
The 21st Annual Mayoral Housing, Transportation & Jobs Summit
A New Operating Paradigm for a More Livable L.A.
May 19, 2023
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Join Us As We Discuss
- How to achieve Los Angeles’ Housing Element goals;
- How to scale solutions to prevent the proliferation of people experiencing homelessness;
- The impact of federal funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Package (IIJA) and the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) on transportation infrastructure and housing,
- and much more!
7am | Breakfast & Registration
8am – 3pm | Program
UCLA Luskin Center


The Honorable Karen Bass
Mayor City of Los Angeles
Day-of Agenda
7:00 AM
Breakfast, Registration and Networking
8:00 AM
Summit Welcome – David Nahai, LABC Chair
8:05 AM
Host Welcome – Gene Block, Chancellor, UCLA
8:10 AM
Spotlight – Eri Kameyama, VP of Community Development Banking, JP Morgan Chase
8:15 AM
Business Keynote – Dan Hedigan, Chief Executive Officer, FivePoint
8:25 AM
Spotlight – Teresa Bryce Bazemore, President & CEO, Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco
8:35 AM
Introduction – Amy Anderson, Wells Fargo
8:40 AM
Keynote Speaker – Lourdes Castro Ramírez, Secretary, Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency
8:50 AM
Presentation – Tackling the Housing Crisis: Streamlining to Increase Production
9:10 AM
Panel – Development Reform: A New Model for Success
Moderator
Stephanie Klasky-Gamer, President & CEO, LA Family Housing
Panelists
Holly Benson, President & CEO, Abode Communities
Josh Englander, Senior Director of Business Development & Government Affairs, Suffolk Construction
Stuart Gabriel, Director, UCLA Ziman Center for Real Estate and Distinguished Professor UCLA Anderson School
Larry Wilkes, Senior Vice President, Related California
10:30 AM
Introduction – Mary Leslie, President, LABC & Gene Block, Chancellor, UCLA
10:35 AM
Fireside Chat – Leading with Urgency on Homelessness and Housing Reform
Moderator
Richard Ziman, LABC Founding Chair
Mayor Karen Bass, City of Los Angeles
Mayor Darrell Steinberg, City of Sacramento
11:05 AM
Special Presentation – Zella Knight, RUN Los Angeles
11:10 AM
Panel – A New Operating Paradigm To Meet Our Homeless Housing Needs
Moderator
Miguel Santana, CEO, Weingart Foundation
Panelists
Dr. Va Lecia Adams Kellum, Executive Director, LAHSA
Arash Daghighian, Vice President, Ford E.C., Inc.
John Maceri, CEO, The People Concern
Alan Greenlee, Executive Director, SCANPH
Jenna Hornstock, Deputy Mayor of Housing, Office of Mayor Bass
12:25 PM Lunch
12:45 PM
Introduction – Papia Gambelin, Managing Director, State & Local Affairs, Western Region, United Airlines
12:50 PM
Keynote – U.S. Congresswoman Maxine Waters
1:00 PM
Fireside Chat – Proven Methods to Combat Poverty in Los Angeles
Moderator:
Peter Laugharn, President & CEO, Conrad P. Hilton Foundation
Supervisor Holly Mitchell, County of Los Angeles
Jason Pu, Region 9 Administrator, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
1:30 PM
Spotlight – Ellie Casson, Head of City Policy and Government Affairs, Waymo
1:40 PM
Introduction – Zafar Alikhan, Vice President, Infrastructure, TRC
1:45 PM
Keynote – Toks Omishakin, Secretary of the California State Transportation Agency
1:55 PM
Panel: A New Era of Innovation in Transportation
Moderator
Dave Warner, Senior Vice President, WSP
Panelists
Justin Erbacci, CEO, Los Angeles World Airports
Paul Jennings, CEO, PCS Energy
Gene Seroka, Executive Director, Port of Los Angeles
Kelvin Sims, President, California Public Infrastructure, Bechtel
Stephanie Wiggins, CEO, LA Metro
3:10 PM End of program
Featured Speakers
The Honorable Darrell Steinberger
Mayor City of Sacramento
Teresa Bryce Bazemore
President & CEO Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco
Dr. Gene Block
Chancellor of UCLA
Justin Erbacci
Chief Executive Officer Los Angeles World Airports
Stephanie Wiggins
Chief Executive Officer Metro
Toks Omishakin
Secretary California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA)
Lourdes M. Castro Ramirez
Secretary Business Consumer Services and Housing Agency State of California
Richard S. Ziman
Founding & Vice Chair, LABC; Trustee The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation
Stuart Gabriel
Holly Benson
Jenna Hornstock
Stephanie Klasky-Gamer
Miguel Santana
John Maceri
Josh Englander
Alan Greenlee
Dave Warner
Paul Jennings
Kelvin Sims
Gene Seroka
Eri Kameyama
Amy Anderson
Zafar Alikhan
Peter Laugharn
Dan Hedigan
Larry Wilkes
Senior Vice President, Related California
Dr. Va Lecia Adams Kellum
Executive Director, LAHSA
Arash Daghighian
Vice President, Ford E.C., Inc.
Papia Gambelin
Managing Director, State & Local Affairs, Western Region, United Airlines
Supervisor Holly Mitchell
County of Los Angeles
Jason Pu
Region 9 Administrator, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Ellie Casson
Head of City Policy and Government Affairs, Waymo
David Nahai
Brad Cox
Sponsors
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