Homeland Security Advisory Council Members & Benefits
Members
Chairmen • Private Sector Members • Government/Academic Members/Partners
CHAIRMEN
Marc B. Nathanson
Chairman, Mapleton Investments
Former Chairman, U.S. Broadcasting Board of Governors
Member, City of LA Homeland Security Advisory Committee
Donald R. Sheetz
President and CEO, Sheetz Group
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PRIVATE SECTOR MEMBERS
Sharyar Baradaran*
CEO, Baradaran Ventures
David Bohnett
Founder, GeoCities
Executive Director, David Bohnett Foundation
Lawrence S. Bond*
Chairman, Bond Companies
Member, Urban Land Institute and Urban Mixed-Use Development
Robert Bonner*
Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Former Commissioner, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Former U.S. District Court Judge
Former Administrator, Drug Enforcement Agency
Former U.S. Attorney, Central District of California
Andrew Brooks, M.D.
CEO, Cardo Medical
John Bryson
Chairman, President and CEO, Edison International
Former President, California Public Utilities Commission
Carl Covitz*
Owner and President, Landmark Capital
Former Secretary, California Business, Transportation & Housing Agency
John C. Cushman, III*
Chairman of the Board, Cushman & Wakefield, Inc.
President, Boy Scouts of America
Joe Czysyk
CEO and Chairman, Mercury Air Group
Robert C. Davidson, Jr.
Chairman and CEO, Surface Protection Industries, Inc.
Jason DiNapoli
CEO and President, 1st Century Bank
Jonathan Dolgen*
Senior Advisor to the Chairman, Viacom, Inc.
Former Chairman and CEO, Viacom Entertainment Group
Principal, Wood River Ventures, LLC
John B. Emerson
President, Capital Guardian Trust Company Personal Investment Management Division
Former Deputy Assistant to President Clinton
Chairman, Music Center of Los Angeles County
Jerry B. Epstein
General Partner, Del Rey Shores and Marina Harbor
Former President, Los Angeles Board of Airport Commission
Former Chairman, California Transportation Commission
Marc Ezralow*
Managing Partner, Ezralow Company
Michael J. Finley
Vice President, Sprint/Nextel Communications
Former Southern California President, Verizon Wireless
Neil Friedman
President, Mattel Brands
Colin M. Gilbert
COO, Gilbert Financial Corporation
Russell Goldsmith
CEO and Chairman, City National Bank
Former CEO and Chairman, Republic Pictures
Barry Goldstein
President, American Correctional Solutions
Scott Graves
Managing Partner, Oaktree Capital
John Hensley
Corporate Vice President, SAIC
Robert Hertzberg
Partner, Mayer, Brown, Rowe and Maw
Former Speaker, California State Assembly
Ronald L. Iden
Senior Vice President, Security Division, The Walt Disney Company
Former Director, California Office of Homeland Security
Former Assistant Director-in-Charge, FBI Los Angeles
Ron Katz
Inventor
CEO, A2D, LP
Founder, Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing, LP
Robert Kenneally
Senior Packaging Agent, Creative Artists Agency
Former Executive Vice President, Fox Broadcasting Company
Sherry Lansing*
Founder and Chair, Sherry Lansing Foundation
Former Chair of Motion Picture Group, Paramount Pictures
Mel Levine
Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Former Member, United States Congress
Peter Lowy*
CEO, Westfield America
Managing Director, Westfield Holdings
Robert Maguire III
CEO, Maguire Properties
Mike Massey
Executive Director, Piping Industry Progress &
Educational Trust Fund
Frank McCourt
Owner & Chairman, Los Angeles Dodgers
Mike Medavoy
Chairman, Phoenix Pictures
Co-Founder, Orion Pictures
Former Chairman, TriStar Pictures
Bruce Meyer
President, Meyer Pacific
Sean Moriarty
President & CEO, Ticketmaster
Norman Pattiz*
Founder and Chairman, Westwood One Inc.
Former Member, U.S. Broadcasting Board of Governors
Regent, University of California
Chet Pipkin
Founder & CEO, Belkin International
Bruce Ramer
Senior Partner, Gang, Tyre, Ramer & Brown
Charles Rivkin
CEO, W!LDBRAIN
David Saperstein
Founder and CEO, Five S Capital, Inc.
