School of Policy, Planning, and Development at University of Southern California.

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Edward McIntyre

Edward McIntyre holds two degrees from the University of Pennsylvania, a BS from the School of Chemical Engineering and an MBA from the Wharton School. The first twenty-plus years of his career were spent with a major energy company in the areas of engineering, finance, accounting, marketing and general management.

Following that he held financial and management positions in health care, education and services, specializing in dealing with troubled companies.

Most recently he served as President of Pedus Service, Inc., a provider of janitorial, security and food services to industry and government.

Prior to joining the Quality and Productivity Commission in 2011, Mr. McIntyre served as a member of the Economy and Efficiency Commission and was Foreman of the 2009-2010 Los Angeles County Civil Grand Jury.

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WILL WRIGHT, Hon. AIA|LA

Will Wright currently serves as the Director of Government and Public Affairs for the Los Angeles chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA|LA). As Los Angeles' chief advocate for better architecture and urban design, he helps bring together design thinkers and civic leaders to solve problems and set priorities.

With more than a dozen years of experience advocating for a healthier, more beautiful and better functioning city, he is responsible for a variety of roles including connecting architects and designers with civic leaders to help shape public policy and provide critical input on project delivery methods, procurement best-practices, infrastructure investments and environmental performance.

Mr. Wright currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Los Angeles County Business Federation (BizFed) as a Vice-Chair of the Transportation Committee. Previously, he served as the Vice Chair of BizFed’s Planning and Land-Use Committee. In 2013, Mr. Wright became a founding Board Member of the non-profit From Lot To Spot, which helps underserved communities transform vacant lots into parks and open space. He also currently serves as a public board member of the BOMA-LA Political Action Committee.

Mr. Wright has a BFA from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas and a Masters in Fine Arts from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California.

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Blaine Meek – Photo and Bio coming soon