Elected Officials & Party Officers

Los Angeles Elected Officials

State Senator Alan Lowenthal
State Senator Gloria Negrete McLeod
Paul Koretz – L.A. City Councilman
Mona Field – L.A. Community College District
Kelly Candaele – L.A. Community College District
Nancy Pearlman – L.A. Community College District
Ardashes Kassakhian – City Clerk, Glendale
Congressman Mel Levine (retired)
Assemblymember Betty Karnette (retired)

Other Elected Officials

Natalie Berg – City College of San Francisco Trustee
Kevin Beiser – San Diego Unified Board of Education
Marc Levine – San Rafael City Council
Patrice Arent  (UT)– Chair National Conference of Jewish State Legislators*
Congressman Patrick Murphy (retired)
Francine Busby – Cardiff Board of Education (retired)
Leslie Katz –San Francisco County Supervisor (retired)

Party Leaders

State
Peter Kelly – DNC Finance Chairman/CDP Chair (retired)
Alex Gallardo Rooker – CDP Vice Chair
Reginald Jones-Sawyer – CDP Secretary
Robert Rankin – DNC Member
Aleita Heugenin – DNC Member
Chris Stampolis – DNC Member
Brigette Hunley, Chair, CDP Computer & Internet Caucus
Owen Jackman – CDP Regional Director
Candice Easter, CDP Regional Director
Shawn Bagley, CDP Regional Director
Daraka Larimore-Hall – Santa Barbara County Democratic Party Chair
Ron Wall -  San Bernardino County Democratic Party Chair
Adriel Hampton – Chair San Francisco Tech Dems
Brad Lee – President, National Association of Korean American Democratic Clubs

Local
Thom O’Shaughnessy, Chair CDP Irish American Caucus, LACDP Regional Vice Chair (ADs 43, 44, 45)
Darren Parker – Chair CDP African-American Caucus, LACDP Regional Vice Chair (ADs 37, 38)
Dante Atkins – LACDP Regional Vice Chair, (ADs 40,41,42)
Marilyn Grunwald – Past Regional Vice Chair (ADs 40,41,42)/Chair, CDP Disabilities Caucus
Jose Sandoval – San Fernando Valley Latino Young Democrats
Caro Avanessian – California Armenian American Democrats
Hogan Lee – Korean American Democratic Club
Sheldon Kadish – Executive Board, Democratic Party of the San Fernando Valley (DPSFV)
Greg Girvan, DPSFV Executive Board
Eli Lipmen, Past President, San Fernando Valley Young Democrats

Statewide Organizations

California Small Business Association
Mexican American Bar Association PAC
Hank Lacayo – President of the California Congress of Seniors

Local Leaders

Civic Leaders

Jim Garrison – Valley Industry & Commerce Association Board
Sam Smith, Chairman, Hollywood Chamber of Commerce
James Litz – Member, Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, Executive Board, Beverly Hills Realtors*
Vic Viereck – Community Leader, North Hollyood/Universal City Chamber of Commerce
Jeff Ebenstein – Vice President, Sherman Oaks Neighborhood Council
Suzanne Lewis, Valley Village Neighborhood Council
Malissa Feruzzi Shriver – California Arts Council Chair
Bill Turner – California Arts Council
Marty Cooper – Past Chairman, Valley Industry & Commerce Association

Environmentalist Leaders

David Nahai
Michael Swords – CleanTech LA*
Tessa Charnofsky

Jewish Community Leaders

Howard Welinsky, Democrats for Israel*
Leeor Alpern, Democrats for Israel*
Marjan Keypour Greenblatt, Jewish Federation Board
Ada Horwich
Terri Smooke, Past Treasurer, L.A. Jewish Federation
Brad Mindlin, Past Chair, Guardians of the Jewish Home for the Aging
David Nahai
Marc Carrel, Past chair, JPAC
Fredrick Levin, Chairman American Jewish Committee LA
Stanley Treitel
Dr. Marlene Bane, Trustee, CSUN
Stanley Gold, Past Chair – Jewish Federation
Walter Marks IV
Michelle Samani, Progressive Jewish Alliance Jeremiah Alumni Council
Dr. Irving Lebovics, DDS – Agudath Israel
Judge Bruce Einhorn (retired)

LGBT Leaders

Dean Hansell, Past President, GLAAD LA, Boardmember L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center
Bob Mason – National Board Member, Human Rights Campaign
JD Disalvatore – Past Vice President Gay-Lesbian Chamber of Commerce
Fred Mariscal – Human Rights Campaign Board of Governors
Nii Quartelai Quartey– Former Legislative Director, Stonewall Democratic Club
Varo Asorian

Labor/Labor Leaders

IATSE Local Council
Operating Engineers Local 501
Laborers Local 300
Painters & Allied Trades Local 36
Plumbers Local 78
Thom Davis, IATSE International VP
Maggie Cook, President, Coalition of Labor Women
Michael Nye – Past Pres., Los Angeles Jewish Labor Committee
Leslie Gersicoff
Jerilyn Stapleton
Transportation Communications International Union Local 1315