Holly Mitchell
Los Angeles County Supervisor2nd District
Lisa Cagnolatti
Senior Vice President of Customer Service
Southern California Edison
Southern California Edison
Opening Plenary
Stephen Cheung (Moderator)
COO
Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation
Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation
Mary Leslie
President
Los Angeles Business Council
Los Angeles Business Council
Manuel Pastor
Director, USC Dornsife Equity Research Institute
Tunua Thrash-Ntuk
Executive Director
Los Angeles Local Initiatives Support Corporation
Los Angeles Local Initiatives Support Corporation
Business Recovery
Kelly LoBianco (Moderator)
Executive Director
Economic and Workforce Development, Los Angeles County
Economic and Workforce Development, Los Angeles County
Bob Machuca
District Director of Business Assistance
Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation
Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation
Rudy Espinoza
Executive Director
Inclusive Action for the City
Inclusive Action for the City
Angela Gibson-Shaw
President
Greater Los Angeles African American Chamber of Commerce
Greater Los Angeles African American Chamber of Commerce
Lilly Rocha
CEO
Latino Restaurant Association
Latino Restaurant Association
Housing Affordability
Effie Turnbull Sanders (Moderator)
Vice President of Civic Engagement and Economic Partnerships
University of Southern California
University of Southern California
Kim McKay
Executive Vice President
BRIDGE Housing
BRIDGE Housing
Jennifer Hark Dietz
CEO
People Assisting the Homeless (PATH)
People Assisting the Homeless (PATH)
Sasha Kergan
Deputy Secretary of Housing
California State’s Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency
California State’s Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency
Heidi Marston
Executive Director
Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority
Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority
Broadband Deployment
Gabe Middleton (Moderator)
CEO
Human-I-T
Human-I-T
Rebecca Kauma
Economic & Digital Inclusion Officer
City of Long Beach
City of Long Beach
Keri Askew Bailey
Group Vice President of State Government Affairs, West Region
Charter Communications
Charter Communications
Efrain Escobedo
Vice President of Public Policy and Civic Engagement
California Community Foundation
California Community Foundation
Selwyn Hollins
Director of the
Internal Services Department
Los Angeles County
Internal Services Department
Los Angeles County
Cleantech Infrastructure
Danny Kim (Moderator)
Partner
Nixon Peabody LLP
Nixon Peabody LLP
Michael Smith
Head of Policy and
Public-Private Partnerships
Xeal Energy
Public-Private Partnerships
Xeal Energy
Zanku Armenian
Director, Public Affairs
Southern California Edison
Southern California Edison
Julia Thayne DeMordaunt
Principal of Urban Transformation
RMI
RMI
Joseph Avila
Director of Public Affairs
Southern California Gas Company
Southern California Gas Company
Michelle Kinman
Incoming SVP of
Market Transformation
Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator
Market Transformation
Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator
City Talks
Luis Garibay
Economic Development Manager
City of Palmdale
City of Palmdale
Alma Martinez
City Manager
City of El Monte
City of El Monte
Jesse Mays
Assistant City Manager
City of Culver City
City of Culver City
Marvin Moon
Assistant General Manager for Power Delivery
Pasadena Water & Power
Pasadena Water & Power
The non-profit Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation champions equitable economic growth across the LA region.
Collaborating with community, government, business and education partners to inform and advance our data-driven and evidence-based approach, we endeavor to achieve a reimagined regional economy – growing, equitable, sustainable, and resilient -that provides a healthy and high standard of living for all.
LAEDC staff and members represent the diversity of Los Angeles County and act as trusted conveners, thought partners, valued service providers, regional stewards, and catalysts for transformational change.
Cover photo by RODNAE Productions