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A-DAfable, Richard....................................4Arbuckle, Barry ...................................4Argyros, George..................................4Baden, Colin........................................4Bailey, Kevin........................................4Boras, Scott ........................................4Bren, Donald .......................................4Carpenter, Ed ......................................5Colglazier, Michael ..............................5 Costa, Mark.........................................6Cripe, Kimberly Chavalas ....................6 Daniels, Sandy Segerstrom...............14Domier, Tanya .....................................6Doti, Jim .............................................6

E-LEl-Erian, Mohamed .............................6 Fuller, Ed .............................................6García, Mildred....................................7 Gillman, Howard .................................7Reynoso, Miguel Gonzalez ..................8Gross, Bill ...........................................8Hodge, Doug.......................................8Haddad, Emile.....................................8Jabara, Gary........................................8Jannard, Jim .......................................9Kiani, Joe ............................................9Link, Bill ..............................................9Lopez, Alejandro “Al” ........................10Lyon, William ....................................10Lyon, Bill H........................................10

M-OMartin, Lauralee E. ............................10McGregor, Scott................................10Merage, Paul.....................................10Milligan, Steve ..................................11Moiso, Tony ......................................11Monie, Alain ......................................11Moreno, Arturo “Arte”.......................12Morhaime, Michael ...........................12Morris, Jim .......................................12Mussallem, Mike...............................12Olenicoff, Igor ...................................12Olson, Bob ........................................12

P-YPeterson, Jim....................................13Pyott, David ......................................13Sadeghi, Shaheen .............................13Samueli, Henry .................................13Segerstrom, Anton............................14 Simon, Ronald ..................................14Smith, Vinny .....................................14Sun, David ........................................14Tu, John ............................................14Ueberroth, Peter................................14Wang, William...................................15Young, Dan .......................................15

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Braithwaite, RobertBren, PeterBurress, JayBusch, TimDesai, H.K.

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RICHARD F. AFABLEChief Executive, PresidentSt. Joseph Hoag Health, IrvineBorn in ChicagoAge: 61Lives in Corona del Mar

WHY: Leader of integrated healthcarenetwork created in 2012 by St. JosephHealth System and Hoag Memorial Hos-pital Presbyterian.Network designedto solve what Afa-ble characterizes as“pressing prob-lems” of healthcareaccess, cost andquality.

HOW: Had beenHoag’s chief exec-utive since 2005,when he succeededlongtime leader Michael Stephens. Hoagadded the Sue and Bill Gross Women’sPavilion and converted the former IrvineRegional Hospital into Hoag HospitalIrvine under Afable’s leadership. Vicepresident and chief medical officer atCatholic Healthcare East prior to Hoag.Also had a private geriatrics and internalmedicine practice for 10 years; left it foracademia, teaching at Wake Forest Uni-versity and Northwestern University.

RECENT: St. Joseph Hoag Health re-placed short-lived Covenantmoniker asname of network last May. Afable saidchange came after network executives“heard from people that the identity ofHoag and St. Joseph Health was so impor-tant to them that they suggested we shouldmaintain that.” Introduced new account-able care organization working with Chil-dren’s Hospital of Orange County,which is led by fellow OC 50er KimberlyChavalas Cripe.

PERSONAL: Undergraduate degreefrom Loyola University Chicago. Mas-ter’s of public health, University of Illi-nois School of Public Health. Medicaldegree from Loyola University Chicago’sStritch School of Medicine. Wife, Sally.Three grown children, one grandchild.Likes running, golfing and playing guitar.

—Vita Reed

BARRY ARBUCKLEPresident, Chief ExecutiveMemorialCare Health System, Fountain ValleyBorn in Kansas City, Mo.Age: 53 Lives in Laguna Hills (Nellie Gail Ranch)

WHY: Head of Fountain Valley-basedhealth system with six hospitals in Or-ange County and Long Beach that has atrack record of ag-gressively ap-proaching theshifting businesslandscape thanksto federal health-care reform.

HOW: JoinedMemorialCare in1989 and servedas an executive ineach of its proper-ties, including chief executive of Saddle-back Memorial Medical Center andOrange Coast Memorial Medical Cen-ter. Became system’s chief executive in2002. MemorialCare has some 15,000employees.

RECENT: In battle with some SanClemente doctors and residents overMemorialCare’s plan to convert Saddle-

back’s San Clemente campus, which islightly used, into an ambulatory campus.Announced in March that system wouldcontinue a feasibility study on replacingthe hospital to see whether it is possibleto maintain an emergency department—akey flash point in the dispute—as part ofthe transformation. Strong system debtratings recently reaffirmed by Fitch Rat-ings, which praised MemorialCare’s busi-ness initiatives.

PERSONAL: Bachelor’s degree,Southwest Missouri State University.Master’s degree, Arizona State Univer-sity. Ph.D., University of North Car-olina. Serves on many boards, includingMarch of Dimes-California, IntegratedHealthcare Association. Wife, Gina;four children. Serves on the faculty ofCalifornia State University-Long BeachGraduate School of Nursing; has servedas adjunct faculty member at CSU LB’sdepartments of psychology and sociology.

—Vita Reed

GEORGE L. ARGYROSChairman, Chief Executive Arnel & Affiliates, Costa MesaFounding PartnerWestar Capital LLC, Costa MesaBorn in DetroitAge: 78Lives in Newport Beach (Harbor Island)

WHY: OC real estate magnate, in-vestor, patron of the arts, force in local,national politics.

HOW: Startedselling land to oilcompanies forservice stations in1962. Bid on stateland as freewayswere built in OC.Went on to buyland for restau-rants, stores.Founded Arnel &Affiliates in 1968. Costa Mesa-basedcompany owns, manages 5,200 apart-ments in OC, more than 2 million squarefeet of commercial space. Formed ven-ture firm Westar Capital in 1987. Hasestimated worth of nearly $2 billion.

RECENT: Has taken step back in day-to-day management of family holdings.Wife, Julia, assuming more responsibili-ties, including the running of Arnel. Lastyear, sold about $650 million in stock ofDST Systems Inc., Kansas City-basedfinancial software company where hewas largest shareholder, cutting stake incompany to less than 4%. Family contin-ues to be active in philanthropy; recentgifts include $1 million to Laura’sHouse, Ladera Ranch-based nonprofitthat helps victims of domestic violence.Other major beneficiaries include Chap-man University, CHOC, Hoag Memo-rial Hospital Presbyterian, Sage HillSchool, Alzheimer’s Association.

PERSONAL: Former owner of Seat-tle Mariners, onetime co-owner of Air-Cal with fellow OC 50er William Lyon,sold business in 1981 to American Air-lines. Second-generation Greek-Ameri-can. First job was mowing lawns. 1993winner of Horatio Alger Award; associ-ation’s treasurer, chairman emeritus. Onnumerous local, national boards. Activein politics, said to be backing presiden-tial bid of Jeb Bush. Served as U.S. am-bassador to Spain under PresidentGeorge W. Bush from 2001 to 2004.Three children, seven grandchildren,married more than 50 years.

—Mark Mueller

COLIN BADENChief ExecutiveOakley Inc., Foothill RanchBorn in Concord, Mass.Age: 53Lives in Irvine

WHY: Oversees eyewear and apparelmaker with more than $1 billion in annualsales and local workforce of more than2,300. Oakley brandmajor contributor toItaly-based parentLuxottica GroupSPA’s portfolio,which also includesRay-Ban, variouslicenses with fash-ion labels, and theSunglass Hut andLensCrafterschains. The parentcompany expects 8% to 10% pace ofgrowth from the Foothill Ranch-based brandthis year.

HOW: Former architect got start workingon design of Oakley founder and fellow OC50er Jim Jannard’s home in Washingtonstate. Brought on as an Oakley consultant in1993. Hired as Oakley design director threeyears later, named president in 1999 andchief executive in 2009.

RECENT: Oakley continues to push onwearable technology, has announced it isworking with Intel on eyewear productthat’s designed to enhance athletic perform-ance and expected to be available later thisyear. Company tapped Eleven in San Fran-cisco as its lead creative agency last year.

PERSONAL: Undergrad degree fromUniversity of Washington. Graduate de-gree from University of Arizona. Founder,board president of Infinite Hero Founda-tion. Wife, Laura; two sons.

—Mediha DiMartino

KEVIN BAILEYPresidentVF Corp. Action Sports Coalition and Vans Inc. Age: 54Born: New JerseyLives in Laguna Beach

WHY: Runs Cypress-based skate shoeand apparel company, a music- and art-in-fused brand in VF Corp.’s portfolio of out-door apparel labelsthat includes NorthFace, Timberland,Kipling, Jansport,Reef, and Eastpak,among others. Vanssurpassed the $2billion mark in saleslast year for the firsttime, now secondbiggest brand forGreensboro, N.C.-based VF in terms of revenue, trailing onlyNorth Face.

