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MAYOR VILLARAIGOSA APPOINTS NEW
BOARD OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY COMMISSIONERS

(Los Angeles, CA) - Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa continued his efforts to promote innovation in Los Angeles by appointing five members to the Board of Information Technology Commissioners.

The five appointees are responsible for overseeing the City's five franchised cable television companies, which serve 627,828 households in 15 geographical areas. The board also oversees the customer service that is provided by the cable television companies and protects the rights of subscribers.

"My appointees represent the breadth and depth of experience and diversity in our great city," said Mayor Villaraigosa. Since the beginning of his term, the Mayor has appointed four new members to the commission in addition to retaining one current member.

The five members of the commission are: Natalie Cole, a career publishing and advertising executive in Los Angeles; Ana Cubas, a longtime policy analyst; Dean Hansell, current President of the Information Technology Commission; Dennis Hernandez, a prominent Los Angeles attorney; and, Marsha Hirano-Nakanishi, a lifelong education advocate.

Biographies of the appointees follow:

NATALIE COLE
Natalie Cole currently serves as the Publisher and CEO of Our Weekly, an ethnic, weekly newspaper in Los Angeles. Before joining Our Weekly, Ms. Cole held various positions at the Los Angeles Times. These positions include director of classified sales and category advertising manager. She is also a graduate of the Los Angeles Times Leadership Institute. Ms. Cole received her B.S. in Business Administration and Management from Cal State University Los Angeles. She is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists, the Black Business Association and the Greater Los Angeles African American Chamber of Commerce.

ANA E. CUBAS
Ana E. Cubas is the Deputy Director of the Youth Policy Institute (YPI). YPI is a non-profit organization that serves low income students and families by providing technology training, workforce training, and after-school programs.

Ms. Cubas has extensive experience working in the public policy, education, and non-profit sectors. She worked for LAUSD School Board President José Huizar for three years as his Director of Policy and Legislation. She also worked in Los Angeles City Hall, first for the Chief Legislative Analyst's Office as a Legislative Analyst, and then for Council President Alex Padilla as his Legislative Deputy. Ana began her public policy career working in Washington, D.C. for the U.S. Department of Education, and then for the California Legislative Analyst's Office in Sacramento.

Ms. Cubas holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Sociology with highest honors from U.C. Berkeley and a Master's Degree in Public Affairs and Urban and Regional Planning from Princeton University.

DEAN HANSELL
Dean Hansell is managing partner at LeBoeuf Lamb Greene & MacRae. He is internationally recognized trial lawyer who handles complex litigation and appeals throughout the world. He is the author of over 35 book chapters and legal articles on various aspects of the practice of law and a frequent speaker at legal seminars. Mr. Hansell holds a BA from Denison University and a JD from Northwestern University School of Law.

DENNIS F. HERNANDEZ
Dennis Hernandez has over 20 years of litigation experience in state and federal courts, specializing in general business litigation, employment, real estate, intellectual property, First Amendment, and entertainment law. Mr. Hernandez also has extensive deposition, law and motion, and trial experience.

Mr. Hernandez currently serves as Of Counsel, at the Los Angeles law firm of Luna & Glushon. He previously worked at Fox Television Studios as Vice President of Legal Affairs, after serving as a partner in the Los Angeles office of Baker & Hostetler and as an associate in the Los Angeles office of Manatt, Phelps, Rothenberg & Phillips.

He received his B.A. from Loyola Marymount University in 1975 and his J.D. from Georgetown University in 1981.

MARSHA HIRANO-NAKANISHI
For over thirty years, Dr. Marsha Hirano-Nakanishi has been involved with work to strengthen education and educational opportunity in America. Ms. Hirano-Nakanishi recently coordinated the development of the Early Assessment of Readiness for College English and Mathematics. Ms. Hirano-Nakanishi also works to support public education as the CSU's representative to boards of WestEd, Far West Regional Laboratory, and Southwest Regional Laboratory.

Ms. Hirano-Nakanishi has published on diversity in America and American education, chaired the Asian American Education Commission of the Los Angeles Unified School District, and been a panelist urging the need for the inclusion of diverse perspectives and peoples in the fabric of American life.

Marsha Hirano-Nakanishi is a graduate of Stanford University with a bachelor's of science degree in mathematics and holds a doctorate from Harvard University in social policy analysis.

MAYOR VILLARAIGOSA APPOINTS NEW
LOS ANGELES CITY EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

(Los Angeles, CA) - Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa continued his efforts
to bring fairness and transparency to City government in Los Angeles by
appointing four members to the Los Angeles City Employees' Retirement
System (LACERS) Board of Commissioners.