Founder and Former CEO, Metro Networks, Inc
Rockwell Schnabel
Chairman, The Sage Group, LLC
Bob Schwant
Vice President of Government, Education and Medical, AT&T
Dennis Scott
Director of Security, Macerich Company
Maurice Suh
Lawyer, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
.Todd Tappin
CEO, SM Capital
Former
CFO, HELIO
Yuri Vanetik
Venture Capitalist, Vanetik International, LLC
Brian Weitman
CEO, Security Textile Corporation
Doug Weitman
Founder and Former CEO, Security Textile Corporation
Richard S. Ziman
Chairman and CEO, Arden Reality, Inc.
Commissioner, Governor's Commission for the 21st Century
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GOVERNMENT/ACADEMIC MEMBERS/PARTNERS
Arif Alikhan*
Deputy Mayor for Public Safety and Homeland Security, City of Los Angeles
Lee Baca
Sheriff, Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department
John D. Baldeschwieler, PhD
Professor of Chemistry, California Institute of Technology
Former Deputy Director, White House Office of Science and Technology
Brett Barbre
Director, Municipal Water
District of Orange County
Matthew Bettenhausen
Director, Governor’s Office of Homeland Security
Mark Billings
Captain, Orange County Sheriff's Department
Ronald Boyd
Chief, Los Angeles Port Police
William Bratton
Chief of Police, Los Angeles Police Department
Former Police Commissioner, New York City Police Department
Michael Brown
Commissioner, California Highway Patrol
Geoffrey Cowan
Professor and Dean, USC Annenberg School for Communication
Former Director, Voice of America
Lawrence E. Fetters
Federal Security Director, Los Angeles International Airport,
U.S. Transportation Security Administration
Jonathan Fielding, M.D.
Director of Public Health, County of Los Angeles, Department of Health Services
Rabbi Gary Greenebaum
Director, The American Jewish Committee, Los Angeles Chapter
Michael Grossman
Commander, Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department
Salvador Hernandez
Assistant Director-In-Charge, FBI - Los Angeles Division
Michael Hillman
Assistant Sheriff, Orange County Sheriff's Department
Sandra Hutchens
Sheriff, Orange County Sheriff’s Department
Lucille M. Jones, PhD
Earthquake Coordinator of Southern California,
USGS, Department of Interior
Peter Katona, M.D.
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine
Art Kassel
Chief of Law Enforcement Services, California State
Department of Mental Health
Jason Katz
Vice President, Corporate & Public Affairs
Town Hall - Los Angeles
Kamal Al-Khatib
President of the Board, Guidance Charter School
President, American Islamic Institute
Don Knabe
Member, Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, Fourth District
Jeff Kightlinger
General Manager, Metropolitan Water District of Southern
California
John E. Kobara
President and CEO, Big Brothers and Big Sisters
Former Vice Chancellor, UCLA
Bill McSweeney
Chief, Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department
Nadav Morag, PhD
Professor, Center for Homeland Defense and Security, Naval Postgraduate School
John Palmer
President and CEO, Orange County Rescue Mission
Godfrey Pernell, DDS
Mayor, City of Rolling Hills
K. Jack Riley
Co-director, RAND-Center for Terrorism Risk Management Policy
Richard Riordan
Former Mayor, City of Los Angeles
Former California Secretary for Education
Israel Rodriguez
Director of Hispanic Affairs, Pepperdine University
Stephen J. Ryan, M.D.
President, Doheny Eye Institute
Former Dean, USC Keck School of Medicine
Stephen Sellers
Regional Administrator, OES
Jack Weiss
City Councilman, City of Los Angeles
Captain Paul Wiedenhoeft
Captain of the Port, U.S. Coast Guard
Federal Maritime Security Coordinator & Commander, USCG Sector Los Angeles
William C. Withycombe
FAA Regional Administrator, FAA Western Pacific Region
Jeff Wood
Manager, State Compensation Insurance Fund
Amy Zegart
Associate Professor, UCLA School of Public Policy
Former Staff, National Security Council
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* Denotes Member of HSAC's Executive Committee