CHAIRMAN: DAVE KLEWAN

In February 2019, Dave Klewan was elected Chairman of the LA Sports Council, succeeding Tony Sciarrino (2018-2019) and becoming only the sixth person to hold the title of Chair since the inception of the LA Sports Council in 1988. Klewan previously served as a Vice-Chair on the LA Sports Council’s 85-member Board. Klewan serves as General Manager of The Genesis Invitational, one of the premier events on the PGA TOUR and held at the iconic Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles.

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OFFICERS

VICE CHAIR & TREASURER

Daniel M. Hartman

CEO

Hartman Media

VICE CHAIR

Robert D. Thun

Senior Vice President, Content

DIRECTV

CORPORATE SECRETARY

Daniel Finnerty

Senior VP & General Manager

Spectrum Networks

DIRECTORS

Lindsay Amstutz

President, Media & Partnerships

Playfly Sports

Joshua E. Anderson

Partner

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP 

Dan Beckerman

President & CEO

AEG

Rich L. Brand

Managing Partner

Arent Fox LLP

Henry Brandon

Board of Directors Chair

USA Triathlon

Danny cortenraede

Founder & Managing Partner

InStudio Ventures

Kevin Demoff

COO & EVP of Football Operations

Los Angeles Rams

*Ann Meyers Drysdale

Broadcaster

ESPN

KEVIN ELLIOTT

Chief Executive Officer

CODE FOUR

*Janet Evans-Wilson

Chief Athlete Officer

LA 2028

*Lisa Fernandez

Assistant Softball Coach

UCLA

Robert French

Director-Regional Sales

United Airlines

Carlos Gonzalez

Division President

Clark Construction

JEFF FLEEHER

Strategic Advisor

Park Lane

Daniel G. Guerrero

President

U.S. International University Sports Foundation

Emily Hofer

Head of Human Resources

Platinum Equity

Paul Hourigan

Partner

Ryan Sports Ventures

Neal Hubman

Co-Founder & President

Los Angeles Golf Club

Stacy Johns

Chief Business Officer

LAFC

Jan Karl

Vice President, Project Development,

Morley Builders

Kiesha nix

VP Charitable Affairs-Executive Director Lakers Youth Foundation

Los Angeles Lakers

Dennis Kuhl

Chairman

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

Gary LaDrido

Managing Partner

DCB Sports

Craig Levra

COO

Goodwill Southern California

Myra Marayag

Board Of Directors
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce

Merryll McElwain

Senior Vice President, Senior Wealth Advisor

Wilmington Trust

Jim Michaelian

President & CEO

Grand Prix Association of Los Angeles

*John Moffet

President

Southern California Olympians & Paralympians Association

*John Naber

Naber & Associates

Todd Refnes

Audit Partner

KPMG LLP  

Ajay Nwosu

President

Teqball USA

*Apolo Anton Ohno

Olympic Gold Medalist

Venture Capitalist

Gerald S. Papazian

Managing Director

Fountainhead Associates, Inc.  

Thomas A. Parham, Ph.D.

President

California State University,  Dominguez Hills

Richard B. Perelman

President

Perelman, Pioneer & Co.

SAM PINES

Senior Vice President/Partner

Good Karma Brands

KELLY POND

President & CEO

Special Olympics Southern California

David Pump

Co-Founder & Partner

The Pump Group, The Harold & Carole Pump Foundation

MURPHY REINSCHREIBER

COO

The McCourt Foundation

Toni riola

Director Sales, Key Accounts  Food Service & On-Premise

Reyes Coca-Cola Bottling 

RICK ROSAS

Tax Partner

Entertainment Media Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP  

LON ROSEN

EVP & Chief Marketing Officer

Los Angeles Dodgers

Mike Ross

Founder & CEO

ConNEXTions

Greg Rouyer

Global Partner Lead, Broadcast

Amazon AWS

MARIA S. SALINAS

President & CEO

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce

J. EUGENE SALOMON JR.

Partner

Gang, Tyre, Ramer, Brown & Passman, Inc.

ERIC W. SCHREINER

EVP

AECOM HUNT/AECOM TISHMAN

Brad Shipley

Executive Vice President, Distribution

Paramount/CBS

Justine Siegal, Ph.D.

Founder & Executive Director

Baseball For All

A.G SPANOS

President of Business Operations

Los Angeles Chargers

DANIEL R. STIMMLER

COO & VP, USC Auxiliary Services

L.A. Memorial Coliseum

william e. thomson, jr.

Director

Rose Bowl Aquatics Center

dave tucker

Vice President

Outlyr

ronald f. turner

Principal, Director of Sports

Gensler

julie uhrman

Founder & President

Angel City

DAVID C. ULICH

President

Foundation for Global Sports Development

Kevin Weeks

VP - Sports, Business Operations, Data Science

SoFi

NATALIE WHITE

Senior Vice President

LA Sparks

Amrei Wolfschuetz

Vice President, Content Distribution

NBCUniversal

Will Wright

Head of Technical Operations, Global Production

ONE

Sam Yardley

Executive Vice President, North America

Two Circles

* Indicates board members who are Olympians and Paralympians

PAST CHAIR

Tony Sciarrino

Pacific Segment Head

JP Morgan Chase

PAST CHAIR

Alan I. Rothenberg

Chairman

1st Century Bank

PAST CHAIR

Karen Brodkin

EVP, Content Strategy & Development

Endeavor

HONORARY MEMBER

Anita L. DeFrantz

Member

International Olympic Committee