March 19,2014 Re: Re-appointments and New Appointments of Members of the Workforce ...

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ERIC GARCETTI
MAYOR
March 19,2014
Honorable Members of the Los Angeles City Council
clo City Clerk
Room 395, City Hall
Re: Re-appointments and New Appointments of Members of the Workforce Investment
Board (WIB) for the Term of Aprfl1, 2014 through June 3D,2016
Honorable Members:
Subject to your confirmation, Itransmit my appointments to the Workforce Investment Board
with the term of April 1, 2014 through June 30, 2016.
The names are listed below with copies of their biographies attached:
New Appointments (15)
Term: April 1, 2014 through June 30,2016
Name Organization Category
Raul Anaya Bank of America Private sector - Financial
Donna Brashear Los Angeles Unified School District Mandatory - Adult Education,
Department of Adult Education Literacy, Youth
Rushmore Cervantes City of Los Angeles Housing and Mandatory - Community Services
Community Investment Department Block Grant (CS8G)
Kathy Faulk Omni Hotels Private sector - Hospitality
Marco Frausto Iron Workers 416 Labor (15% requirement)
200 N.SPRING STREET,ROOM303 LOSANGELES, CA 9001.2 [phone]
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Honorable Members of the City Council
March 19, 2014
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Name Organization Category
Steve Jaffe Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation
Transportation Authority
Mark Jurisic International Longshore and Labor (15% requirement)
Warehouse Union (ILWU) -13
Harvey Hill United Parcel Service Private sector - Logistics
Juana Mora California State University Mandatory - Education
Northridge
Hector Pacheco Perez-Pacheco Consulting, Inc. Private sector
David Porges Deloitte Private sector - Financial
Jonathon Port Permacity Solar Private sector - Clean
Technology/Energy
Krisha Prasad UST Global Private sector -Information
Technology
T. Santora Communications Workers of Labor (15% requirement)
America (CWA)
Cassie Thomas CBS Studios Private sector - Entertainment
New Appointments (3)
Term: April 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015
Name Organization Category
Luther Medina Local 105 - Sheet Metal Workers Labor (15% requirement)
Sergio Rascon Laborers International Union of Labor (15% requirement)
North America
Mary Rose Ortega United Teachers Los Angeles Labor (15% requirement)
(UTLA)
Honorable Members of the City Council
March 19,2014
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Reappointments to the WIB (2)
Term: July 1,2014 through June 30,2016
Name Organization Category
Jan Perry City of Los Angeles Economic Mandatory -Economic Development
and Workforce Development
Department (EWDD)
Laura Trejo City of Los Angeles Department Mandatory -Title V Older Americans
of Aging
Reappointments to the WIB (19)
Term: July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015
Name Organization Category
Zeth Ajemian Kaiser Permanente Private Sector - Healthcare
Felicito (Chito) Los Angeles Community College Mandatory - Local Education
Cajayon District Entities, Vocational Education/Carl
Perkins
David Crippens DLC & Associates Private Sector
Michael Dolphin State of California Employment Mandatory-Wagner-Peyser,
Development Department Trade Act/NAFT A,
Veterans/Disabled Veterans
Ahmed Enany Southern California Biomedical Private Sector - Biotechnology
Council
David Flaks Los Angeles Economic Mandatory -Economic Development
Development Corporation (LAEDC)
Anthony Hassan University of Southern California Private Sector
School of Social Work/Center for
Innovation and Research on
Veterans and Military Families
Joseph Herrera Staples Center Private Sector-
Entertainment/Hospitality
Honorable Members of the City Council
March 19,2014
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Jacquelyn Honore YWCNLA Job Corps Center Mandatory - Job Corps
Name Organization Category
Art Lopez North American Security Private Sector
RuthLopezNovodor Beverly Oncology and Imaging Private Sector - Healthcare
Group
Jackie Mizell-Burt Los Angeles County Department Mandatory - Title IV - TANF
Of Public Social Services
Patricia Perez VPE Public Relations Private Sector - Communications
Kenn Phillips The Valley Economic Alliance Private Sector - (various)
David Rattray Los Angeles Area Chamber of Private Sector - (various)
Commerce
William Scoles State of California Department of Mandatory-Vocational Rehabilitation
Rehabilitation
Carmel Sella Wells Fargo Private Sector - Financial
Paula Starr Southern CA Indian Center Mandatory - Native American
Program
Charles Woo Mega Toys Private Sector - Manufacturing
I look forward to your favorable consideration of these appointments.
