Who We Are

The Library Foundation of Los Angeles is committed to transforming and inspiring the diverse community of LA by supporting educational and cultural programs of the Public Library.

Board of Directors

Officers

Jeffrey P. Brown
Senior Vice President
Capital Guardian Trust Company
Co-Chair

Carla J. Christofferson
Partner
O'Melveny & Myers LLP
Co-Chair

Craig Burger
Managing Director
Covington Capital Management
Treasurer

Gwen Miller
Executive Vice President-Private Client Services Division
City National Bank
Secretary

Founder

Lodwrick M. Cook

Chairmen Emeriti

Vanessa C. L. Chang
John F. Cooke
R. Thomas Decker
Thomas R. Miller
Barry A. Sanders

The Honorable
Antonio Villaraigosa

Mayor of Los Angeles

Directors

Debra Albin-Riley
Partner
Arent Fox LLP

Nadia Allaudin
Resident Director,
Senior Vice President-Investments

Merrill Lynch

Betsy Applebaum

Rhonda Brauer
Managing Director
Burson-Marsteller

Robert A. Chick

Kunoor Chopra
Senior Vice President-Global Legal Services
UnitedLex

James P. Clark
Partner
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Richard J. Davis
Executive Vice President
Division Executive

Bank of the West

Robert Dawson
Senior Executive Vice President
Commercial Banking Group

Union Bank

Victoria E. Foote

Dean Hansell
Partner
Dewey & Le Boeuf LLP

Nancy Harahan

Michael C. Hart
Senior Vice President
and Managing Director

US Bank, Wealth Management Group

Mark R. Hutchins
Managing Partner
Los Angeles Office
KPMG LLP

Michael T.M. Jones
Senior Vice President-
International Network

Central National-
Gottesman Inc.

Patricia Kao
Board
Chinatown Branch
Library Friends

Brian Kaufman
Partner
Westridge Capital

Michael C. Kelley
Partner
Sidley Austin LLP

Andrew W. Knox
Managing Partner-West
Coast

Higdon Partners LLC

Attica Locke
Author

Paula Madison
Board of Library Commissioners

Thomas E. McLain
Partner
Arnold & Porter LLP

Richard A. Neri
President
Pacific Television Center

Takashi Ohde
Corporate Officer and
General Manager

Hitachi, Ltd.
Hitachi Corporate Office
DC and LA

Lin Oliver
Executive Producer, Writer
Lin Oliver Productions

Sharon Rising
President                                                    The Council of the Library Foundation

David Rosenblum
Chief Operating Officer
Strategy & Operations

Deloitte & Touche LLP

Rachel Small
Chair
Young Literati

Sharon Tomkins
Assistant General Counsel
Southern California Gas Company

Tyree Wieder
President
Board of Library Commissioners

EX-OFFICIO DIRECTORS

Kenneth Brecher
President

Martin Gomez
City Librarian

The Honorable
Antonio Villaraigosa

Mayor of Los Angeles