The Sports Council is made up of individual and corporate members and is guided by a Board of Directors under the direction of Chairman Scott I. London and President David Simon. The Sports Council itself was an outgrowth of the success of the 1984 Olympic Games, where Simon served as a Vice President and Sports Council Founding Chairman John C. Argue as a member of the Board of Directors of the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee. Argue became chairman and Simon was named president when the Sports Council was incorporated in 1988, and Argue continued as chairman until his death in 2002. He was replaced by Alan I. Rothenberg, who served as chair until 2011 and who remains an officer of the organization as Immediate Past Chair.  Current officers: Chair: Scott I. London Scott London is the partner in charge – audit services for KPMG LLP’s Pacific Southwest region. Based in KPMG’s Los Angeles office for the past 27 years, London is only the third person to hold the title of Chairman since the inception of the Sports Council in 1988. London brings his business acumen and a life-long passion for sports and Southern California to his position as chairman. Born in Los Angeles, he grew up in the San Fernando Valley and was a pitcher, shortstop and outfielder on the Cal State Northridge baseball team, graduating in 1984 with a degree in accounting. He remains active in baseball today, pitching batting practice for his son’s high school team and annually signing up for the Dodgers’ fantasy camp. At KPMG Scott manages the audit practice in Southern California, Arizona and Nevada and is responsible for many key relationships as well as the overall profitability of the Pacific Southwest region. Throughout his career he has focused on consumer market manufacturers, distributors, and retailers, and has participated in a variety of mergers and acquisitions transactions with companies in that industry sector. Within the firm he manages over 900 professionals and is responsible for monitoring the mentoring and performance evaluation of employees as well as the overall growth and quality initiatives within the audit practice. Scott is a certified public accountant in the states of California and Nevada, and is a member of the AICPA and California Society of Certified Pubilc Accountants. London’s other civic involvement includes serving on the Board of Directors of the City of Hope; the Child and Family Guidance Center in Northridge, California; and the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce. He and his wife have two children and live in Agoura Hills. Vice-Chair: Karen Brodkin Senior Vice President, Fox Cable Networks Vice-Chair: Richard W. Cook Chairman & CEO, The Cook Company Vice-Chair: Robert S. Rollo Partner, Heidrick & Struggles Immediate Past Chair: Alan I. Rothenberg, Chairman, 1st Century Bank Secretary: Anita L. DeFrantz President, LA84 Foundation Treasurer: Sheldon I. Ausman Director of Client Services, Gumbiner Savett Inc. President: David Simon From the halls of government to the fields of America's greatest stadia, David Simon has managed the agendas of high-profile government officials, Olympic organizers and the Los Angeles Sports Council. Simon helped to create the Sports Council in 1987 and 1988 and has served as its President ever since. Under his leadership, the Sports Council has brought events to Southern California with an economic impact of more than $1 billion, while expending just $12 million in administrative expense! In addition, the Sports Council Foundation has provided thousands of underprivileged Southern California youngsters with opportunities to attend college and professional football games since 1993, offering entertainment and a glimpse of the attractions of collegiate life. Simon's career in sports started auspiciously, as one of the earliest hires of Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee President Peter Ueberroth in 1979. During the course of five years in the organization of the most revolutionary Games of the modern era, Simon rose to the rank of Vice President/Government Relations, coordinating the organizing effort with the needs of dozens of government entities on the local, state, federal and international level. Following the Games, Simon joined the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce as Senior Vice President. Noting that Southern California sites were being consistently overlooked as a site for other major events, he developed a concept for a volunteer sports and business committee that would act as a single point of contact for bringing special events to the area. After winning the bid to bring the 1991 U.S. Olympic Festival to Los Angeles, the fledgling group helped to bring together three Southern California venues that were bidding against each other, as well as against other cities, to host the NFL's 1993 Super Bowl. By offering a single, unified proposal from the area, offering a choice of venues, the Sports Council helped to impress the NFL and the Rose Bowl was ultimately selected to host the 1993 game. The group prospered under the leadership of Simon as President and the late John C. Argue, the man principally responsible for bringing the 1984 Olympic Games to Los Angeles, as Founding Chairman. His efforts did not go unnoticed, as the United States Olympic Committee appointed Simon as chair of its International Relations Committee. He served with distinction in that voluntary role from 1988 through 1999, when he resigned to head the Los Angeles effort to bid for the 2012 Olympic Games. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of UCLA, Simon served on the staff of then-U.S. Representative Yvonne Braithwaite Burke from 1977-1978. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife Cheryl and daughter Lisa.  Directors: Sports Council directors are elected for a period of two years and are selected from the business and sports community in Southern California. Sports Council directors also serve on the Sports Council Foundation. Joshua Anderson, Partner, Sidley Austin John M. Argue, Senior Managing Director, VerityPoint Dan Bane, Chairman & CEO, Trader Joe's Company Gary R. Birkenbeuel, Partner, Ernst & Young LLP Robert T. Bouttier, President & COO, Automobile Club of Southern California Rhonda Brauer, Managing Director, Burson-Marsteller Jonathan Bruckner, Vice President, Tiffany & Co. Jeanie Buss, Executive Vice President, Los Angeles Lakers Javier Cano, General Manager, J.W. Marriott at L.A. Live and The Ritz-Carlton, Los Angeles Fred Claire, Board of Directors, Rose Bowl Operating Company Judi M. Cordray, Vice President/General Manager, ESPN Richard Corgel, Executive Director, Ernst & Young LLP Antonio Cue, Owner/President, Chivas USA Ann Meyers Drysdale, Broadcaster, ESPN James L. Easton, Chairman, Easton-Bell Sports F. Patrick Escobar, Vice President, LA84 Foundation Janet Evans-Wilson, Olympian Dennis A. Farrell, Commissioner, Big West Conference Terence A. Fitch, Vice President & General Manager, Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. Kevan K. Flanigan, Managing Partner, Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP Connie Gray Daniel G. Guerrero, Director of Athletics, UCLA Pat Haden, Director of Athletics, USC Russell A. Hagey, Partner and Managing Director, Bain & Company, Inc. George Haines, Vice President & General Manager, Los Angeles Turf Club, Inc. Charles L. Harrington, Chairman & CEO, Parsons Corporation Daniel M. Hartman, Senior Vice President, DIRECTV, Inc. Jeffrey Hill, Partner and Managing Director, The Boston Consulting Group Rafer Johnson, Chairman, Special Olympics Southern California Daniel J. Jansen, CEO, Virtual Greats Murray Joslin, Managing Director, The Copi Companies Andrew W. Knox, Managing Partner, HigdonBraddockMatthews LLC Dennis Kuhl, Chairman, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Timothy J. Leiweke, President & CEO, AEG Craig Levra, Chairman and CEO, Sport Chalet, Inc. Evan Lysacek, Olympian Cathy Marino, President, Southern California Olympians Jeffrey Marks, Managing Director, Premier Partnerships Patrick McClenahan, President & CEO, Special Olympics World Games 2015 Edward McSpedon, Executive Vice President, The HNTB Companies Rob Moore, Vice Chairman, Paramount Pictures Richard Motzkin, Executive Vice President, Wasserman Media Group Robert F. Murray, General Manager, Anaheim Ducks John Naber, Naber & Associates Michael O'Hara, O'Hara Enterprises International, Inc. Gerald S. Papazian, Managing Director, Fountainhead Associates, Inc. Rick Parent, Executive Vice President, Gumbiner Savett Inc. Joan A. Payden, President & CEO, Payden & Rygel Greg Penske, President & CEO, Penske Motor Group Richard B. Perelman, President, Perelman, Pioneer & Co. Thomas Pulchinski, Tournament Director, Northern Trust Open Brian Quinn, Director of Athletics, Cal State Fullerton Bruce Ramer, Partner, Gang, Tyre, Ramer & Brown Andy Roeser, President, Los Angeles Clippers David B. Rogers, Partner, Latham & Watkins LLP Rick Rosas, Tax Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Tim J. Ryan, President & CEO, Honda Center Frank M. Sanchez, Owner/Operator, McDonald's Restaurants John Sandbrook, Interim General Manager, L.A. Memorial Coliseum and Sports Arena Barry A. Sanders, Chairman, Southern California Committee for the Olympic Games Anthony P. Sciarrino, Global Commercial Banking Market Executive, Bank of America Bill Shumard, President & CEO, Southern California Special Olympics Steve Simpson, Senior Vice President & General Manager, FS West & Prime Ticket Marc J. Stern, Vice Chairman, The TCW Group, Inc. David Sternberg, CEO, Universal Sports Nikki Stone, Podium Enterprises William E. Thomson, Jr., AAF Rose Bowl Aquatics Center Gary L. Toebben, President & CEO, Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Phillip Wallace Jack Weiss, Managing Director, Kroll Richard Wirthlin, Partner, Latham & Watkins LLP Michael Young, Chief Revenue Officer, Los Angeles Dodgers Gillian Zucker, President, Auto Club Speedway Ex-officio members of the Board include: Gene D. Lock, Chancellor, UCLA Margaret U. Farnum Richard J. Foster, President, U.S. Aquatic Sports Tommy Hawkins, Hawkins Communications, Inc. Franklin R. Johnson, Board Member, International Tennis Federation C.L. Max Nikias, President, USC Claire L. Rothman Peter Vidmar, Chairman, USA Gymnastics  Staff: David Simon, President Ben Stilp, Controller Mark Meyers, Director of Communications Monica Maldonado, Director of Special Events Mona Green, Executive Assistant Top of Page

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