S.incere:ly, .,
ERIC GARCETTI
Mayor
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Attachment
BIOGRAPHIES OF NOMINEES FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE WORKFORCE
INVESTMENT BOARD FROM 4/1/2014 TO 6/30/2016
RAUL ANAYA
As President of Bank of America for Greater Los Angeles, Raul Anaya helps integrate Bank
of America business lines so that the bank can deliver a wider range of global financial
services capabilities to more individuals and businesses locally. He oversees corporate
social responsibility activities including philanthropic giving, community development
lending and investing, environmental initiatives, diversity efforts, arts & culture projects, and
employee volunteerism for the 16,000 bank associates located in the Greater Los Angeles
area.
He leads Bank of America's Latino Leadership team for Greater Los Angeles and supports
many community and nonprofit organizations, including sitting on the boards of the
California Science Center Foundation, Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation
(LAEDC), and Latino Business Chamber of Greater Los Angeles. ML Anaya earned a
Bachelor in Business Administration infinance from the University of Texas at Brownsville.
DONNA BRASHEAR
Donna Brashear is currently the Executive Director of the LAUSD Division of Adult and
Career Education. She manages ateam dedicated to increasing the educational attainment
and socioeconomic status of its students by preparing them for post-secondary studies,
careers and civic participation. Under her leadership, the Division of Adult and Career
Education also provides learning opportunities and employment training to adults and in-
and out-of-school teens. The division manages schools and career training centers
throughout the Los Angeles area.
RUSHMORE CERVANTES
Rushmore Cervantes currently serves as the Interim General Manager for the Los Angeles
Housing + Community Investment Department (HCID). He manages, plans and directs all
activities and operations to support safe and livable neighborhoods through the promotion,
development and preservation of decent and affordable housing.
Major functions include the management of: Homeownership & Preservation, Affordable
Housing Trust Fund and the Permanent Supportive Housing Program, Bond issuances,
Systematic Code Enforcement Program, Rent Stabilization Ordinance, Portfolio
Management, Housing Services, Billing & Collections, Policy & Planning, and the
administration of the City of Los Angeles' Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP).
Rushmore has worked with the City of Los Angeles for approximately 19 years. Over the
course of his City career, Rushmore has held a number of important positions including:
Chief Deputy Controller for the City, General Manager of the EI Pueblo Historical Monument
Authority, and Assistant General Manager for the City of Los Angeles Department of Aging.
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KATHY FAULK
A skilled hospitality professional with 25 years of experience, Faulk began her career with
The Mansion on Turtle Creek in Dallas, Texas before serving as Controller of the Biltmore
under the Wrather Hotel Corporation. She has also held leadership positions with Sunburst
Hospitality, Hilton Hotels and Destination Hotels and Resorts, overseeing historic and 4-
diamond properties in Texas including The Richardson Hotel and The Driskill Hotel. Most
recently Faulk served as General Manager of the boutique Hilton Checkers in
downtown Los Angeles where she was awarded 2008 General Manager of the Year.
Kathy Faulk holds a Bachelor's Degree from Texas A&M, is a member of the Downtown
Breakfast Club, an appointed member of the Business Tax Advisory Committee for the City
of Los Angeles and serves on the Board of Directors for the Downtown Center Business
Improvement District and LA Inc., The Los Angeles Convention and Visitors Bureau.
MARCO FRAUSTO
Marco Frausto presently serves as the President at Ironworkers 416. Reinforcing
Ironworkers Local 416 provides trained professional Reinforcing Ironworkers to
commercial, industrial, and residential building contractors throughout Las Vegas, and
Los Angeles, Orange, Santa Barbara, San Bernardino, Riverside, and Ventura Counties.
Local 416 primarily concentrates on the construction of high rise offices, hotels, low and
high rise residential buildings, hospitals, schools, military installations, water treatment
plants, solar power plants, fossil fuel power plants, wind power plants, warehouses,
mixed use buildings, shopping centers, amusement parks and rides, airports, city halls,
civic centers, universities, jails, prisons, piers and heavy industrial plants.
STEVE JAFFE
Steve Jaffe is the Executive Officer of Workforce Services with the Los Angeles County
Metropolitan Transportation Authority. In this role, he serves as the company's lead on
multiple business. He has over thirty years of public transit leadership and management
experience inoperations, facilities management, human resources, training, labor relations,
budging, performance measurement, and ADA compliance.