HOW: Bailey “grew up in retail.” Direc-tor of retail operations at Nike Inc. andGolfsmith before going to Vans as vicepresident of retail from 2002 to 2007. Leftfor EVP slot at Lucky Brand in Los Ange-les, a division of Liz Claiborne at the time,overseeing global sales and operations. Re-joined Vans in 2009 as president of the com-pany, leading it through 22 consecutivequarters of double-digit growth.

RECENT: Has taken on additional dutiesas “coalition” president of action sports forAmericas region, overseeing Reef andEagle Creek brands. Bailey and VF forecastVans’ sales will rise to $2.9 billion by 2017,driven by global push and expansion be-

yond its skate shoe roots into a broaderyouth culture brand.

PERSONAL: Says he connected withbrand through music and art instead ofskateboarding as youth on East Coast. At-tended art school briefly at the University ofVermont. Three adult children, ChesapeakeBay Retriever.

—Mediha DiMartino

SCOTT D. BORASOwner, PresidentBoras Corp., Newport BeachBorn in SacramentoAge: 62Lives in Newport Coast

WHY: Baseball’s most powerful agent,represents some 160 clients, many of themgame’s biggest stars, highest-paid players:Angels ace JeredWeaver, Washing-ton Nationals’youngsters BryceHarper andStephen Strasburg,Hyun Jin Ryu ofthe Dodgers, andMilwaukee Brew-ers’ Carlos Gomez.

HOW: Knee sur-geries spelled end toprofessional baseball career after stint inminor leagues. Got law degree, practicedmedical litigation in Chicago until formerteammate, Bill Caudill, asked him for repre-sentation on contract talks in 1984. Landed$7.5 million deal, now has 40 people in localoffice following player stats. Said to trackevery pitch in baseball. Has 25 scouts inglobal operation, covering the U.S. andseven other countries.

RECENT: Represented five first-roundselections in 2014 draft, including ChicagoWhite Sox pitcher Carlos Rodon and Seat-tle Mariners outfielder Alex Jackson. Ne-gotiated $210 million contract with theWashington Nationals for Max Scherzer,largest free-agent pitcher deal in MLB his-tory. Notched 20th salary arbitration victorywith corner infielder Pedro Alvarez of thePittsburgh Pirates. Hot clients includebaseball’s top prospect Kris Bryant ofChicago Cubs; Washington Nationals’Anthony Rendon; and Matt Harvey ofNew York Mets.

PERSONAL: Boras Foundation heldthird annual Boras Baseball Classic of Cal-ifornia, attracting 32 top teams fromthroughout the state for a tourney format.Charity provides scholarships to baseballcamps for 13- to 15-year-olds. Family chari-table trust works to attract top-level peopleto teaching. Wife active in charitable causesfor Catholic church, JSerra Catholic HighSchool in San Juan Capistrano, Sage HillHigh School in Newport Coast. Grew up on800-acre farm in Elk Grove near Sacra-mento. Baseball scholarship to Universityof Pacific in Stockton. Played in minors forCardinals, Cubs. Ph.D. in pharmacology andlaw degree from University of Pacific.Grown daughter, two sons.

—Chris Casacchia

DONALD BRENOwner, ChairmanIrvine Company, Newport BeachBorn in Los AngelesAge: 83Lives in Newport Beach

WHY: County’s dominant landowner,landlord, with portfolio estimated at 105million total square feet, including almost500 office buildings, more than 40 retail



centers, 130 apart-ment communitieswith nearly 50,000units, three golfclubs, five marinas,and three resorts.Irvine Ranchamong country’smost successful andmost copied master-planned communi-ties. Sole shareholder of company.Wealthiest U.S. real estate developer. Busi-ness Journal estimated fortune at $15 billionin 2014, estimate likely up again this year.HOW: Founded homebuilder California

Pacific Homes in 1958. In 1963, startedMission Viejo Co.with O’Neill-Moisofamily and others; later sold stake to part-ners. Part of 1977 group that bought IrvineCompany. Bought out most partners for$518 million in 1983. In 1991, paid $256million court award to heiresses JoanIrvine Smith and her mother, AthalieClarke, for their shares. Became 100%shareholder in 1996.RECENT: Expansion of office portfolio

out of state over past year. Added third sky-scraper in Chicago last year with $850 mil-lion buy of 300 N. LaSalle St. tower, mostexpensive office sale ever in city. Also thisyear, confirmed ownership of 200 Park Ave.,a 58-story tower in Manhattan that’s one ofthe city’s most valuable properties, appraisedat nearly $3 billion. Development push con-tinues in various California markets, withnew office projects under way in Irvine, Sili-con Valley and La Jolla. 200 Spectrum towerin Irvine will be city’s tallest building; plansfor another tower down the street in planningprocess. Continues apartment developmentpush in core California markets. Home saleson Irvine Ranch remain most active marketin the state. PERSONAL: Bloomberg BusinessWeek

puts lifetime giving at $1.3 billion, withUCI, UC Santa Barbara, Caltech, Chap-man University, local school districts, andSanta Ana-based nonprofit after school pro-gram specialist Think Together on recipi-ent list. Awarded President’s medal fromUniversity of California, another fromUCI. Has endowed more UC distinguishedfaculty chairs than any other individual. For-mer Marine officer has academic chairs atMarine Corps University in Quantico, Va.Contributed more than 50,000 acres—morethan half of 93,000-acre Irvine Ranch—asparks and open space. Involvement withboards of UCI Foundation, Los AngelesCounty Museum of Art, OC Museum ofArt, Caltech, among others. Accomplishedskier, has ranch in Sun Valley, Idaho. Mar-ried to entertainment lawyer Brigitte Bren.Splits time between Newport Beach and LosAngeles.

—Mark Mueller

ED CARPENTERFounder, Chairman, Chief ExecutiveCarpenter & Co., IrvineManaging MemberCarpenter Community BancFund, IrvineBorn in Salix, IowaAge: 67 Lives in Newport Beach

WHY: Longtime bank adviser andbuilder. Heads private equity fund that’s alsoa bank holding company. Fund has control-ling stakes in five community banks in Cali-fornia, including two in OC.HOW:Got bachelor’s degree in business

administration from Loyola Marymount.Earned MBA at Cal State Long Beach.Started banking career at Security PacificNational Bank, with specialty in strategicplanning. Started Carpenter & Co. in 1974.

Has since led firm asconsultant in 1,200-plus bank projects.Managed assets forResolution TrustCorp. during sav-ings-and-loan crisisin 1990s. StartedCarpenter Com-munity BancFundin 2008 with aim tohelp strengthen community banks.RECENT: Combined assets of portfolio

banks reached $5.8 billion by end of March.Costa Mesa-based Pacific Mercantile Ban-corp, where Carpenter is chairman, is“doing better and better” as it continues to“de-emphasize real estate and move more tobusiness banking,” says CEO StevenBuster. Fed in November lifted enforce-ment action on Pac Merc following bank’ssteps to boost capital ratios, among otherimprovements. Carpenter’s Plaza Bank inIrvine acquired Bank of Manhattan, an-other Carpenter bank. Buy will double

Plaza’s size to more than $1 billion. Carpen-ter’s Bridge Capital Holdings agreed to beacquired by Western Alliance Bancorp forabout $425 million. PERSONAL: Director of first-responder

relief agency International MedicalCorps. Member of World Presidents’ Or-ganization. Trustee of Loyola Marymountand part of LMU Alumni Entrepreneur-ship Wall of Honor. Has served as chair ofCalifornia Financial Task Force to Reviewand Revise Bank Regulation. Also wasmember of review committees for Office ofthe Comptroller of the Currency in Wash-ington, D.C. Grew up on corn farm, movedto California as teenager.

—Jane Yu

MICHAEL COLGLAZIERPresidentDisneyland ResortBorn in IndianaAge: 48Lives in Newport Beach

WHY: OrangeCounty’s primarytourism destinationand driver, largestemployer, with28,000 spread overDisneyland Park,Disney CaliforniaAdventure, fourhotels and Down-town Disney shop-ping, dining and entertainment district.HOW: Began nearly three-decade Dis-

ney career as corporate analyst beforeearning executive slots, including vicepresident of operations strategy and tech-nology for Walt Disney World Resort inFlorida and vice president of AnimalKingdom Park in Florida.RECENT: Prepping for 60th anniver-

sary this summer, with planned new ele-ments throughout the properties, includinga new nighttime parade and fireworksshow. Resort has also recently begun to re-

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cast its iconic band, recruit new pup-peteers, renovate Matterhorn Bobsledsand Peter Pan’s Flight, both set to reopenin May; permits filed by a contractor indi-cate spruced-up attraction at Disney Cali-fornia Adventure, Luigi’s Flying Tires, tobe renamed Luigi’s Festival of the Dance.PERSONAL: Undergrad in industrial

engineering from Stanford University,master’s from Harvard Graduate Schoolof Business Administration. Part of ACTAnaheim program with Angels Baseballand Anaheim Ducks; organization helpsat-risk youth in the city; board member forCHOC; executive committee and commis-sioner, California Travel and TourismCommission; member, CEO Roundtable atUCI. Big on golf, college basketball andmountain biking. Wife, DeAnna; two sons.

