List of Members

Members of the Mayor’s Office Civic Memory Working Group:

Gerdo Aquino, chief executive and principal, SWA Group landscape architecture and planning

Eric Avila, professor of History, Chicana/o Studies, and Urban Planning, UCLA

Ken Bernstein, principal city planner, Office of Historic Resources and Urban Design Studio, Los Angeles Department of City Planning

Julia Bogany (Tongva/Gabrielino), member and cultural consultant, Tongva Tribal Council

Danielle Brazell, general manager, Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs

Wendy Cheng, associate professor of American Studies, Scripps College

Nora Chin, former deputy chief design officer, Office of Mayor Eric Garcetti

William Deverell, professor of History at the University of Southern California (USC) and director, Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West

AP Diaz, executive officer and chief of staff, Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks

Laura Dominguez, doctoral candidate in History, USC

Frank Escher, co-founder and principal, Escher GuneWardena Architecture

Frederick Fisher, principal, Frederick Fisher and Partners Architects

Taj Frazier, professor of Communication and director, Institute for Diversity and Empowerment, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism

Theresa Gregor (Iipay/Yaqui), assistant professor of American Indian Studies, Cal State Long Beach

Catherine Gudis, director, Public History Program, UC Riverside

Leila Hamidi, arts organizer and writer

Christopher Hawthorne, chief design officer, Office of Mayor Eric Garcetti

Michael Holland, city archivist, Los Angeles City Archives

Leslie Ito, executive director, Armory Center for the Arts

Sharon Johnston, architect, partner, and co-founder at Johnston Marklee, and professor in practice of Architecture, Harvard University

Gail Kennard, president, Kennard Design Group (KDG) and commissioner, Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Commission

Jessica Kim, associate professor of History, California State University, Northridge

Andrew Kovacs, architectural designer and founder, O”ce Kovacs, Los Angeles

Priscilla Leiva, assistant professor of Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies, Loyola Marymount University

Marissa López, professor of English and Chicana/o Studies, UCLA

Kelly Lytle Hernández, professor of History, African American Studies, and Urban Planning, UCLA

Nathan Masters, host, KCET’s Lost L.A., and manager of academic events and programming communications, USC Libraries

Jennifer McDowell, associate director of Infrastructure, Mayor’s Office of City Services

Natalia Molina, professor of American Studies and Ethnicity, USC

Kelema Lee Moses, assistant professor of Art & Art History, Occidental College

Becky Nicolaides, research affiliate, USC and UCLA

Alex Ross, music critic, The New Yorker

Shannon Ryan, senior city planner, Los Angeles Department of City Planning

Yuval Sharon, artistic director, The Industry

John F. Szabo, city librarian, Los Angeles Public Library

David Torres-Rouff, chair, Department of History & Critical Race and Ethnic Studies, UC Merced

David Ulin, author and professor of the practice in English, USC

D. J. Waldie, author and former deputy city manager, City of Lakewood

Richard White, emeritus professor of History, Stanford University

Mark Wild, professor of History, Cal State Los Angeles

Rosten Woo, artist and designer

Advisors to the Working Group:

Cindi Alvitre (Tongva/Gabrielino), lecturer, American Indian Studies, California State University, Long Beach

Theresa Ambo (San Luis Rey Band of Mission Indians, Tongva/Gabrielino, Tohono O’odham), assistant professor, Education Studies, University of California, San Diego

Yve Chavez (Tongva/Gabrielino), assistant professor, History of Art and Visual Culture, UC Santa Cruz

Linda Dishman, president and chief executive o”cer, Los Angeles Conservancy

Bruce Durbin (Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel), supervising regional planner, Los Angeles County Department of Regional Planning

Adrian Scott Fine, director of advocacy, Los Angeles Conservancy

Dolores Hayden, emerita professor of Architecture and American studies, Yale University

Elisapeta Heta, senior associate and Maori design leader, Jasmax, Auckland, New Zealand

Mark Lamster, architecture critic, Dallas Morning News

Brenda Levin, president and principal, Levin & Associates Architects

Monica M. Martinez, professor of History, University of Texas

Kimberli Meyer, architect and curator

Christina Morris, senior !eld director, National Trust for Historic Preservation

Chon Noriega, professor of Film, Television, and Digital Media, UCLA, and director, UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center

Rudy Ortega (Fernandeño Tataviam), tribal president, Fernandeño Tataviam Band of Mission Indians, commissioner and former chairman, Los Angeles City/County Native American Indian Commission

Caitlin Parker, doctoral candidate in History, UCLA

Joely Proudfjt (Luiseño), chair, professor of American Indian Studies and director, California Indian Culture and Sovereignty Center, California State University San Marcos

Kristin Sakoda, director, Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture

Danyel Smith, host, Black Girl Songbook (Spotify), former editor of Billboard and Vibe magazines and former editor-at-large, Time Inc.

Megan Steinman, curator and museum executive and former director, The Underground Museum, Los Angeles

Alexandra Valdes (Tlingit & Athabascan), executive director, Los Angeles City/ County Native American Indian Commission

PAST DUE: Report and Recommendations of the Los Angeles Mayor's Office Civic Memory Working Group

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