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