—Paul Hughes

MARK COSTAExecutive Director, Orange County service areaKaiser Permanente, AnaheimBorn in PattersonAge: 58Lives in Rancho Palos Verdes

WHY: New local leader of Oakland-based, nonprofit health enterprise, includ-ing hospitals in Anaheim and Irvine,medical officesaround the county,and more than500,000 health planmembers county-wide.HOW: Suc-

ceeded longtimeKaiser head JulieMiller-Phipps,who moved to At-lanta for job as presi-dent of Kaiser Foundation Health Planof Georgia. With Kaiser for nine years,most recently as executive director ofKaiser Permanente Los Angeles Med-ical Center. Started out as executive di-rector of capital projects oversight.Previously with Providence Health Sys-tem, Little Company of Mary, TorranceMemorial and California Hospital Med-ical Center.RECENT: Facing competitive environ-

ment in stride as health reform continuesto unfold and competitors form account-able care organizations, other partnershipsto provide care. Dealt with strike in Janu-ary by the National Union of HealthcareWorkers, which represents Kaiser’s psy-chologists, social workers and therapists.Launching ovarian cancer research projectwith Austin, Texas-based Vermillion Inc.PERSONAL: Bachelor’s and master’s

degrees, UCLA. Former board member ofHospital Association of Southern Cali-fornia and California Hospital Associa-tion. Past chairman and formercommissioner, Los Angeles CountyEmergency Medical System Commis-sion. Wife, Kathy, four children and twograndchildren. Enjoys hiking, road bikingand gardening.

—Vita Reed

KIMBERLY CHAVALAS CRIPEChief ExecutiveChildren’s Hospital of Orange County, OrangeBorn in Spokane, Wash.Age: 60Lives in San Juan Capistrano

WHY: Leadsonly dedicated pe-diatric hospital inthe county. Tenureas chief executivehas seen CHOCgain nationalrecognition, ex-pand facilities,staff, collaborativeefforts with fellowhealthcare providers.HOW: With CHOC since 1991; as-

sumed current position in 1997. Serves ashead of hospital with 333 licensed beds,including 54-bed satellite facility in Mis-sion Hospital and more than 3,000 work-ers overall. Led financial turnaround inearly 2000s that allowed CHOC to regaincontrol of hospital, which had been tem-porarily managed by St. Joseph Health,then next door in Orange, now in Irvine.Stint with Humana Inc.’s hospital unit,Columbia/HCA, earlier in career.RECENT: CHOC paid $5 million for

ownership stake in the La Palma-basedInnovation Institute late last month,joining St. Joseph Health and Mar-riottsville, Md.-based Bon SecoursHealth System. Says that the InnovationInstitute, which includes a business incu-bator, is “a place where our [doctors] andemployees can go to vet their ideas andbring them to life.” Also started an ac-countable care organization with St.Joseph Hoag Health, headed by fellowOC 50er Dr. Richard Afable. PERSONAL: Bachelor’s degree from

University of South Florida. Master’sdegree, Golden Gate University. Com-missioner, Children and Families Com-mission of Orange County. Previouslyboard chair for the California Children’sHospital Association, helping to win pas-sage of the Children’s Hospital Bond Actin 2004 and a similar measure in 2008.Trustee of national Children’s HospitalAssociation. Past honors from ChildAbuse Prevention Center, the March ofDimes and Forum for Corporate Direc-tors. Husband, three sons. Enjoys horse-back riding, hiking, walking, gardening.

—Vita Reed

TANYA DOMIERChief ExecutiveAdvantage Sales & Marketing LLC, IrvineAge: 49WHY: Advantage specializes in sales

and marketing of consumer goods manu-facturers and retailers, including majorchains, such asWal-Mart StoresInc. and KrogerCo. Domier re-tained top job afterleading companythrough a $4.2 bil-lion sale to privateequity firmsLeonard Green &Partners LP andCVC Capital Part-ners last year. Moody’s Investors Serv-ice estimated Advantage’s fiscal 2014revenue at $1.85 billion at the time. HOW: Domier began her career with

Orrville, Ohio-based J.M. Smucker Co.as sales representative, moved up to role ofdistrict sales manager covering territoryfrom San Diego to Santa Barbara. Advan-tage had 50 employees and $5 million inrevenue when she joined as director of nat-ural and specialty foods in 1990. She hassince held a variety of executive-level po-sitions in sales, marketing and operations,taking on the role of chief executive onJan. 1, 2013, when company founder

Sonny King became executive chairman.RECENT: Has continued path to

growth through acquisitions with dealsover past year, putting Sunflower Groupin Lenexa, Kan., and Seattle-based 206incin fold on undisclosed terms. Strategy in-cludes organic component, with recentpush for new market share overseasalongside domestic emphasis on in-houseHispanic Retail Selling Team, a group ofsales pros who serve as ambassadors forgeneral-market manufacturers looking tosecure shelf space at Latino grocery storesin Southern California, Arizona, Texas,New York, and as of earlier this year,Miami. Shelby Report, a major trade pub-lication for the food and grocery industry,named her 2015 Woman Executive ofthe Year.PERSONAL: Graduated California

State University-Chico as political sci-ence major. Husband, Dan; three teenagesons. Member of the Network of Execu-tive Women, avid reader.

—Mediha DiMartino

JAMES L. DOTIPresident, Professor of EconomicsChapman University, OrangeBorn in ChicagoAge: 68Lives in Villa Park

WHY: President of OC’s largest privateuniversity for 24 years; beyond prolific onties to heavy hitters in business commu-nity, fundraising. HOW: Studied

economics at Uni-versity of Illinois-Chicago; earnedmaster’s and doc-torate degrees ineconomics fromthe University ofChicago. JoinedChapman facultyin 1974,founded A. GaryAnderson Center for Economic Re-search in 1978. Appointed dean of Argy-ros School of Business and Economicsin 1985. Became president in 1991. Hasheld Chapman’s Donald Bren Distin-guished Chair in business and economicssince 1999. Continues econometrics- andeducation-oriented research while servingas president.RECENT: Opened 7.5-acre Rinker

Campus for health sciences in Spectrumarea. Also opened digital media arts centerfor Dodge College of Film animation,special effects and game design work, in arenovated Old Towne Orange building.Received gift of $7 million worth of Cali-fornia Scene paintings from collectors Janand Mark Hilbert and $3 million to opennew museum this fall to house the works.Science majors quadrupled at SchmidCollege (science and technology), with anemphasis on quantum physics and compu-tational science (big data); $130 millionSchmid fundraising campaign ongoing.Musco Center, a $78 million, 1,100-seatconcert and performance hall, on schedulefor March 2016 debut, with PlacidoDomingo for opening night.PERSONAL: Ran Boston Marathon

for ninth time, this year’s with son,Adam. Experienced mountain climberplans to attempt Carstensz Pyramid, NewGuinea, in September. Raises four femaleRhode Island Reds, one named “Paula” inhonor of Chapman supporter Paul Musco,who is from Rhode Island. Has made ap-pearances as fictional CFO named “Chap-man” on CBS soap produced by Chapman

U. alum Casey Kasprzyk. Wife, Lynne,economics professor at Chapman; daugh-ter, Cara. New hobby: wood-bowl turn-ing; working on one made of tamarindwood—“I don’t know about my bowl-turning skills, but the wood is absolutelygorgeous.”

—Paul Hughes

MOHAMED EL-ERIANChief Economic Adviser to Management Board Allianz Group, Munich, Germany Born in New YorkAge: 56Lives in Laguna Beach

WHY: Top adviser to one of world’slargest financial services groups, contrib-utor to global financial press. Took newtitle, retained influ-ence with Allianzafter departurefrom Pacific In-vestment Man-agement Co. inNewport Beach,subsidiary wherehis resignation aschief executiveand co-chief in-vestment officercame as surprise to most observers lastyear. Pimco went through months of tur-moil in wake of his departure, with fel-low OC 50ers Bill Gross eventuallyleaving and Doug Hodge working toright ship.HOW: Bachelor’s and master’s de-

grees in economics from University ofCambridge. Doctorate in economicsfrom Oxford University. Held variousroles in International Monetary Fundfrom 1983 to 1997. Brief stint at Sa-lomon Smith Barney in London beforejoining Pimco in 1999 as senior memberof portfolio management. Left in 2006 torun Harvard Management Co., whichoversees school’s endowment. Returnedto Pimco in 2007 and served as CEO andco-CIO along with Gross. RECENT: Has been writing as colum-

nist for Bloomberg LP and as contribut-ing editor for Financial Times. Investedin and joined board of directors of Pay-off, Costa Mesa-based startup that aimsto help consumers refinance and pay offcredit card debt. Continues serving aschair of President Barack Obama’sGlobal Development Council. PERSONAL: Cited relationship with

11-year-old daughter as key reason behindhis departure from Pimco. Rumored as po-tential prime minister candidate in Egyptin past, current talk suggests possibility ofcabinet post if Dems win White House in2016. Has been speaking out about in-come inequality, including at event lastmonth at Soka Performing Arts Centerin Aliso Viejo. Serves on board of Na-tional Bureau of Economic Research,Carnegie Endowment for InternationalPeace. Author of “When Markets Col-lide,” NYT and WSJ bestseller. Workingon new book about central banks.

