Board of Trustees

 
Officers

Austin M. Beutner
Chairman of the Board, CalArts
First Deputy Mayor and Chief Executive of Economic Development and Business Policy, City of Los Angeles
Retired Founding Partner
Evercore Partners
Santa Monica, CA

Thomas L. Lee
Vice Chairman of the Board, CalArts
Former Chairman and CEO
The Newhall Land and Farming Company
Valencia, CA

James B. Lovelace
Vice Chairman of the Board, CalArts
Senior Vice President
Capital Research Global Investors
Los Angeles, CA

Peter Norton
Vice Chairman of the Board, CalArts
Computer Software Entrepreneur, Retired
Norton Family Office
Santa Monica, CA

 
Trustees

Joan Abrahamson
President
The Jefferson Institute
Los Angeles, CA

Aileen Adams
Deputy Mayor of Strategic Partnerships
City of Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA

Randy Alpert
Songwriter/Musician/Record Producer
Calabasas, CA

Alan Bergman
President
The Walt Disney Studios
Burbank, CA

David A. Bossert
Creative Director, Special Projects
Walt Disney Animation Studios
Burbank, CA

Manuel Castells
Wallis Annenberg Chair of Communication, Technology and Society
USC Annenberg School of Communication
Los Angeles, CA

Don Cheadle
Actor
Los Angeles, CA

Joseph M. Cohen
Chairman and CEO
HTN Communications LLC
New York, NY

Richard W. Cook
Chairman
The Walt Disney Studios
Burbank, CA

Timothy P. Corrigan
President
Timothy Corrigan, Inc.
Los Angeles, CA

Robert J. Denison
Chairman
First Security Management
Santa Fe, NM

Tim Disney
Chairman
Uncommon Productions
Los Angeles, CA

Janet Dreisen
Civic Leader
Los Angeles, CA

Robert B. Egelston
Former Chairman
The Capital Group Companies, Inc.
Los Angeles, CA

Michael D. Eisner
Former CEO and Chairman
Walt Disney Company
Founder, The Tornante Co. LLC
Beverly Hills, CA

David I. Fisher
Chairman
Capital Group International, Inc.
Los Angeles, CA

Harriett F. Gold
Civic Leader
Los Angeles, CA

Charmaine Jefferson
Executive Director
California African American Museum
Los Angeles, CA

Peter S. Kraus
Ex Officio/Chairman, Board of Overseers, CalArts
Chief Executive Officer
AllianceBernstein
New York, NY

Steven D. Lavine
Ex Officio, CalArts
President
California Institute of the Arts
Valencia, CA

Michelle Lund
President
The Sharon D. Lund Foundation
Los Angeles, CA

Jamie Alter Lynton
Civic Leader
Los Angeles, CA

Nicki Voss-Stern
Staff Trustee
Admissions
California Institute of the Arts
Valencia, CA

Willem T. Mesdag
Partner
Red Mountain Capital Partners LLC
Los Angeles, CA

Colleen Morrissey
President
John and Colleen Morrissey Foundation
Treasurer, Edmund and Mary Shea Family Foundation
Los Angeles, CA

Lawrence J. Ramer
Chairman
Ramer Equities, Inc.
Los Angeles, CA

Araceli Ruano
President
Los Angeles County Arts Commission
Los Angeles, CA

David L. Schiff
Chairman
The Schiff Company
Beverly Hills, CA

Joseph Smith
Music Industry Veteran
Beverly Hills, CA

Whitney Smith
Student Trustee
School of Film/Video
California Institute of the Arts
Valencia, CA

Thomas E. Unterman
Founder and Managing Partner
Rustic Canyon Partners
Santa Monica, CA

Roger Wacker
Vice Chairman
UBS Private Bank
Wealth Management US, UBS AG
Century City, CA

Elliot D. Webb
Executive Vice President
International Creative Management, Inc.
(ICM)
Century City, CA

Luanne C. Wells
Civic Leader
Beverly Hills, CA


Trustee Emeriti

V. Shannon Clyne
Civic Leader
Los Angeles, CA

Douglas K. Freeman
Chairman
First Foundation Advisors
Irvine, CA

Jeffrey Katzenberg
Chief Executive Officer
DreamWorks Animation SKG
Glendale, CA

Jon B. Lovelace
Chairman Emeritus
Capital Research & Management Co.
Los Angeles, CA

William S. Lund
Chairman
WSL Associates
Paradise Valley, AZ

C. Roderick O'Neil
Chairman
O'Neil Associates
South Glastonbury, CT

Michael Pressman
Director and Executive Producer
New York, NY

Harrison A. Price
Chairman and President
Harrison Price Company
Pomona, CA