Our Leadership Council is a diverse group of Californians who guide California Forward’s projects.
Leadership Council Secretary
Susan Lovenburg
COO, CA FWDPreviously Served
Juan Arambula
Former Assembly Speaker pro Tempore
Joanne Kozberg
Principal at California Strategies, LLC
Stewart Kwoh
President & Executive Director of Asian Americans Advancing Justice
Donna Lucas
Former Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategic Planning & Initiatives for Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
Laurie Madigan
Partner at Madigan Consulting, Inc
James P. Mayer
Senior Fellow & President Emeritus at California Forward
Thomas V. McKernan, Founding Co-Chair
Chair of the Board of the Automobile Club of Southern California
Bruce McPherson
Former California Secretary of State
Eloy Ortiz Oakley
Superintendent-President, Long Beach City College
Leon E. Panetta
Former Co-Chair; Fmr. Secretary of Defense and Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
Charles “Chuck” Poochigian
Former State Senator & Assemblymember
Cruz Reynoso
Former Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court & the Third District Court of Appeal
Constance L. “Connie” Rice
Former Co-Director of the Los Angeles NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund
Joseph N. Sanberg
Founder, CalEITC4Me
Bruce Stenslie
President & CEO, Economic Development Collaborative-Ventura County
Arturo Vargas
Executive Director, NALEO
Eugene J. “Gene” Voiland
Former President & CEO of Aera Energy LLC
Sunne Wright McPeak
President & CEO of the California Emerging Technology Fund