—Jane Yu

EDWIN “ED” FULLERPresident, Chief Executive, OrangeCounty Visitors AssociationPresident, Laguna Strategic AdvisorsBorn in Richmond, Va.Age: 70Lives in Laguna HillsWHY: Hotel executive-turned-tourism

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unify county’sbroad spectrum ofdestination mar-keting organiza-tions. Creditedwith putting OCon the map withChina tourism.

HOW: Forty-year Marriott vet-eran started as asecurity guard at Twin Bridges property inWashington, D.C. Hotel slots includedchief marketing officer, twice general man-ager, twice U.S. regional vice president,culminating in Marriott Internationalmanaging director in 1991; retired 2012and started Laguna Strategic Advisors;state travel and tourism commissioner; ap-pointed head of OCVA in July 2013.

RECENT: Expanded sales and publicrelations efforts at offices in, and with mis-sions to, China, Mexico, Dubai, with lastone overseeing tourism from Saudi Arabia,Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emi-rates, Oman. “Our teams on the groundhave opened doors for us.” OC travel ef-forts from China include new one withCtrip, “the TripAdvisor of China.” Beganfree training for local businesses on culture,communication with Chinese travelers. In-dustry trade show efforts include Interna-tional Pow-Wow in Orlando in May.OCVA website VisitTheOC.com nowreaches 14 countries; its WeChat page(Chinese version of Facebook) in Chinahas about 20,000 followers.

PERSONAL: Wife, Michela. Bache-lor’s in business administration fromBoston University School of Manage-ment. Advanced management studies,Harvard Business School. Blogger forForbes; business book, “You Can’t LeadWith Your Feet on the Desk,” being pub-lished in Chinese. Overseer, former trustee,international advisory board, chairman ofdean’s advisory board School of Hospital-ity at B.U. Former Dean’s Advisory boardchair of Paul Merage School of Business,member of UCI Executive Roundtable;trustee, University of California-Irvine;director of Cal State University-San Mar-cos Foundation; dean’s advisory board forCollins College at Cal Poly Pomona;board of directors, U.S. Travel; director ofFBI Academy Foundation, board of di-rectors for Safe Kids, Mind Research In-stitute; president of Sigma Alpha EpsilonFoundation. U.S. Army captain; awardedBronze Star, Army CommendationMedal for service in Vietnam, Germany.

—Paul Hughes

MILDRED GARCÍAPresident California State University-FullertonBorn in Brooklyn, N.Y.Age: 63Lives in Fullerton

WHY: Runslargest universityin OC by enroll-ment (38,128, fall2014), campus em-ploys about 5,100.First Latina-Amer-ican president inCSU system.Board member ofCongressional His-panic Caucus Institute (2015-2016); As-sociation of Public & Land GrantUniversities; Orange County UnitedWay; and American Association of StateColleges and Universities, chairing thatgroup’s Millennium Leadership Initia-

tive Executive Steering Committee.HOW: California State University-

Dominguez Hills president from 2007 to2012, president of Berkeley College inNew York and New Jersey from 2001 to2007. Previously vice provost for aca-demic personnel, and associate viceprovost for academic affairs at ArizonaState University.

RECENT: Introduced first-ever CSUFmotto, “Titans Reach Higher,” as schoolhit No. 1 in California and No. 10 in U.S.for number of bachelor’s degrees awardedto women; No. 1 in West for studentsgraduating with least debt, and No. 10 incountry for bachelor’s degrees awarded toLatinos. Giving to school doubled from$7.3 million in 2012-2013 to $16 millionin 2013-2014; endowment’s up from $34million to $50 million, same period; firstgrads in Southern California CSU Doctorof Nursing Practice Program Consortium;creation of School of Music, which offerstwo-year certificate; tapped MarianBergeson, Lynn Daucher, Lois Lund-berg for dinner celebrating OC politicalhistory; halfway to fall 2015 goal of 133new tenure-track faculty

PERSONAL: Parents came to NewYork from Puerto Rico; was first in familyto go to college, with associate degreefrom New York City Community Col-lege, business degrees from Baruch Col-lege at City University of New York andNYU, doctorate in education from Co-lumbia. Loves to dance and read. Honorsthis year include Distinguished AlumniAward from Columbia’s Teachers Col-lege, Trailblazer Award from Leader-ship California, and award from GirlScouts of Orange County.

—Paul Hughes

HOWARD GILLMANChancellor University of California-IrvineBorn in Los AngelesAge: 66Lives in Irvine

WHY: Oversees 50-year-old researchuniversity with 30,736 students and22,385 employees, including 2,908 full-and part-time fac-ulty.

HOW: Ap-pointed chancellorSeptember 2014after serving as in-terim chancellorsince July 2014,and provost andexecutive vicechancellor since2013. Took up resi-dence in Tierney University House inUniversity Hills. A dean (2007-2012) andprofessor of political science, history andlaw at the University of Southern Cali-fornia prior to joining UCI; helped raise$500 million while at USC.

RECENT: On the job officially and fulltime for eight months; a top early effort:Institute for Innovation, launched spring2014 when Gillman was provost. Spendsabout two-thirds of time on fundraisingand relationship-building, one-third oncampus for students and faculty. Just-re-cruited provost, Enrique Lavernia, set tostart in July as campus No. 2; Dr. HowardFederoff on way as vice chancellor forhealth affairs, dean of med school; searchcontinues for CEO for UCI Medical Cen-ter in Orange. Expect new hires to reflectGillman’s view that “Orange County re-spects institutions that are nimble and in-novative.”


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PERSONAL: Grew up in working-class San Fernando Valley neighbor-hood—“unbelievably importantbackground for leadership—you remem-ber where you came from and get to showrespect to lots of people.” First in familyto attend college; earned bachelor’s, mas-ter’s and doctoral degrees in political sci-ence at UCLA. Wife Ellen: bachelor’sfrom UC San Diego with a master’s, doc-torate in psychology from UCLA; twochildren. Wrote books on police powersjurisprudence and the 2000 presidentialelection; 40-plus articles and book chap-ters. Co-authoring upcoming book on theearly U.S. Constitution. Co-taught courseat UCI law school with Dean ErwinChemerinsky; began New Yorker sub-scription as preteen; magician at theMagic Castle as a teenager.

—Paul Hughes

MIGUEL GONZALEZ REYNOSOCo-PresidentNorthgate González LLC, AnaheimBorn in Jalisco, MexicoAge: 65Lives in La Mirada

WHY: Growing retail chain ended lastyear with more than $700 million insales and 5,500 employees working at 40stores.HOW: Co-pres-ident with brotherOscar GonzalezReynoso. Late fa-ther, MiguelGonzalez Sr.,founded companywith wife, TeresaReynoso. Hemoved to U.S.after shoe shop inJalisco, Mexico, burned down. Oldersons, rest of family followed and settledin La Mirada. Gonzalez Reynoso and fa-ther planned on buying apartment build-ing, but instead went for discountedretail space on Anaheim Boulevard inAnaheim. First store opened in 1980selling Latino products and check-cash-ing services. Second store in La Habraopened in 1986, and Pico Rivera fol-lowed in 1989. Company entered SanDiego market in 2008 with El TigreMarkets buy. RECENT: Rebranded Pro’s Ranch

Market chain—part of CardenasNorthgate Group Ranch partnershipwith Ontario-based Cardenas Mar-kets—to Los Altos Ranch Market.Northgate also set up marketing dealwith WV Enterprises production com-pany, which launched its animated series“Muertoons” for the grocery chain’s cus-tomers who purchase select products.

