LA 2024's Board is led by Chairman Casey Wasserman, CEO Gene Sykes and five Vice Chairs: four-time Olympic champion and Director of Athlete Relations Janet Evans, eight-time Paralympic champion Candace Cable, Olympic Champion and leading sports entrepreneur Earvin “Magic” Johnson, The Walt Disney Company Chairman and CEO Bob Iger and UNITE HERE (National Hospitality Workers Union) Vice President Maria Elena Durazo.
Representing the very best of California’s business expertise, creativity and imagination, the Board has contributed invaluable insight to LA 2024's low-risk, high-tech and sustainable proposal to the International Olympic Committee. In addition to lending their talent and expertise to the bid, Board members have donated more than $50 million to finance LA 2024's operations to bring the Games back to Los Angeles. Unlike many Olympic bids, LA 2024 is entirely privately funded and run, without any government funding.
LA 2024 Chairman Casey Wasserman said: “The world is changing, and so are the needs of the Olympic and Paralympic Movements. This calls for new thinking, and that is precisely what the diverse group of 117 leaders and innovators on LA 2024's Board of Directors brings to LA's bid for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. LA 2024's low-risk proposal has earned 88% public support for the Games and does not require building any new permanent venues. That means that instead of focusing on complex and costly construction projects, we can dedicate this group’s incredible energy and creativity to connecting the Games to the future."
LA 2024 CEO Gene Sykes said: “LA is a vibrant, youthful city, focused on the future, and the LA 2024 Board embraces that ethos. On behalf of the LA 2024 team, I want to thank the Board for supporting our Olympic and Paralympic bid to restore the credibility of the Games, ensure financial stability for the Olympic and Paralympic Movements and reconnect the Games with young people around the world.”
Additional business and community leaders will join LA 2024's Board of Directors as the bid progresses to the International Olympic Committee's election of a 2024 Host City on September 13, 2017 in Lima, Peru.
LA 2024 Board of Directors and Nominees
Mark Attanasio - Managing Partner, Crescent Capital and Chairman, Milwaukee Brewers
John Babco*ck - Partner, Rustic Canyon Partners
Larry Baer - President & CEO, San Francisco Giants
Steve Ballmer - Owner, Los Angeles Clippers
Dan Beckerman - President & CEO, AEG
Scott Blackmun - CEO, US Olympic Committee
Gene D. Block - Chancellor, University of California, Los Angeles
Robert Bradway - Chairman & CEO, Amgen
Kathleen Brown - Partner, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP and Former California State Treasurer
Chad Brownstein - Board Representative, Banc of California
Elise Buik - President & CEO, United Way of Greater Los Angeles
Michael S. Burke - Chairman & CEO, AECOM
Jeanie Buss - Owner & Governor, Los Angeles Lakers
Laphonza Butler - President, SEIU Local 2015
Candace Cable - Paralympian and Director of Paralympic & Disability Engagement & Vice-Chair, LA 2024
Rick Caruso - Founder & CEO, Caruso
Jae Min Chang - Chairman, CEO & Publisher, The Korea Times Los Angeles, Inc.
Alex Martin Chaves - CEO, Parking Corporation of America
John F. Chavez - Chair, LA 84 Foundation Grants & Programs Committee
Jason Collins - NBA Global Ambassador and Retired NBA Player
Gordon Crawford - Chairman, US Olympic & Paralympic Foundation
Jim Davidson - Co-Founder, Managing Partner & Managing Director, Silver Lake Partners
Anita DeFrantz - Olympian and Senior Advisor for Legacy, LA 2024 and IOC Executive Board
Kevin Demoff - Chief Operating Officer, Los Angeles Rams
Donna de Varona - Olympian and Member, IOC Women and Sport Commission and Advisor - Women in Sport, LA 2024
Placido Domingo - Opera Singer, Conductor and General Director of LA Opera
Michael Dreyer - Managing Partner, Dreyer, Robbins & Associates
Gustavo Dudamel - Music & Artistic Director, Los Angeles Philharmonic
Maria Elena Durazo - Vice President, Unite Here (National Hospitality Workers Union) and Vice-Chair, LA 2024
Phyllis Easton - Board Member, Easton Technology Management Center at UCLA Anderson School
Dr. Eric Esrailian - Co-Chief, Digestive Diseases, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Janet Evans - Olympian and Vice-Chair & Director of Athletes, LA 2024
Jim Ford - Senior Advisor, Oaktree Capital and Senior Advisor-Strategic Partnerships, LA 2024
Nichelle Gainey - President & CEO, SilverStone International
W.M. Garland III - Owner, Quercus LLC
David Geffen - CEO, The David Geffen Company
Bill Gerber - Film Producer
Ben Goldhirsh - Co-Founder & Co-CEO, GOOD
Most Reverend Jose Gomez - Archbishop of Los Angeles
Tom Gores - CEO, Platinum Equity and Owner, Detroit Pistons
Sir Lucian Grainge - Chairman & CEO, Universal Music Group
Antonia Hernandez - President & CEO, California Community Foundation
Rusty Hicks - Executive Secretary-Treasurer, Los Angeles County Federation of Labor AFL-CIO
Jeff Hill - Managing Partner, Boston Consulting Group Los Angeles
Jim Hirschmann III - President & CEO, Western Asset Management Co.
