Our Leadership

Our YMCA of Metropolitan Los Angeles Board of Directors provide vital support for the Y's work to create lasting personal and social change:


OFFICERS 

Andrew Crowell
Chairman of the Board

Mark Helm
Immediate Past Chairman

Robert J. Lowe
Past Chairman

Cristina Rose
Past Chairman

Bryan Palbaum
Treasurer & Vice Chairman

John W. Alden Jr.
Secretary

Emily Ludmir Aviad
Vice Chairman

Kelly Cheeseman
Vice Chairman

Wendy Greuel
Vice Chairman

Todd M. Katz
Vice Chairman

Melvin Lindsey
Vice Chairman

Greg Meyer
Chair, Board of Governors

Patrick Monroe
Vice Chairman

Richard G. Newman
Vice Chairman

Patrick Niemann
Vice Chairman

Steve Nissen
Vice Chairman

John Power
Vice Chairman

Joseph Valdes
Vice Chairman

Les Ybarra
Vice Chairman

Victor Dominguez
President & CEO


 

DIRECTOR EMERITUS 

James A. Collins 
Chairman Emeritus 
Worldwide Restaurant Concepts, Inc.

W.J. Ellison
Past Chairman

Stephen F. Hinchliffe, Jr.
CEO
The Leisure Group, Inc.

Avedick B. Poladian
 


DIRECTORS 

Robert J. Abernethy
Chairman
American Standard Development Company

John W. Alden Jr. 
Associate General Counsel & Division Lead
American Honda Motor Co., Inc.

Emily Ludmir Aviad 
Principal 
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Bonnie Barnes
(Retired)
Deloitte Consulting

Kelly Cheeseman
Chief Operating Officer
L.A. Kings / AEG Sports

Jimmie Cho
Chief Operating Officer 
Southern California Gas Company

Ina Coleman 
Organizational Development Consultant 
Sirenia Partners

Whitley C. Collins 
Global President 
Advisory and Transaction Services / Occupier CBRE

Chelsea Crowder-Luke
Vice President
J.P. Morgan

Andrew E. Crowell 
Vice Chairman, Wealth Management
D.A. Davidson & Co.

Dana Debel 
Managing Director, Government Affairs 
Delta Air Lines, Inc.

Nehal A. Desai
Chief Financial Officer 
Reyes Coca-Cola Bottling LLC

Victor Dominguez
President & CEO
YMCA of Metropolitan Los Angeles

R. Todd Doney 
Vice Chairman 
CBRE

John Ek 
Partner 
Actium

Hanoz Gandhi
Senior Vice President of Technology & Analytics 
BDS Connected Solutions

Anton C. Garnier

Timothy K. Gaspar
Chief Executive Officer
Gaspar Insurance Services

Jose A. Gomez, Ph.D. 
Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer 
Cal State LA

Betsy Gonzalez 
Founder & Creative Director
Mia Becar

Wendy Greuel
Commissioner
L.A. Homeless Services Authority

Dan Guerrero
(Retired)
UCLA

Mark B. Helm 
Mediator and Arbitrator 
Phillips ADR Enterprises

Craig Hirson
Executive Vice President 
Chief Banking Officer 
CommerceWest Bank

Bowen Hsu
Principal
Arena Realty Partners

Todd M. Katz
Principal
Century Park Partners, LLC

Chris Klein
President
Los Angeles Galaxy

Tony Lee
CEO
Dickerson Employee Benefits Insurance Services

Melvin D. Lindsey 
Managing Partner & CEO 
Nile Capital Group LLC

Robert J. Lowe
Chairman
Lowe Enterprises, Inc.

Keith D. Lupton
Partner
Ernst & Young LLP

Glenville A. March, M.D. 

Jerry Marcil
President
Palos Verdes Investments, Inc.

Jim McDonnell 
Sheriff (Retired) 
Los Angeles County

Greg Meyer 
Captain (Retired) 
Los Angeles Police Department

Patrick Monroe
President & CEO
Rose Hills Memorial Park and Mortuaries

Michel Moore
Chief of Police
Los Angeles Police Department

Judith Anderson Munzig
Vice President
Topa Equities, Ltd.

Teryl Murabayashi
(Retired)

Richard G. Newman
Founder
GISI

Patrick J. Niemann 
Office Managing Partner Greater Los Angeles 
Ernst & Young LLP

Steve Nissen
Founder
Nissen Consulting Group

Heidi Novaes 
(Retired)
Capital Group

Fabian Núñez 
Former California Assembly Speaker

Bryan Palbaum 
President and Chief Operations Officer
Trader Joe’s Company

Daniel Palmer 
Managing Director, Market Leader 
BofA Private Bank

William M. Petmecky 
Chief Financial Officer 
Cypress Creek Renewables

Chester (Chet) Pipkin
Founder
Belkin International, Inc.

John B. Power
(Retired)
O'Melveny & Myers LLP

Morgan Rector 
President, California Market
Comerica Bank

Cristina Rose 
President & CEO 
Rose Policy Solutions

Ali Sahabi
Chief Operating Officer
Optimum Seismic

John H. Sanders 
Supervising Deputy Attorney General (Retired) 
California State Department of Justice

John H. Semcken, III 
Senior Vice President 
Majestic Realty Co.

Hugo Sibrian
CEO, President
Benefits & Risk Solutions, Inc.

David Siegel
President & CEO
Los Angeles Sports Council and Southern California Committee for the Olympic Games (SCCOG)

Steve Silk
Senior Managing Director
Eastdil Secured

Kate Sturgess
Vice President & Controller 
Edison International and Southern California Edison

Keith Terasaki, M.D. 

Brian Ulf
President & CEO StrongHouse Realty 
Advisors

Joseph Valdes 
Executive Vice President 
Parking Company of America, LLC

Chris Wallace
Chief Communications Officer
LA Clippers

Les Ybarra
President, CA Medicaid Health Plan
Anthem Blue Cross