Leadership
Board of Directors & Board of Governors
Board Officers
Board Members
Anil Ranavat
CEO, Cedar Porch Capital
Chairperson
Azita Karimkhany Fatheree
Community Advocate
1st Vice Chairperson
Malcolm McNeil, Esq.
Partner, Arent Fox
2nd Vice Chairperson
Montgomery Zimmerman
VP and Client Strategist
BNY Mellon Wealth Management
Treasurer
Michael T. Anderson, AIF
Executive Vice President
The L. Warner Companies, Inc.
Vice Treasurer
Ellen Turner
Chief Executive Officer
Turner Techtronics, Inc.
Secretary
Kimberly Lewis, Esq.
Ervin, Cohen & Jessup, LLP
Assistant Secretary
Immediate Past Chair
Shelley I. Smith, Esq.
Consultant, GrayShell Consulting
CEO, Cedar Porch Capital
Chairperson
Azita Karimkhany Fatheree
Community Advocate
1st Vice Chairperson
Malcolm McNeil, Esq.
Partner, Arent Fox
2nd Vice Chairperson
Montgomery Zimmerman
VP and Client Strategist
BNY Mellon Wealth Management
Treasurer
Michael T. Anderson, AIF
Executive Vice President
The L. Warner Companies, Inc.
Vice Treasurer
Ellen Turner
Chief Executive Officer
Turner Techtronics, Inc.
Secretary
Kimberly Lewis, Esq.
Ervin, Cohen & Jessup, LLP
Assistant Secretary
Immediate Past Chair
Shelley I. Smith, Esq.
Consultant, GrayShell Consulting
Adebunmi Adelajun, CPA
BDO USA, LLP
Fred Alavi
Consultant
Steven P. Beltran, Esq
Beltran Smith, LL
Gerald Chernin
Client Advocate
Scott Cooper
CMC Principal, Pegasus Squire, Inc.
Richard Ehrlich
Carolwood Estates
Clemente Gonzalez
World Options, Inc.
Thomas Hopkins
U.S. Bank (retired)
John Jarjoura, CFA
Senior Analyst, box3 capital
Mary Kayne
Community Volunteer
Lara Kislinger, Esq.
LA County Public Defender’s Office
Aaron Neubert, FAIA
Founder, Aaron Neubert Architects
Royal Kennedy Rodgers
Producer, RKR Media
Sujatha Santhanam
Director of Systems and Technology
SoCal Gas
Thomas J. Schulte, CPA
Senior Partner, Armanino LLP
Paul K. Zimmerman
Independent Businessman, Imperfect Partners
EMERITUS
Scott D. Bowling, Psy.D.
CEO Emeritus
Suzanne Kayne
Board Member Emeritus
Robert D. Shushan, Ed.D.
President Emeritus — In Memoriam
Board Officers
Anil Ranavat
CEO, Cedar Porch Capital
Chairperson
Azita Karimkhany Fatheree
Community Advocate
1st Vice Chairperson
Malcolm McNeil, Esq.
Partner, Arent Fox
2nd Vice Chairperson
Montgomery Zimmerman
VP and Client Strategist
BNY Mellon
Treasurer
Michael T. Anderson, AIF
Executive Vice President
The L. Warner Companies, Inc.
Vice Treasurer
Ellen Turner
Chief Executive Officer
Turner Techtronics, Inc.
Secretary
Kimberly Lewis, Esq.
Ervin, Cohen & Jessup, LLP
Assistant Secretary
Immediate Past Chair
Shelley I. Smith, Esq.
Consultant, GrayShell Consulting
Board Members
Leslie B. Abell, A Professional Corporation
Fred Alavi
Managing Director, Excel Bank
Steven P. Beltran, Esq
Beltran Smith, LL
Gerald Chernin
Client Advocate
Scott Cooper
CMC Principal, Pegasus Squire, Inc.
Thomas Hopkins
U.S. Bank (retired)
John Jarjoura, CFA
Senior Analyst, box3 capital
Mary Kayne
Community Volunteer
Aaron Neubert, FAIA
Founder, Aaron Neubert Architects
Lan Nguyen
Sun Group
Royal Kennedy Rodgers
Producer, RKR Media
Sujatha Santhanam
Director of Systems and Technology
SoCal Gas
Thomas J. Schulte, CPA
Senior Partner, Armanino LLP
Paul K. Zimmerman
Independent Businessman, Imperfect Partners
EMERITUS
Scott D. Bowling, Psy.D.
CEO Emeritus
Suzanne Kayne
Board Member Emeritus
Robert D. Shushan, Ed.D.
President Emeritus — In Memoriam
BOARD OF GOVERNORS
Barbara Cull
Founder, Kayne Eras Center
Jerry Moss — In Memoriam
SHARE, Inc.
Executive Management Team
Veronica Arteaga, LCSW, PPSC, President and CEO
Veronica Arteaga, LCSW, PPSC, President and CEO
Veronica is a licensed clinical social worker and is pupil personnel services credentialed (K-12 counseling), and is a graduate of the Executive Leadership Institute. She holds a Master of Social Work from University of Southern California, and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of California, Santa Cruz.
TuLynn Smylie, Chief Operating Officer
She loves both programming and developing systems and processes to support excellent programs.
TuLynn holds a BA from Columbia University and a law degree from UCLA School of Law.
Sonhui “Sunny” Robilotta, Chief Financial Officer
She served as ECF’s Vice President of Finance and Director of Finance & Controller from 2004 to 2012, and assisted in successfully executing the organization’s merger with the Kayne Eras Center in 2006.
Aa Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Sunny holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from California State University Monterey Bay and Bachelor of Science degrees in Accounting and Business Administration from College of Charleston, South Carolina.
Sunny earned the Los Angeles Business Journal’s CFO of the Year Award (2009).
Maryam Hamedaninia, Chief Programs Officer
Since joining ECF in 2001, Maryam helped acquire the six-bed Barman House residence, developed ECF’s first Medi-Cal-funded Intermediate Care Facility programs, and converted the 12-bed Valverde House residence into ECF’s first Intermediate Care Facility with on-site nursing services.
Maxine Moshay, Chief Development Officer
A native Angeleno, Maxine has vast knowledge of the philanthropic community and has raised millions of dollars throughout her career.
Formerly with the Amie Karen Cancer Fund for Children and Beyond Shelter, Maxine has known the Exceptional Children’s Foundation since her childhood when her mother had a contractor whose son was an ECF program participant.
