Conversations about governance, policy, and leadership April 21, 2015 12:00pm to 1:30pm Lunch with a Leader provides students with the opportunity to hear ideas from local, state, and national leaders…
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by Justine Dodgen Sherry Lansing – Translating a high-power career into impact on education Did you ever think that your high school math teacher might one day be one of Hollywood’s…
by Jeremy Loudenback Despite his soft-spoken public persona, Pasadena Mayor Bill Bogaard casts a long shadow. Over the course of his 16-year tenure, most current Pasadena schoolchildren have grown up knowing…
Conversations about governance, policy, and leadership February 24, 2015 12:00pm to 1:30pm Bill Bogaard served four terms as Mayor of Pasadena, after taking office in 1999 as the City’s first…
by Justine Dodgen While Pasadena City Hall may be best known for its appearances on the hit show Parks and Recreation, it is also home to one of the longest-governing mayors…
by Justine Dodgen Last week, former CEO of Los Angeles County Bill Fujioka joined students at the Bedrosian Center’s Lunch with a Leader event to discuss his ideas about leadership…
Conversations about governance, policy, and leadership January 27, 2015 12:00pm to 1:30pm Fujioka is a public administrator with 34 years of experience in local government. He served as Chief Executive…
by Jeremy Loudenback For William T. Fujioka, a distinguished 40-year career in public service began in humble circumstances. In 1972, Fujioka started working in the public sector as a custodian…
by Jeremy Loudenback At the Bedrosian Center’s Lunch with a Leader program last week, Los Angeles Deputy Mayor Doane Liu recalled with pride how he first got a taste for public…
Conversations about governance, policy, and leadership December 9, 2014 12:00pm to 1:30pm Lunch with a Leader provides students with the opportunity to hear ideas from local, state, and national leaders…
by Justine Dodgen Doane Liu, Deputy Mayor of the City of Los Angeles, is no stranger to local government. Liu, the first deputy mayor appointed by Mayor Eric Garcetti of…
Conversations about governance, policy, and leadership November 11, 2014 12:00pm to 1:00pm Lunch with a Leader provides students with the opportunity to hear ideas from local, state, and national leaders…
by Jeremy Loudenback This past June, Robert Garcia shattered three glass ceilings. Garcia made history by becoming the first Latino and the first openly gay mayor of Long Beach by triumphing…
by Jeremy Loudenback The way Steve Soboroff remembers it, the most significant development in Los Angeles in 75 years started with a helicopter ride. As he was riding high above the…
Conversations about governance, policy, and leadership October 6, 2014 12:00pm to 1:30pm Lunch with a Leader provides students with the opportunity to hear ideas from local, state, and national leaders…
by Jeremy Loudenback Over the past 20 years, there are few people who have played a more active role in the public life of Los Angeles than Steve Soboroff. In the…
by Jeremy Loudenback Our conversation with Beltran Highlights the Need for Civic Engagement With rates of voter turnout in Los Angeles at a low ebb in recent elections, the city faces…
Conversations about governance, policy, and leadership September 8, 2014 12:00pm to 1:30pm Lunch with a Leader provides students with the opportunity to hear ideas from local, state, and national leaders…
by Jeremy Loudenback In the June, only a quarter of California voters cast ballots in the state’s primary election, a record low. In Los Angeles, similar concerns about voter turnout aren’t…
Conversations about governance, policy, and leadership March 5, 2014 12:00pm to 1:30pm Lunch with a Leader provides students with the opportunity to hear ideas from local, state, and national leaders…
by Jeremy Loudenback Michael Govan may hesitate to call himself a good leader, but his record speaks for itself. Since Govan first took the reins at the Los Angeles County Museum…
by Jeremy Loudenback If you thought that libraries were just in the business of lending books, you may not have been into a Los Angeles Public Library under John Szabo’s watch.…
by Jeremy Loudenback Museums have traditionally been designed as lofty displays of city treasures, part of a high-minded celebration of civic pageantry. But more recently, museums are no longer content to…
Conversations about governance, policy, and leadership February 13, 2014 12:00pm to 1:30pm Lunch with a Leader provides students with the opportunity to hear ideas from local, state, and national leaders…