Upon graduation from California State University of Los Angeles with a Bachelor of Science
in Business Adminstration he founded a consutling firm specializing on public transit as the
President and CEO.
MARK JURISIC
Mark Jurisic has served as a longshoreman since 1998 and have now spent 16 years as a
Longshoreman in the Port of Los Angeles/Long Beach. He has served ILWU in numerous
capacities, including the international ILWU convention Chairman in 2012, served on the
ILWU Local 13 Executive Board for 8 consecutive years, and was recently elected to the
position of Business Agent.
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Mark also worked with the Ventura County Sherriff's department, serving 15 years as a
Deputy Sherriff. He was awarded the Medal of Valor for entering a burning building in order
to save an unconscious citizen, carrying him to safety and saving his life.
HARVEY HILL
Harvey Hill serves UPS as the Director of Human Resources for the South California
District. He started his UPS career in 1983 as a package handler inthe New Mexico District.
He was promoted to hub supervisor in 1988 and after completing assignments in I.E., H.R.
and package operations, he was promoted to hub training manager in 1998. Harvey
completed assignments inworkforce planning, health & safety, training & development and
other H.R. roles. Prior to accepting his most current position Harvey worked as the South
Cal. District Human Resources Operations Manager in 2010 and the Central Cal. District
Human Resources Manager in 2012.
JUANA MORA
Juana Mora, head of Chicano Studies at Cal State Northridge, was born in Jalisco, Mexico
and immigrated to the U.S. with her parents and seven siblings in 1960. Juana is the first
member of her family to attend college. She worked after school to help her family and to
attend the University of California at Santa Cruz where she completed her B.A. in
Linguistics. She later received a Ford Foundation Fellowship to attend Stanford University
where she received her Ph.D. in Education.
Dr. Mora is recognized as a national expert on Latina/o culturally focused substance abuse
treatment and prevention and has developed and taught courses on Latino families and
women. She is a full professor in the Department of Chicana/o Studies at California State
University, Northridge where she has taught for twenty-three years. She currently serves
as the Assistant to the Provost on HSI and Diversity Initiatives.
HECTOR PACHECO
The multi-talented Hector Perez-Pacheco understands the bottom line: results. Perez-
Pacheco has a long track record of delivering results to clients whether they are political
leaders, corporate executive, non-profit organizations or community residents. Perez-
Pacheco forges diverse individuals into an organized and unified body in order to achieve
their goals and objectives. A seasoned manager, he has organized various community
councils, town hall meetings, forums, and conferences to discuss the health, education and
well-being of Latino children, immigration, and other pressing issues for the Latino
community. Between 150 and 500 community leaders from public officials and business
leaders, to grass roots community activists attended these meetings. He has extensive
public speaking experience including testifying at hearings for the California State
Legislature, speaking at universities and colleges on topics ranging from opposition to
proposition 63, environmental issues, and Native American sacred land preservation
issues, and making announcements at televised press conferences.
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DAVID PORGES
As the National Director of Corporate Citizenship David Porges is responsible for leading
Deloitte's national Corporate Citizenship team and the breadth of the firm's Citizenship
programming, including philanthropy, pro bono, nonprofit board service, communications,
thought leadership, IMPACT Day, United Way, year-round volunteerism, the Deloitte
Center for Leadership & Community, and the firm's commitment to Education and Veterans.
David graduated with honors from Cal Poly Pomona and has since served there as a
speaker and instructor. He is also a graduate of both Leadership LA and Leadership
Southern California, a board member of the LA Conservation Crops, a member of the
Southern California Grant makers, and a member ofthe United Way of Greater Los Angeles
Community Investment Cabinet. He cofounded LA Community Leaders, a network of
corporate community involvement professionals.
JONATHAN PORT
Jonathan Port founded PermaCity Corporation, headquartered in Los Angeles, California.
The Company name comes from his graduate thesis completed in 1993 and since that time
it has been an exciting ride. The PermaCity Theory actually economically modeled a
hypothetical sustainable city and the results showed a surplus economy. Today, among its
private commercial customers, PermaCity is building car and bus solar canopies for the
Los Angeles Unified School District.
Prior to founding the PermaCity Companies Mr. Port was CEO of a multi-million dollar
independent green utility provider, serving as Vice President for a retail real estate
development company and Associate Consultant on the renowned economics and urban
planning staff of Economics Research Associates where he worked on the California High
Speed Rail feasibility. Mr. Port holds a Master's Degree in Urban Planning and Sustainable
Development from Auckland University in New Zealand and a Bachelor of Science degree
in City and Regional Planning from Cal PolySan Luis Obispo.
