Lunch with a Leader:BILL BOGAARD Conversations about Governance, Policy, and Leadership Tuesday, February 24, 2015Noon to 1:30 pmUniversity Park CampusDoheny Memorial Library, Room 233 Bill Bogaard served four terms as Mayor of Pasadena, after taking office in 1999 as the City’s first directly elected Mayor. During those four terms, Read more…
Lunch with a Leader: SHERRY LANSING Conversations about Governance, Policy, and Leadership Tuesday, April 21, 2015Noon to 1:30pmUniversity Park CampusWidney Alumni House Sherry Lansing is known for her career in the film industry where she became the first woman to head a major studio. Before her career as a film Read more…
Lunch with a Leader: GLORIA MOLINA Conversations about Governance, Policy, and Leadership Tuesday, September 22, 2015Noon to 1:30pm University Park CampusWidney Alumni House Gloria Molina was first elected to office in 1982 as State Assemblywoman. In 1987, she was elected to the LA City Council where she served until 1991 Read more…
Lunch with a Leader: MICHAEL MALTZAN Conversations about Governance, Policy, and Leadership Tuesday, October 20, 2015Noon to 1:30pmUniversity Park CampusWidney Alumni House Michael Maltzan, FAIA, is the founder and principal of Michael Maltzan Architecture. His work fully engages our contemporary world through an architecture that is a catalyst for Read more…
Lunch with a Leader: PAULA DANIELS Conversations about Governance, Policy, and Leadership Tuesday, November 17, 2015Noon to 1:30pmUniversity Park CampusWidney Alumni House Paula Daniels is Executive Director of California Central, a USC Villaraigosa Initiative. She is the founder and chair emeritus of the LA Food Policy Council, a board Read more…
Lunch with a Leader: LUCY JONES Conversations about Governance, Policy, and Leadership Monday, November 30, 2015Noon to 1:30pmUniversity Park CampusWidney Alumni House Lucile M. Jones is a seismologist and public voice for earthquake science and earthquake safety in California. She has been with the US Geological Survey (USGS) and Read more…
Lunch with a Leader: NICK GRIFFIN Conversations about Governance, Policy, and Leadership Tuesday, January, 26 2016Noon to 1:30pmUniversity Park CampusWidney Alumni House Nicholas ‘Nick’ Griffin, Director of Economic Development, spearheads DTLA’s Downtown Center Business Improvement District’s (DCBID) efforts to attract new businesses and residents to Downtown LA. Prior to Read more…
Lunch with a Leader: KATIE ORR Conversations about Governance, Policy, and Leadership Thursday, February 18, 2015Noon to 1:30pmUniversity Park CampusWidney Alumni House Katie has a passion for political reporting which developed while covering the 2008 presidential campaign in the swing state of Ohio. She has since covered city council Read more…
Lunch with a Leader: MARIA KLAWE Conversations about Governance, Policy, and Leadership Tuesday, March 8, 2016Noon to 1:30pmUniversity Park CampusWidney Alumni House Maria Klawe, has been a powerful force in closing the gender gap in science and engineering. Harvey Mudd College’s fifth president, she joined the college from Princeton University Read more…
Thanks to the great response, this event is now at capacity. If you would like to be added to the waitlist for our conversation with Jennifer Samson, please click the green Attend Event button. If we receive a cancellation, those on the waitlist will be notified. Don’t forget to check Read more…
Conversations about Governance, Policy, and Leadership Lunch with a Leader provides students, faculty, and members of the public the opportunity to hear ideas from local, state, and national leaders, share their own ideas, and gain inspiration for effective governance in a more intimate and informal setting. Karina Macias is working to Read more…
At Downtown Women's Center, homelessness is not inevitable, but a societal problem that bears especially hard on women. It can be ended. At DWC, housing first is key to an individual’s successful transition out of homelessness and on the path to success. This combined with critical time intervention case management, women are empowered to achieve stability Read more…
Conversations about Governance, Policy, and Leadership Lunch with a Leader provides students, faculty, and members of the public the opportunity to hear ideas from local, state, and national leaders, share their own ideas, and gain inspiration for effective governance in a more intimate and informal setting. Sonja Trauss, “I’m the principal Read more…
Join us for a conversation with Brissa Sotelo-Vargas on the fine balance of community relations and its role in the governance of Tesoro Refinery's operations. Brissa Sotelo-Vargas, Manager, Public Affairs & Government Affairs at Tesoro Refining & Marketing, manages and coordinates the full range of communication and stakeholder management activities Read more…
Paul Haaga, Jr., is retired Chairman of the Board of Capital Research and Management Company. Prior to joining Capital in 1985, Paul was a Partner in the law firm of Dechert Price & Rhoads in Washington, D.C. From 1974 to 1977, he was a Senior Attorney for the U.S. Securities Read more…