Maria Hummer-Tuttle - Chair, J. Paul Getty Trust
Bob Iger - Chairman & CEO, The Walt Disney Company and Vice-Chair, LA 2024
Earvin “Magic” Johnson - Olympian, Chairman & CEO, Magic Johnson Enterprises and Vice-Chair, LA 2024
Matthew M. Johnson - Managing Partner, Zifferen Brittenham LLP and President, Los Angeles Police Commission
Martha Karsh - Co-Founder, Karsh Family Foundation
Stan Kasten - President & CEO, Los Angeles Dodgers
Barbara Kendall MBE - Olympian, Former IOC Member
Michelle Kerrick- Managing Partner, Deloitte Los Angeles
Michelle King - Superintendent, Los Angeles Unified School District
Jessica Lall - President & CEO, Central City Association
David Lee - Co-Founder & Managing General Partner, Clarity Partners
Mike Lenard - Olympian and Vice President, International Court of Arbitration for Sport
Mary Leslie - President, Los Angeles Business Council
Robert W. Lovelace - Vice Chair, Capital Group Companies
Peter Lowy - Co-CEO, Westfield Group
Maurice Marciano - Co-Founder & Chairman emeritus, GUESS? Inc.
William McMorrow - Chairman & CEO, Kennedy Wilson
Alicia Miñana - Owner, Law offices of Alicia Miñana
Rachel Moore - President & CEO, The Music Center
James Murdoch - CEO, 21st Century Fox
Reverend Cecil Murray - Chair, USC Cecil Murray Center for Community Engagement
Kimbal Musk - Founder, The Kitchen
Janet Napolitano - President, University of California
Brian Nelson - General Counsel, LA 2024
C.L. Max Nikias - President, University of Southern California
Eloy Ortiz Oakley - Chancellor, California Community Colleges
Ron Olson - Partner, Munger, Tolles & Olson
Steve Pagliuca - Co-Chairman, Bain Capital and Co-Owner & Managing Partner, Boston Celtics
Romel Pascual - Executive Director, CicLAvia
Skip Paul - Senior Advisor, Centerview Partners
Joan Payden - President & CEO, Payden & Rygel
Greg Penner - General Partner, Madrone Capital Partners and Chairman, Walmart Board of Directors
Greg Penske - Chairman & CEO, Penske Motor Group
Jerry Perenchio
James Perse - Founder, James Perse Enterprises
Whitney Ping - Olympian, Board Member, US Olympic Committee and Vice President, Bain Capital
Pedro Pizarro - President & CEO, Edison International
Tony Pritzker - Managing Partner & Founder, Pritzker Group
Larry Probst - Chairman, Electronic Arts and Chairman, US Olympic Committee and IOC Member
Michael Rapino - President & CEO, Live Nation Entertainment
Tony Ressler - Chairman & CEO, Ares Management and Owner, Atlanta Hawks
Alberto Retana - President & CEO, Community Coalition
Thomas F. Rosenbaum - President, California Institute of Technology
Ed Roski, Jr. - President & Chairman of the Board, Majestic Realty Co. and Co-Owner, Los Angeles Kings
Robert K. Ross, MD - President & CEO, The California Endowment
Angela Ruggiero - Olympian, Director of Strategy, LA 2024 and IOC Executive Board
Haim Saban - Chairman & CEO, Saban Capital Group
The Hon. Sunil Sabharwal - Member, IOC Commission on Sustainability & Legacy
Frank Sanchez - Chair, LA84 Foundation and McDonald's Licensee
Barry Sanders - Chair, Southern California Committee for the Olympic Games
Carol Schatz - President & CEO, Downtown Center Business Improvement District
Jonah Schnel - Chairman & President, Fast A/R Funding
Jeff Shell - Chairman, NBCUniversal Filmed Entertainment Group
Chris Silbermann - Managing Partner, ICM Partners, LLC
Renata Simril - President & CEO, LA84 Foundation
Eric Smidt - Chairman & CEO, Harbor Freight Tools
Robert F. Smith - Founder, Chairman & CEO, Vista Equity Partners
Marc Stern - Chairman, The TCW Group, Inc.
Gene T. Sykes - CEO, LA 2024
Steve Tisch - Co-Owner & Chairman, New York Giants
Gary Toebben - President & CEO, The Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce
Kevin Tsujihara - Chairman & CEO, Warner Bros.
David Ulich - Partner, Sheppard Mullin and President, Foundation for Global Sports Development
Alex von Furstenberg - Founder & Chief Investment Officer, Ranger Global Advisors, LLC
Stuart Waldman - President, Valley Industry Commerce Association
Shirley Wang - Founder & CEO, Plastpro Inc.
Walter Wang - Chairman & CEO, JM Eagle Inc.
Casey Wasserman - Chairman & CEO, Wasserman and Chairman, LA 2024
Kevin White - VP & Director of Athletics, Duke University and Board Member, US Olympic Committee
Kevin Yorn - Managing Partner, Morris Yorn Barnes Levine Entertainment Law Firm
Andre Young - p/k/a Dr. Dre, Music Producer, Songwriter & Performer, Film Producer, Entrepreneur
Jeremy Zimmer - CEO, United Talent Agency