KRISHA PRASAD
Krishna Prasad is responsible for creating and delivering services and solutions that bring
value to customers. Krishna served as the General Manager for India and the Chennai
Center Head at UST Global. Prior to that, Krishna was the Global Head of Delivery
Excellence at UST where he helped the company gain visibility into project health and
improve profitability.
Krishna holds a bachelor's degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Birla
Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani, India and an MBA in Finance from The
Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio.
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T. SANTORA
T Santora is President of CWA 9003, (Communications Workers of America, Local 9003)
in Los Angeles, CA. He has served as officer of CWA for the past 34 years. CWA 9003
represents a diverse membership of approximately 2500 workers in the greater Los
Angeles metropolitan region. CWA, one of the nation's largest unions, represents 700,000
workers in industries including telecommunications, healthcare, public service, education,
manufacturing, media, and the airline industry.
In addition to his role as Local President, T serves as National Co-Chair of the CWA
Telecom AdHoc Committee which convenes workplace leaders in the telecommunications
industry from the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico. He Chairs the Legislative-Political
Committee of the CWA Southern California Council representing 27,000 CWA members in
Southern California. And, is Chair of the CWA 9003 Children's Fund, a non-profit charitable
organization he founded in 1991.
A graduate of the National Labor College/University of Baltimore, T earned honors with his
degree in Union Leadership and Administration.
CASSIE THOMAS
A seven-year Paramount veteran with more than 20 years of experience in Human
Resources, Cassie Thomas is responsible for all television human resource matters,
including network, domestic and international. Prior to this appointment, Thomas had been
responsible for employee relations and recruitment for Paramount Pictures since 1998.
Before her career in Human Resources, Thomas was employed as an Assistant Business
Agent with OPEIU, Office Professional Entertainment Industry Union. She first got her start
in the entertainment industry at MGM Studios working in post-production.
LUTHER MEDINA
Luther Medina began his career in the unionized sheet metal industry in 1987 and worked
with the tools of the trade in the capacity of journeyman and foreman for several of our
signatory contractors both in the HVAC and general/architectural sheet metal industries.
Lou holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Labor Studies from the National Labor College at
the George Meany Center for Labor Studies in Silver Spring, Maryland. He is also proud to
be a second generation union sheet metal worker.
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SERGIO RASCON
Sergio Rasc6n currently serves as the Business Manager for the Laborers' Local 300. In
1989 he was elected to the Executive Board of Local 300 and soon began his ascendency
through the ranks of Local 300. In 1990 he was appointed Assistant Business Manager, in
1993 appointed President, in 1994 appointed Business Manager and in 1995 he was
elected as Business Manager of Local 300 for the first time.
Mr. Rasc6n served on the Metropolitan Water District's Board of Directors from 1997 to
2001. While serving as a MWD Board Member, he held the positions of Vice-Chairman of
the Subcommittee on Organization and Personnel and as a member of the Budget and
Finance Committee as well as the Legal Claims committee. Mr. Rasc6n also served as a
Los Angeles City Commissioner on the Convention and Exhibition Center Bureau from
2002 to 2005.
Mr. Rascon currently serves on the National Executive Board of the Latin American Council
for Labor Advancement as a National Vice - President. He serves as a delegate to the
California Consumer Federation, the California Federation of Labor, and the A. Philip
Randolph Institute and on the L.A. County Federation of Labor Executive COPE Board.
MARY ROSE ORTEGA
Mary Rose Ortega has been a teacher in the Los Angeles School District since 1976. She
has taught at Loma Vista Elementary in Maywood and First Street Elementary in Los
Angeles. She is presently serving her third three-year term on the California Teachers
Association (CTA) Board of Directors, which expires June 25,2014. Ortega has served in
a variety of key association positions, including member of the United Teachers Los
Angeles (UTLA), the National Educations Association (NEA) and of the CTA State Council
of Education.
Ortega, represents educators in Los Angeles United School District (LAUSD) on the CTA
Board. For eight years, she was on the UTLA Board of Directors, and was a member and
chair of the UTLA political action committee. She has served on the UTLA House of
Representatives since 1990. In 2004, she received the CTA State Ted Bass Teacher-in-
Politics Award. As a CTA Board, she serves as the liaison to several CTA Committees,
including the Curriculum and Instruction Committee, the CTA Good Teaching Conferences
and the CTA Teacher Evaluation Committee.
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