—Mediha DiMartino

BILL GROSS Portfolio Manager Janus Capital Group, Newport BeachBorn in Middletown, OhioAge: 71Lives in Laguna Beach (Irvine Cove)

WHY: Cofounder and former CIO ofPacific Investment Management Co. inNewport Beach. “Bond King” now withJanus Capital. Newport Center officestone’s throw from Pimco HQ thatopened a few months before his depar-

ture last year.HOW: Gradu-ated from DukeUniversity withdegree in psy-chology. Headedto Las Vegas toplay blackjackafter reading EdThorp’s book oncard counting.Served in Navy beforegoing to UCLA for MBA. FoundedPimco in Los Angeles in 1971 as part ofPacific Life Insurance. Relocated toNewport Beach in 1972. Pac Life sold70% stake to German insurance companyAllianz in 2000, sold remaining interestin 2008. Gross dominant investmentvoice as Pimco grew to about $2 trillionin assets by 2014, although performanceof Gross-run Total Return Fund lagged,began to see outflows. Mohamed El-Erian—former co-CIO and CEO ofPimco and fellow OC 50er—left invest-ment house early last year amid reportsof internal turmoil. Rumor mill churnedin national, global financial press for sev-eral months before Gross’ departure inSeptember.RECENT: Gross manages Janus’ un-constrained bond fund, which grew from$13 million in assets when he took overto $1.5 billion, a slight fraction of thescale he managed at Pimco and that re-portedly includes as much as $700 mil-lion of his own money. Gross haspublicly said relative smallness of fundand prospects of being “free from com-plications of” executive and administra-tive duties were attractive. Meanwhile, outflows from Pimco TotalReturn increased significantly after heleft the company and have continued. Ithad $290 billion in assets at its peak inmid-2013 and now is around $110 bil-lion. PERSONAL: Gross and wife, Sue,have been active philanthropists in OCand beyond. Longtime sponsors of OCTeachers of the Year awards. Couple inDecember donated $10 million to Mis-sion Hospital Laguna Beach to supportits emergency medical services and newimaging technologies.

—Jane Yu

DOUGLAS HODGEChief Executive Pacific Investment Management Co., Newport BeachBorn in Bronxville, N.Y.Age: 57Lives in Laguna Beach (Emerald Bay)

WHY: Longtime executive at one ofworld’s biggest investment firms. NamedCEO amid 2014 shake-up. Responsiblefor firm’s overallbusiness strategyas head of execu-tive committee.HOW: Gradu-ated from Dart-mouth Collegewith bachelor’s ineconomics. MBAfrom HarvardBusiness School.Worked for variouscompanies, including IBM, MagnusonComputer Systems and Salomon Broth-ers, before joining Pimco in 1989 as ac-count manager in Newport Beach. Servedas head of Asia Pacific region from 2000to 2009, including for several years inTokyo. Named chief operating officer in

2009, took CEO’s post early last yearwhen Mohamed El-Erian, a fellow OC50er, announced plans to resign.RECENT: Promoted with new lineupof portfolio managers and business man-agement leaders, including President JayJacobs and Group Chief Investment Of-ficer Daniel Ivascyn. New team hadbeen in place for several months whenanother OC 50er, Pimco cofounder BillGross, left his post as CIO and went toJanus Capital. The bombshell followedmonths of tension between Gross, col-leagues, and sped up outflows fromPimco, especially the Total Return Fundthat had become synonymous with Grossand has shrunk from $290 billion in as-sets at its peak in mid-2013 to around$110 billion. Hodge has responded by ze-roing in on client relationships, with min-imal media appearances, commentary,leaving public-face duties to Ivascyn andteam. Pimco recently hired former Fed-eral Reserve boss Ben Bernanke as sen-ior adviser in move seen as bid toreassure clients, stem outflows. Hodgesays past year of significant organiza-tional change “has been both our biggestchallenge and provided the largest re-ward.” Sees Pimco as “stronger todaythan at any time in our history.” PERSONAL: President of Pimco

Foundation. Charitable arm gave morethan $3 million last year. Recipients in-cluded Boys & Girls Clubs of SantaAna, Project Dignity in Garden Grove,and Mercado Global in New York.Trustee of Sage Hill School, ThacherSchool and NOVA Academy Founda-tion. Sits on board of directors of Securi-ties Industry and Financial MarketsAssociation. Wife, Kylie Schuyler; cou-ple has seven children, involved in OliveCrest and El Sol charter school in SantaAna; Schuyler founder of Santa Ana-based nonprofit Global Girls Risingnext door.

—Jane Yu

EMILE K. HADDADChief Executive, PresidentFivePoint Communities Inc., Aliso ViejoBorn in Beirut, LebanonAge: 56Lives in Laguna Hills (Nellie Gail)

WHY: Developer of some of thelargest mixed-use masterplanned com-munities in California, including GreatPark Neighbor-hoods at formerEl Toro Marinebase in Irvine.HOW: Steppeddown as LennarCorp. chief in-vestment officerin 2009 to co-found FivePointwith Lennar. Has40% stake, whichgives him controlling interest.RECENT: Commercial and residentialdevelopment now in full swing at GreatPark Neighborhoods. Home sales at Pavilion Park, the 726-home, first residential neighborhoodplanned around the Orange County GreatPark, sold out. It is one of the best-sell-ing new communities in the country, re-ceived recognition as the NationalAssociation of Homebuilders MasterPlanned Community of the Year. De-velopment is moving ahead for BeaconPark, the second residential area of theGreat Park Neighborhoods, a 1,029-home project. Ten builders were selected

in January for Beacon Park, and sales areslated to begin later this summer. Five-Point is also overseeing development of688 acres of the Orange County GreatPark, which will include one of thelargest sport complexes in the country.First big corporate anchor on board,Broadcom Corp., broke ground inMarch for campus on 73-acre Great Parksite it paid $156 million for. Total cost ofcampus estimated at $778 million forchipmaker.PERSONAL: Joined Lennar exec

Jonathan Jaffe (see related NamelyNotable entry, page 15) as BusinessPeople of the Year by OCBJ in 2005after leading $1 billion purchase of for-mer El Toro base—biggest local real es-tate deal in recent memory. Chair of theUCI Foundation’s board of trustees, onboard of Lusk Center for Real Estateand Sol Price School at USC, a UCBerkeley policy advisory board, Clare-mont Graduate School, and St. Mar-garet’s Episcopal School. Civilengineering degree from AmericanUniversity of Beirut. California li-censes in engineering, contracting. Aregular speaker at economic and real es-tate events. Left troubled Lebanon withfiancée, now wife, Dina. Daughter, son.

—Mark Mueller

GARY BERNARD JABARAFounder, Chief ExecutiveMobilitie LLC, Newport BeachBorn in Baldwin ParkAge: 53Lives in Newport Beach

WHY: Telecom and wireless exec,owner of country’s largest privately heldprovider of wireless infrastructure, aswell as force inOC’s residential,commercial realestate markets.HOW: Formerpartner at De-loitte’s telecom-municationsinfrastructurepractice, startedMobilitie in 2006.Privately held com-pany quickly grew into one of country’slargest owners of cell towers. Scored$1.1 billion from 2012 sale of 2,300cellphone towers to SBA Communica-tions Corp. Deal represented a “por-tion” of assets of Mobilitie. Usingproceeds from deal to buy real estate,primarily in OC, while rolling out newbusiness lines for his telecom company.RECENT: Reinvented Mobilitie withnew line of services: providing up-graded wireless service to sports arenas,concert venues, casinos and other largevenues. Deals with numerous venues,including Honda Center in Anaheim,Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky.,and MGM Resorts in Las Vegas. Nowone of country’s largest providers of dis-tributed antenna systems, or DAS. Com-pany had estimated enterprise value of$500 million as of few years ago. In2013, backed launch of Newport Beach-based Villa Real Estate, residential bro-kerage that targets high-end coastalproperties. Villa now has more than 100brokers and has office locations in New-port Beach, Corona del Mar, LagunaBeach and the Balboa Peninsula.PERSONAL: Named Ernst & Young

National Entrepreneur of the Year in2013 for real estate, took home OCBusiness Journal Excellence in Entre-





preneurship Award this year. CallsMobilitie as much a real estate ventureas a technology company. Gave $1 mil-lion to Sage Hill School for upgrades toits sports fields, has also given to Irvine,Newport-Mesa school districts. SanDiego State grad led an ownershipgroup that tried, unsuccessfully, to buythe San Diego Padres baseball team in2012.

—Mark Mueller

JAMES H. JANNARDFounder, Chief ExecutiveRed.com Inc., Red DigitalCinema Camera Co.Born in AlhambraAge: 65Lives in Washington, Las Vegas and L.A.

WHY: Built two global brands fromthe ground up. Sold Foothill Ranch-based Oakley Inc., Runs Red DigitalCinema CameraCo. behind thescenes; JarredLand is presidentof the Irvine-based company.HOW:

Dropped out ofUSC School ofPharmacy tostart Oakley in1975. Sold motorcy-cle grips out of car, then turned to gog-gles and sunglasses. Italy-basedLuxottica Group SPA paid $2.1 billionin 2007 for Oakley. Then 2-year-oldRed Digital released its first camera,the Red One, same year. Jannard boughtRen-Mar Studios in Hollywood in2010, renamed Red Studios. Has direc-tors Peter Jackson, Ridley Scott andJames Cameron as customers.RECENT: Sequels to “Avatar” and

“Game of Thrones” shot on Red cam-eras. Astronaut Terry Virts used RedDragon 6K camera in the cupola of In-ternational Space Station to shoot theunberthing of SpaceX’ Dragon space-craft. Company released the “Weapon,”its smallest and most lightweight cam-era “brain” to date.PERSONAL: Married; four children,

14 grandchildren.—Mediha DiMartino

JOSEPH E. KIANIChairman, Chief ExecutiveMasimo Corp., IrvineBorn in Shiraz, IranAge: 50Lives in Laguna Niguel

WHY: Decorated entrepreneur hasbecome driving force of patient-safetymovement, which centers on data shar-ing as way to pre-venthospital-relatedpatient deaths.HOW: Estab-

lished Masimo,maker of patientmonitors, withpartner in garagein 1989. Grewcompany and at-tracted more than$80 million in venture capital. TookMasimo public eight years ago in offer-ing that raised $233 million. Companynow has yearly sales of $586.6 million,3,680 employees, recent market value of

ergetic personality. Subdued sartorialstyle, favors dark suits, crisp whiteshirts, sans tie; plays tennis. Wife,Sarah; two daughters, one son.

