Assembly Member Karen Bass

Assembly Member Bass serves the 47th district. She is the founder of the Community Coalition which works to improve the quality of life in South Los Angeles.

Robert Greenwald

Mr. Greenwald is an award-winning producer and director of more than 60 features, television movies and miniseries. His work has garnered awards from organizations including the ACLU and Physicians for Social Responsibility, in addition to an Office of the Americas Activist in the Trenches award, a Liberty Hill Upton Sinclair Award, the Robert Wood Johnson Award, and a Peacemaker Award from The Los Angeles Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild.

Rick Jacobs

Mr. Jacobs is the Chair of the Courage Campaign, former Dean for America California Chair, Senior Advisor to DFA, Board of Liberty Hill, Chair of Brave New Films, LLC. Rick's background is in executive level financial planning.

Lawrence Lessig

Mr. Lessig is a Professor of Law at Stanford Law School and founder of the school's Center for Internet and Society. He also chairs the Creative Commons project and is the author of several books including Free Culture.

Katrina vanden Heuvel

Ms. vanden Heuvel has been editor of The Nation since 1995. She is an accomplished author and the recipient of numerous awards for public service from numerous groups, including The Liberty Hill Foundation, The Correctional Association and The Association for American-Russian Women.

Irene Romero

Irene Romero heads the Board for DreamCatchers. She is a veteran banker with over twenty years experience servicing the financial and banking needs of the entertainment industry. She has managed the Entertainment Divisions for Wells Fargo Bank, City National Bank, Mercantile National Bank and Republic Bank California. In addition she serves on the board of LA Leadership Academy (charter school) and in actively involved in Turning Point Temporary Housing Programs.