LACERS is governed by a 7-member Commission. Four members are selected
by the Mayor and three are elected by system members. The Commission is
responsible for the 110 staff that manage retirement benefits for 40,500
members of LACERS, including investment management of approximately $7
billion in trust assets

"My appointees' expertise and commitment to public service will
serve our city well," said Mayor Villaraigosa. "These leaders
represent the diversity that makes Los Angeles great." Since the
beginning of his term, the Mayor has appointed three new members to the
commission in addition to retaining one current member.

The four appointees to the commission are: Kelly Candaele, a Los
Angeles Community College District Board Member; Moctesuma Esparza, a
filmmaker and entertainment executive; Eric Holoman, a successful banker
and businessman; and, Adolfo Nodal, an artist and former General Manager
of the Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department.

Biographies of the appointees follow:

KELLY CANDAELE
Mr. Candaele is a writer, filmmaker and elected official in Los
Angeles. For the past ten years Mr. Candaele has written extensively for
the Los Angeles Times , the New York Times , The Nation magazine, and
other national publications. Mr. Candaele has also lectured at Hebrew
University in Jerusalem, Occidental College in Los Angeles, and is an
Adjunct Associate Professor of Philosophy at California State
University, Chico. He is a founding member of the Peace Institute.
In the 1990s, Mr. Candaele was Policy Director at the Los Angeles
County Federation of Labor, and in 1996 he was elected to the Board of
Trustees of the Los Angeles Community College District, where he has
served three terms as a Trustee and two terms as the Board President.
He is on the Executive Board of Kids in Sports and is a member of the
Pacific Council On International Relations and the National Society of
Newspaper Columnists. Mr. Candaele was on the Executive Board of the
Coalition For Clean Air from 1997 to 2000.

Mr. Candaele obtained a Masters Degree in Psychology and Counseling
from California State University, Chico in 1979 and studied European
History at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

MOCTESUMA ESPARZA
Moctesuma Esparza, award-winning filmmaker, producer, entertainment
executive and entrepreneur is well known for his contribution to the
movie industry and his commitment to providing access and opportunities
for Latinos in Hollywood. Most recently, he produced Walkout, an
upcoming HBO film based on the true life events of the 1968 Walkouts
that happened at five East Los Angeles High Schools. Additional
Production credits include: Selena, Introducing Dorothy Dandridge;
Gettysburg; Cisco Kid; The Price of Glory; Selma, Lord Selma; The Ballad
of Gregorio Cortez; and The Milagro Beanfield War. He has won over 200
awards, including an Emmy for Cinco Vidas and an Academy Award
nomination for Agueda Martinez - Our People, Our Country.

Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, Esparza has not forgotten
his humble beginnings and is dedicated to giving back to his community.
As a UCLA student in the late 1960's, Moctesuma Esparza played an
active role in the student youth movement. He was a founder of MECHA,
and a leader in the famous Chicano Student Walkouts of 1968 for which he
and 12 others were arrested.

A life long entrepreneur and businessman, Mr. Esparza served as Chair
of the Board of the New America Alliance Institute from 2000-2003, an
organization of American Latino business leaders united to promote the
economic advancement of the Latino Community in America.

ERIC HOLOMAN
As an area sales manager, Eric Holoman is responsible for managing and
growing the sales effort of the LA Metro Private Mortgage banking group
in the Los Angeles office of Wells Fargo.

Prior to joining Wells Fargo, Eric worked for Bank of America in their
retail and high net worth divisions, first as a Senior Investment
Specialist and later as Vice President of High Net Worth Sales for the
Private Bank.

For nine years, Mr. Holoman was President of Holoman Food Service,
Inc., and oversaw the operation of 17 fast food franchises in inner-city
Los Angeles. Mr. Holoman later worked for Bank of America, first as a
Senior Investment Specialist and later as Vice President of High Net
Worth Sales for the Private Bank.

Mr. Holoman holds several professional designations and licenses with
the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) and was appointed
by Governor Pete Wilson to his Blue Ribbon committee on Workers
Compensation reform. Eric Holoman currently serves as a Board Member of
the Challengers Boys and Girls Club of America. Mr. Holoman attended
the University of Southern California and graduated with a degree in
Finance.

ADOLFO NODAL
Mr. Nodal served as Executive Director of contemporary arts
institutions in Washington, D.C. (Washington Project for the Arts), Los
Angeles (Otis Parsons School of Art Exhibition Center) and New Orleans
(Contemporary Arts Center.
He was General Manager of the City of Los Angeles' Cultural Affairs
Department from 1988-2001 and oversaw the civic design and historic
preservation of numerous major public arts projects in Los Angeles. Mr.
Nodal was also instrumental in developing several arts funding programs
in Los Angeles and has authored several books about the role of public
art in community development. He currently serves as Project General
Manager for the Annenberg Foundation/Not A Cornfield LLC where he is
overseeing the construction of a major public arts project in downtown
Los Angeles' "Cornfields" area.
Mr. Nodal attended Florida State University with a degree in Art. He
received his Masters of Arts degree from the California State University
at San Francisco.