—Vita Reed

BILL LINKCofounder, Managing DirectorVersant Ventures, San Francisco, Newport BeachBorn in Morenci, Mich.Age: 68Lives in Irvine

WHY: Longtime healthcare industryveteran, with more than 30 years as en-trepreneur and investor. Cofounder andOC-based head of $1.9 billion venturecapital firm that specializes in biophar-maceutical companies and medical de-vice makers.HOW: Engineer by trade. Earned

bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate de-grees in mechanical engineeringfrom Purdue University. Got interested

in medicine andgained academicexposure throughveterinarian pro-gram at Purdue.Worked at IndianaUniversity as as-sistant professor indepartment of sur-gery. Pioneer ofsorts in blending ofmedicine and engi-neering—got into biomedical engineeringin 1970s when “it wasn’t even a profes-sion yet.” Came to OC as part of transi-tion from academia to industry. FoundedAmerican Medical Optics, sold to Aller-gan in 1986. Started Chiron Vision, soldto Bausch + Lomb in 1997. Shifted focusto investing. Was general partnerat Brentwood Venture Capital beforecofounding Versant in 1999.RECENT: Versant in December closed

$305 million fund—Versant Venture

$1.8 billion. Products sold to hospitals,surgery centers, ambulance companies,fire departments.RECENT: Avid tennis fan moving

Masimo into the elite athlete market.Served as sponsor of BNP ParibasOpen tennis tournament in Indian Wellsin March. Showcased MightySatportable pulse oximeter at tournament;debuted TV commercials withMightySat user and Olympic cyclistDotsie Bausch. Continued patient safetymovement work, including third patientsafety summit in January, when formerPresident Bill Clinton returned askeynoter. Continuing to draw devicemakers to movement.PERSONAL: Trustee, Chapman

University. Dean’s advisory board atalma mater San Diego State UniversityCollege of Engineering. Holds morethan 50 patents related to signal pro-cessing, sensors, patient monitoring.Came to U.S. with family at age 9.Graduated high school at 15. Warm, en-


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Capital V—focused on “discovery anddevelopment of novel therapeutics.”Firm is taking “build-to-buy” approach,with early strategic partnerships in start-ups expected to be launched by Versant’sown incubators—Inception Sciences inSan Diego and Blueline BioScience inToronto. Recent portfolio exits includesale of Aliso Viejo-based WaveTec Vi-sion to global eye-care company Alcon,and IPO of Second Sight, developer ofprosthetic retinal implant. Second Sighthas market cap of around $416 million.PERSONAL: Chairman of Laguna

Hills-based eye device makerGlaukos andof Alphaeon, Irvine-based lifestyle health-care company. Serves as director of Ed-wards Lifesciences. Recipient of 2014Catalyst Award from Glaucoma Re-search Foundation. Member ofUCI Henry Samueli School of Engineer-ing Leadership Council. Wife, Marsha;two children, four grandchildren.

—Jane Yu

ALEJANDRO “ALEX” LOPEZVice President, Boeing Advanced Network & Space SystemsSite Executive, Huntington Beach Age: 56Born in Havana, CubaLives in Anaheim

WHY: Top Huntington Beach executivefor Chicago-based aerospace and defensecontractor with some 6,500 Orange Countyemployees. Vice presi-dent of AdvancedNetwork & SpaceSystems in com-pany’s PhantomWorks unit devel-oping small satel-lites, a potentiallymultibillion-dollarmarket in nextdecade. HuntingtonBeach operationalso includes electronics and informationsolutions, strategic missile defense systems,unmanned underwater vehicles, globalservices and support, small satellites, spaceexploration and launch technologies. HOW: Joined Rockwell International,

later bought by Boeing, in 1981 as commu-nication systems engineer working on GPSsatellites. Advanced through ranks, becom-ing chief scientist for Communication,Tracking and Location Systems. RECENT: Boeing’s 18½-foot un-

manned, underwater Echo Ranger vesselcompleted sonar mission off Half MoonBay coastline for National Oceanic At-mospheric Administration, traveling3,000 feet below the surface to capture themost detailed look of WWII aircraft carrierUSS Independence in more than sixdecades. Boeing received 2015 Giving isLiving award from OneOC for supportingeducational and restoration initiatives atBolsa Chica Conservancy in HuntingtonBeach. PERSONAL: Serves on the board of

Great Minds in STEM, a nonprofit thatpromotes science, technology, engineeringand math careers in underserved communi-ties. Immigrated to the U.S. at 2 with hisparents and sister. Grew up in San Juan,Puerto Rico. Received Corporate Achieve-ment Award in 2011 from Society of His-panic Professional Engineers. Enjoysfamily, travel, golf, reading.

—Chris Casacchia

WILLIAM LYONExecutive ChairmanWilliam Lyon Homes Inc., Newport BeachBorn in Los AngelesAge: 92Lives in Coto de Caza

BILL H. LYONChief ExecutiveWilliam Lyon Homes Inc., Newport BeachAge: 41Lives in Newport Beach

WHY: Father-son team that runsnamesake housing company, long one ofregion’s most active homebuilders.HOW: William

Lyon Homes,predecessor com-panies have builtestimated 100,000homes over thepast 50 years.Gen. Lyon startedLuxury Homeswith brother Leonin Fullerton in1954. StartedWilliam Lyon Co. in Newport Beach in1972, William Lyon Homes in 1993. In1999 combinedwith Presleyunder WilliamLyon Homesname, just in timefor housingboom. Took com-pany private in2006. Re-emerged as publicbuilder in 2013following aprepackaged bankruptcy that had thesupport of its main lenders.RECENT: Continued growth in sales,

and expansion of company’s reach, overpast year. William Lyon Homes soldmore than 1,750 homes in 2014, up 29%from 2013. Sales now at rate the com-pany last saw in 2007, officials said.Paid $520 million to buy operations ofBellevue, Wash.-based Polygon North-west Co., the largest privately ownedhomebuilder in the Pacific Northwest.New market for William Lyon Homes,which had focused on California, Ari-zona, Nevada and Colorado. OC’s fifthlargest builder by sales in 2014 with 285sales, including projects in Irvine andRancho Mission Viejo. High-end projectnext to St. Regis resort in Dana Pointopening this year. Father and son signednew employment contracts with com-pany in April.PERSONAL: Senior Lyon is a retired

Air Force major general and has longhistory in aviation. Served as chief ofAir Force Reserve, 1975 to 1979. Pilotduring World War II, Korea; 17 combatdecorations. Opened Lyon Air Museumin 2010 next to John Wayne Airport.Joined fellow OC 50er George Argyrosto pay $62 million to buy airline AirCalin 1981. Sold five years later to Ameri-can Airlines for $225 million. Wife,Willa Dean; five children. YoungerLyon is a Stanford grad, dual bachelorof science degree in Industrial Engineer-ing and Product Design. Worked forhomebuilder and its predecessors since1997. Serves on board of Pretend CityChildren’s Museum in Irvine andCommercial Bank of California. Alsoserves on board of governors of BowersMuseum in Santa Ana.

—Mark Mueller

LAURALEE E. MARTINChief ExecutiveHCP Inc., IrvineBorn in MinnesotaAge: 64

WHY: Newcomer to OC 50. Runs oneof the largest real estate investment trustsdevoted to healthcare, including seniorhousing, nursinghomes. HCP,founded in 1985,has $1.3 billion inannual funds fromoperations and arecent marketvalue of $19.5 bil-lion.HOW: Came to

HCP in October2013 from Chicago-based Jones Lang LaSalle Inc., a realestate service and money managementfirm where she headed Americas divisionafter stints as chief financial officer andchief operating officer. Chief financialofficer for Heller Financial Inc.’s realestate finance division before JLL.RECENT: HCP returned to Orange

County last year after roughly 10 years inLong Beach. Had been based in NewportBeach before. Recently agreed to lowerrents for its largest tenant, nursing homeoperator HCR Manor Care Inc., by $68million a year to offset a cut in Medicarereimbursements, as well as sell 50 HCRManor Care-operated properties. Teamedup with Brookdale Senior Living Inc.on an $849 million deal for market-ratesenior housing. Working on Cove atOyster Point mixed-use developmentwith focus on medical offices, devicemakers as potential tenants in South SanFrancisco.PERSONAL: Board member, Kaiser

Aluminum Corp. Previously on board ofKeyCorp. Trustee, Urban Land Insti-tute; previously trustee with Interna-tional Council of Shopping Centers.Bachelor’s degree in English, OregonState University. Master’s of businessadministration, University of Connecti-cut. Husband, Andrew; two adult chil-dren. Known as advocate forsustainability and energy conservation incommercial real estate development.

