Board of Directors
2023 Board Officers
Ronny Bensimon
Board Chair
Micah DeKofsky
Board Treasurer
Partner, Grant Thorton LLP.
Sharon Darnov
Board Secretary
Trustee, Darnov Family Limited Partnership
Directors
Adam Abramowitz
Co-Founder and Managing Director, Intrepid Investment Bankers
Joel Berman
Partner, Elkins Kalt Weintraub Reuben Gartside LLP
Leland Felsenthal
Partner, FPM, Inc.
Eileen Coskey Fracchia
Founder and Managing Principal, El Camino Group, LLC
Jimmy Hausberg*
Managing Director, Partner, The Hausberg Group
Samantha Haugh
SVP, Marketing,
Banc of California
Charlie Hill
Senior Vice President, Team Leader, Structured Finance, City National Bank
Mario Holten
Vice President, Social Impact, Southern California Region, Wells Fargo
Jonathan A. Karp
Partner, Thompson Coburn LLP
Lauren Kurzweil
Community Leader
Jeffrey Paul*
Self-employed
Matthew Paul
Real Estate Agent, Rodeo Realty
Robert C. Pearman
Of Counsel, Sanders Roberts LLP
David Pelaia
Jones Lang LaSalle Americas, Inc
Jan Perry
Executive Director, Shelter Partnership Inc.
Rick Powell*
President, Ashjer LLC
Chip W. Robertson
Real Estate Investor, Warland Investments Company
Thomas Schiff
President, Schiff Capital Investments
Sabrina Shadi
Partner, Baker & Hostetler, LLP
Harris Smith
Adjunct Professor of Accounting, USC Marshall School of Business
Tim Wilson
President, Ernest Packaging Solutions
Cesar Trujillo
Head of TM Implementation & Delivery Deposit Services – Treasury Management, First Republic Bank
Peter Tu
CEO, Anypromo.com
David Wimmer
Swerdlow Florence Sanchez, Swerdlow & Wimmer LLC
Yelena Vayner
Sr. Vice President, Private Wealth Advisor – Capital Group
Ambassador Board
Judith Felsenthal
Community Volunteer
Richard Foos
CEO, Shout! Factory
Rob Galperson
Vice President, Sales & Merchandising, Gertmenian
Marshall Geller
SCF Investments
Abner Goldstine*
Retired
Steven Hirsh
Property Manager/Philanthropist
Adrienne Horwitch*
Community Volunteer
Fred Kunik
President, AFEX
Pearle Rae Levey
Real Estate
Heidi Levyn
David Nikayin
President, Orbit Electric
Rick Powell*
President, Ashjer LLC
Judy Rosenberg
Nonprofit Consultant
W. Michael Rosenberg
Senior Managing Director, President, Intrepid Investment Bankers
Jamie Rudman
Partner, Sanchez & Amador
Vivian Soren-Myers
Jack Suzar*
Managing Director, Belair Investment Advisors
A. Charles Wilson*
Attorney and Corporate Executive
*Former JVS Board President
Former Presidents, Retired
Sunny Caine
Retired
Donald S. Simons
Retired
M.M. Chuck Maltz
Retired