Meet Our Board

Aidan Chao

Founder, Chairman

Founder and Chairman of the Los Angeles Taxpayers Association, director of Youth Initiatives at Act Against Hate Alliance, and political organizer in the San Gabriel Valley.

Althea De Pietro Lemken

Board Member

Partner at De Pietro Holdings, commercial real estate executive, and Chairman-elect of the Greater Los Angeles Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA).

Lt. Col. Ralph Roy Ramirez

Board Member

Certified Financial Planner, Lt Colonel US Army ret., Author, Historian, Business Advisor, and former City Council member.
 

Roozbeh Farahanipour

Board member

President of the West LA Chamber of Commerce, Owner of Delphi Greek Restaurants, BizFed board member, and Westwood Community Council business representative.

Jack Guerrero, MBA, CPA

Board member

Investment banking executive, Big Four CPA, independent consultant, economist, Mayor of the City of Cudahy, CA, and Candidate for California Treasurer in 2022.

Mayor John Cruikshank

Board Member

President & CEO of two Southern California engineering firms, Mayor of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, 2nd Vice President with the South Bay Cities Council of Government, and a Los Angeles County Sanitation Board Member, 

Mike Netter

Board Member

Vice Chair of Rebuild California,  KABC Radio host, and former senior executive of sales, distribution and marketing at Staples.

Vicki Conrad

Board Member

General Manager at Cushman and Wakefield/Union Bank Plaza and BOMA Greater Los Angeles Downtown Regional Council Chair

Dr. James Enstrom, PhD, MPH

Board Member, Director of FInance

Research Professor ret. at UCLA School of Public Health and Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, President of the Scientific Integrity Institute.

Eric Eisenhammer

Senior Advisor

Communications Strategist, CEO of Dauntless Communications, CEO of Legacy Defender Insurance Options, Founder of the Coalition of Energy Users, and board member of the Placer County Taxpayers Association.