—Vita Reed

SCOTT A. MCGREGORChief Executive, PresidentBroadcom Corp., IrvineBorn in St. LouisAge: 59Lives in San Juan Capistrano

WHY: Third leader in history of com-pany, world’s eighth largest chipmaker.Leads 10,000-plus workers. PositionedBroadcom togreatly benefitfrom ongoingsmartphone warbetween Samsungand Apple, com-pany’s largest cus-tomers, as well asbooming Internetof Things market.Brought in hand-picked execs, stan-dardized accounting, settled stock optionslitigation, took aggressive legal stance toprotect patents from competitors. Ex-panded company from 13 countries in2005 to 26 today, growing patent portfoliofrom 4,800 U.S. and foreign patents andapplications to more than 20,650 in 2015.

HOW: Formerly headed Philips Semi-conductors, now NXP Semiconductors.Stints with Santa Cruz Operation Inc.,Microsoft, Xerox Palo Alto ResearchCenter, Digital Equipment. Solidifiedpartnership with Apple in recent yearswith design wins on iPhones, iPods, iPadsand computers. Boosted ties to Samsung’sAndroid devices, including the world’stop-selling Galaxy smartphone line.RECENT: Delivered record revenue of

$8.4 billion in 2014. Broke ground on 1.1-million-square-foot Irvine corporate head-quarters at Great Park Neighborhoods.Exited baseband chip business after pour-ing billions into smartphone segment, in-cluded 20% cut in global workforce;closure or consolidation of 18 locations inrestructuring. Published first Global Re-porting Initiative on employment demo-graphics in Corporate SustainabilityReport. Broadcom Foundation com-pleted fourth Broadcom Masters and thirdMasters International competitions, en-courages middle school students to studyscience, technology, engineering and mathcourses throughout high school.PERSONAL: Likes spending time out-

doors with family. Board member of SantaAna-based Ingram Micro, run by fellowOC 50 member Alain Monie. Appointedvice chairman of Global SemiconductorAlliance board of directors. Bachelor’s inpsychology, master’s in computer scienceand computer engineering from StanfordUniversity. Wife, Laurie; three children.

—Chris Casacchia

PAUL MERAGEChairmanMIG Management Services LLC, Newport BeachBorn in Iran

WHY: Longtime venture investor, en-trepreneur, active philanthropist, amongOC’s wealthiest.HOW: Got

bachelor’s in eco-nomics and MBAfrom UC Berke-ley. Founded ChefAmerica Inc. withbrother, David, in1975. Grew it toleading manufac-turer of frozenfood products, in-cluding Hot Pockets. Company had $750million in annual sales and 1,800 workersby 2002, when Nestlé acquired it for $2.6billion. Merage went on to start MerageInvestment Group, or MIG, whose affili-ates include MIG Capital and MIG RealEstate. Merage donated $30 million in2005 to UC Irvine’s business school,which bears his name.RECENT: MIG Real Estate, headed by

nephew Greg, continued to grow invest-ment portfolio—now has about 9 millionsquare feet of property, up about 14%over past year. Assets under managementreached $1.5 billion, up 50%. Recentdeals: last month acquired 301-unit luxurytownhome community in Texas, makingninth multifamily-property investmentthere. Got Midtown Commons atCrestview Station, a mixed-use propertyalso in Texas. Late last year acquiredViewridge Business Park office complexin San Diego. MIG Real Estate has otherinvestment assets nationwide, including inNevada and Florida, as well as in Canada.MIG Capital is SEC-registered investmentadviser focused on public equity invest-ments. Managed by Merage’s sonRichard.





PERSONAL: Emigrated from Iran onown in early 1960s. Among OC’s billion-aires, with estimated net worth of $1.4 bil-lion. Big on philanthropy, with focus oneducation and immigration issues. Paul &Elisabeth Merage Family Foundationgave $1.4 million in 2014. Beneficiariesincluded UCI Foundation, OrangeCounty Community Foundation andSecond Harvest Food Bank. Meragefounded and heads Merage Institute tohelp promote relationship-building be-tween U.S. and Israel.

—Jane Yu

STEVE MILLIGANChief Executive, President Western Digital Corp., Irvine Born in IllinoisAge: 51

WHY: Replaced John Coyne, who re-tired in January 2013, in the top post atworld’s largest disk drive maker by unitssold, revenue, with $15.1 billion in an-nual sales. Battles Broadcom for title ofOC’s most valued company.

HOW: Rejoined Western Digital aspresident in March 2012. Previously heldpresident and chief executive titles at SanJose-based Hitachi Global StorageTechnologies, which Western Digital ac-quired in 2012 for $4.8 billion in largestdeal to date. First joined Western Digitalin 2002 as vice president, finance.

RECENT: Steering HGST subsidiaryinto higher-margin business with high-capacity corporate drives, includingbreakthrough helium-based product linethat’s lighter, more efficient, and con-sumes less power than previous stan-dards. Garnered Wall Street kudos forreshaping unprofitable, mismanaged unitof Japan-based parent Hitachi Ltd. into

a thriving globalcompetitor andspinoff candidatebefore sale to WD.Still awaiting ap-proval from Chinaregulators to inte-grate HGST;would save $400million in annualcosts and add $354million to bottom line. Led takeovers ofAmplidata, a maker of storage softwarefor public and private cloud data centers;and Skyera, which makes solid-statestorage systems used in scaling cloud andenterprise data centers.

PERSONAL: Received DistinguishedAchievement Award by B’nai B’rithInternational. Recently joined board ofRoss Stores Inc. and Silicon ValleyLeadership Group. Bachelor’s in ac-counting from Ohio State University.Low public profile.

ANTHONY RICHARD MOISOChief Executive, President Rancho Mission Viejo LLC, San Juan Capistrano Born in West Los AngelesAge: 75Lives in Laguna Beach (Emerald Bay)

WHY: Heads the development andleasing arm of the Moiso, O’Neill, andAvery families; real estate development,leasing, cattle, agricultural operations;OC’s No. 2 landowner after DonaldBren.

HOW: Moiso family traces ties to landback to 1882, ranch once covered200,000 acres, stretching from El ToroCreek in Lake Forest to Oceanside (in-cluding all of Camp Pendleton). Family

now owns 23,000acres in thecounty’s south-eastern corner.Developer behindthe creation ofMission Viejo,Rancho SantaMargarita, LasFlores and LaderaRanch.

RECENT: Last big community for thecompany, Rancho Mission Viejo, underway. Massive project will total about14,000 homes, 5 million square feet ofcommercial space upon build-out. Firstportion of the development, a 690-acreresidential community called Sendero,among the best-selling masterplannedcommunities in the country last year,with 451 sales in 2014. The 941-homeproject, just south of Ladera Ranch,nearly sold out. Next stage of develop-ment, 860-acre village called Esencia,slated to open later this year. Will hold2,700 homes and an apartment complex.County recently approved $110 milliontax district to help fund infrastructureimprovements for new development inthe area.

PERSONAL: Longtime supporter ofMission San Juan Capistrano. Wellknown for his love of horses; hosts an-nual Rancho Mission Viejo Rodeo,which has raised more than $1 millionfor local charities. Staunch Republican,shared childhood friendship in West LosAngeles with former Democratic Gov.Gray Davis. Served two years in Armyas infantry officer. Wife, Melinda. Fourdaughters (Katrina, Cristy, AnneMarie, Francesca), 13 grandchildren.Devoted family man, loyal to friends.Grooming next generation of leadership.

—Mark Mueller

ALAIN MONIEChief ExecutiveIngram Micro Inc., Santa AnaBorn in Marrakech, MoroccoAge: 64Lives in Newport Beach

WHY: Leads Orange County’s largestpublic company in terms of sales, withmore than $46 billion in revenue in 2014.Tech bellwetherbiggest distributorof computer, con-sumer electronicsproducts, softwarein world withgrowing businessin mobility, cloudand supply chainservices. Employsabout 1,000 here,more than 26,000 in39 countries overall, serves customers inmore than 160 countries.

