Board of Directors
2021 Board Officers
Leland Felsenthal
Board Chair
Partner, FPM, Inc.
Ronny Bensimon
Board Vice 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
Bonnie Fein
Partner, ARKA Properties Group
Eileen Coskey Fracchia
Founder and Managing Principal, El Camino Group, LLC
Samantha Haugh
SVP, Marketing,
Banc of California
Jimmy Hausberg*
Managing Director, Partner, The Hausberg Group
Charlie Hill
Senior Vice President, Team Leader, Structured Finance, City National Bank
Jonathan A. Karp
Partner, Thompson Coburn LLP
Jason Kravitz
Account Executive, Lloyd S. Berkett Insurance Agency, Inc.
Steven D. Lotwin
Partner, Capital Group Cos.
Vivian Soren-Myers
Management Consultant
Jeffrey Paul*
Self-employed
Matthew Paul
Real Estate Agent, Rodeo Realty
Robert C. Pearman
Of Counsel, Sanders Roberts LLP
David Pelaia
Managing Director, CIT Bank
Rick Powell*
President, Ashjer LLC
Chip W. Robertson
Real Estate Investor, Warland Investments Company
Thomas Schiff
President, Schiff Capital Investments
Harris Smith
Adjunct Professor of Accounting, USC Marshall School of Business
Sabrina Shadi
Partner, Baker & Hostetler, LLP
Cesar Trujillo
Senior Vice President, National Implementation Manager, Wells Fargo Bank
Peter Tu
CEO, AnyPromo.com
Dr. Blas Villalobos
Director of Veterans Affairs
Chapman University
David Wimmer
Shareholder,
Swerdlow Florence Sanchez Swerdlow & Wimmer LLC
Ambassador Board
Judith Felsenthal
Community Volunteer
Richard Foos
CEO, Shout! Factory
Rob Galperson
Vice President, Sales & Merchandising, Gertmenian
Marshall Geller
Scfinvestments
Abner Goldstine*
Retired
Steven Hirsh
Property Manager/Philanthropist
Adrienne Horwitch*
Community Volunteer
Fred Kunik
President, AFEX
Pearle Rae Levey
Real Estate
Heidi Levyn
James Maslon*
Retired
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
Jack Suzar*
Managing Director, Belair Investment Advisors
Kathy Suto
VP, General Manager, Bloomingdales
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