HOW: First joined Ingram Micro in2003 as executive vice president. Ap-pointed president of Asia-Pacific region ayear later. Doubled region’s size after ac-quisition of Tech Pacific, transforming abreak-even business into company’slargest growth market. Left in 2010 tohead large pulp and paper producer inChina; returned in 2011 as president andchief operating officer. Named chief ex-ecutive in January 2012. Later that year,spearheaded $840 million buy of Bright-Point Inc., largest acquisition in com-pany history. Business Journal 2013Business Person of the Year.

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Boosted distribution and recycling serv-ices through recent buys of Armada andAnovo. Named among Top 25 Most In-fluential Executives by the Channel Co.trade group. Spearheading headquartersmove from Santa Ana to Irvine.PERSONAL: Likes scuba diving,sports cars, fine wines. Director ofAmazon.com Inc. Fluent in English,French and Spanish. Has lived andworked in Europe, Mexico, Japan andSingapore. Big execution guy. Drivingaggressive merger and acquisition strat-egy to promote rapid, more profitablegrowth. Demands accountability, trans-parency, open communication. Educatedin France. Received high honors in au-tomation engineering studies at theEcole Nationale Supérieure d’Arts etMetiers. MBA from Institut Supérieurdes Affaires in Jouy-en-Josas. Wife,Dominique, from Bordeaux. Couple hasmoved 16 times, raised three sons. Fourgrandchildren.

—Chris Casacchia

ARTURO “ARTE” R. MORENOOwner, Angels Baseball LP, AnaheimBorn in Tucson, Ariz.Age: 68Lives in Phoenix, Corona del Mar

WHY: In 13th season as owner of oneof OC’s two professional sports teams;also owns KLAA 830 AM, Angels’ flag-ship radio station.HOW: Boughtthen-AnaheimAngels in 2003from Walt DisneyCo. Paid $184million for team,now valued at$1.3 billion byForbes, thanks toskyrocketingMLB broadcastdeals. Built Outdoor Systems billboardcompany with partner Bill Levine (mi-nority investor in Angels), sold to Via-com for $8.7 billion in stock in 1999.Forbes puts wealth at $1.5 billion.RECENT: Negotiations with Ana-heim to renew lease on nearly 50-year-old Angel Stadium stalled. Preliminarytalks with Tustin officials to explorenew stadium at former Tustin MarineCorps Air Station. Opt-out window inAnaheim runs from 2016 to 2019, orlease extends through 2029. Reined insalary spending spree due to pricey,lengthy deals with older players. Teamoff to slow start after running away with2014 division title, early exit in play-offs. Unloaded troubled slugger JoshHamilton but on hook for much of thecost of remaining three years of five-year, $125 million contact. Continues tostrive for balance of business operationsbetween product on field and fan experi-ence. PERSONAL: Started Angels Base-

ball Foundation with wife, Carole, in2004; has given more than $4.4 millionto various charitable programs in South-ern California. Fourth-generation Mexi-can-American. Oldest of 11 kids. Fatherran print shop, grandfather publishednewspaper. Attended Catholic school.Joined Army in 1965, fought in Viet-nam. Graduated University of Arizonain 1973 with marketing degree.

—Chris Casacchia

MICHAEL S. MORHAIMECofounder, Chief Executive Blizzard Entertainment Inc., IrvineBorn in Panorama CityAge: 47Lives in Newport Coast

WHY: Pioneer of multiplayer onlinegames, big factor in 2008 agreement tocombine with Santa Monica-based Activi-sion in $18 billiondeal, creating Ac-tivision Blizzard,largest and mostprofitable inde-pendent game pub-lisher in world withyearly revenue ofmore than $4.4 bil-lion. HOW: StartedBlizzard with fellowUniversity of California-Los Angelesalum Allen Adham, Frank Pearce in1991. Borrowed $15,000 from his grand-mother—has handwritten loan contract onoffice wall. Blizzard’s forerunner boughtby Torrance educational software publisherDavidson & Associates in 1994, then bypredecessor to New Jersey-based Cendantin 1996. Sold to Havas in France in 1998,later bought by Vivendi.RECENT: Launched company’s firstmobile game, “Hearthstone: Heroes ofWarcraft” for Android and iOS. WoW ex-pansion set “Warlords of Draenor” attracts10 million active subscribers. First-personshooter game “Overwatch” in develop-ment; first new franchise in 17 years. Free-to-play team brawler, “Heroes of theStorm,” launches June 2, slated to be fea-tured in first live eSports tournament onprimetime network cable through partner-ship with ESPN. “StarCraft II: Legacy ofthe Void” beta launched. PERSONAL: San Fernando Valley na-tive. Bachelor’s in electrical engineeringfrom UCLA. Donates to Jewish Federa-tion and Family Services, Daniel PearlFoundation, University of the People.Follows professional StarCraft II eSportscompetition. Played in World Series ofPoker in Las Vegas. Placed second in 2006celebrity poker tournament hosted byAcademy of Interactive Arts & Sciences.Plays bass in Blizzard-themed rock bandwith other employees. Inducted into AIASHall of Fame in 2007.

—Chris Casacchia

JAMES T. MORRISChairman, Chief ExecutivePacific Life Insurance Co., Newport BeachBorn in Bryn Mawr, Pa.Age: 55 Lives in San Juan Capistrano

WHY: Chief executive of biggest OC-based private company and one of top lifeinsurance companies nationwide.HOW: Graduatedfrom UCLA withbachelor’s degreein math. Started upranks in 1982 whenhe joined Pac Lifeas assistant actuary.Promoted to seniorvice president in1996, executivevice president in2002. Named chiefinsurance officer in 2005, chief operatingofficer in 2006 and chief executive in 2007.Fourteenth CEO in company’s nearly 150-year history.RECENT: Oversaw continued company

growth in 2014. Pac Life assets rose 5%year-over-year to $137 billion, “highestlevel ever.” Equity also hit highest in com-pany history, topping $8.6 billion. Divi-sional sales remained on growth path: Lifeinsurance sales totaled $317 million, a 9%increase; retirement solutions saw strongsales of annuities and mutual funds; rein-surance group Pacific Life Re had $1.1 bil-lion in earned premium income. Pac Lifeassumed $200 billion worth of individuallife reinsurance risk from ReinsuranceGroup of America. PERSONAL: Chairman of Pacific Life

Foundation, which gave $6 million lastyear to 271 nonprofits, including $250,000to Discovery Cube and $1 million to Con-servation International as part of ongoingpledge of $5 million. Served as director ofAmerican Council of Life Insurers, aWashington, D.C.-based trade associationof life insurance businesses, from 2007 to2014; chairman during 2012 and 2013.Also was chairman of Junior Achieve-ment of Orange County. Currently serveson board of directors of Hoag HospitalFoundation and on board of visitors of theUCLA Anderson School of Management.Fellow of Society of Actuaries. Memberof the American Academy of Actuaries.Wife, Ann; two children.

—Jane Yu

MICHAEL ALBERT MUSSALLEMChairman, Chief ExecutiveEdwards Lifesciences Corp.Born in Gary, Ind.Age: 62Lives in Laguna Beach

WHY: Leads biggest OC-based medicaldevice maker, with more than $2 billion inannual sales, 3,200 local employees, morethan 9,000 world-wide. Recent mar-ket value of about$15.2 billion.HOW: Baxter

International Inc.veteran tapped tolead the spinoff ofcompany’s cardio-vascular businessinto EdwardsLifesciences. OnlyCEO Edwards has had in its 15-year historyas an independent company. Company isamong leaders in cardiovascular diseasetreatment. Makes transcatheter heart valves,surgical heart valves and critical-care prod-ucts.RECENT: Edwards humming along onWall Street—stock up 11% since the start of2015. Got boost in March on positive clini-cal milestones for its Sapien less-invasiveheart valve family, which has more than$940 million in annual sales. Continues hisadvocacy role, speaking before U.S. Senateearlier this year on the need to preservemedical device innovation. Edwards alsoadded a pair of new company directors,Nicholas Valeriani and Kieran Gallahue. PERSONAL: Trustee, UCI Founda-

tion. On boards and executive committeesof the Advanced Medical Technology As-sociation and Healthcare LeadershipCouncil, both in Washington, D.C. Boardmember emeritus, Octane. Die-hardChicago Cubs fan. Wife, Linda. FormerBusiness Journal Businessperson of theYear. Of Lebanese descent. Bachelor’s de-gree in chemical engineering, honorarydoctorate, from Rose-Hulman Institute ofTechnology in Indiana. Worked summersat steel mill to help pay for college; offeredfull-time job upon graduation but opted toseek career in newer industry.

—Vita Reed

IGOR M. OLENICOFFOwner, PresidentOlen Properties Corp., Newport BeachBorn in Mazandaran, IranAge: 72Lives in Laguna Beach (Emerald Bay)

WHY: Billionaire real estate developeris county’s second largest office landlordafter OC 50er Don-ald Bren. Esti-mated fortune of$3.2 billion makeshim OC’s second-wealthiest resident,trailing only Bren.HOW: StartedOlen in 1973. Nowowns more than7.5 million squarefeet of commercial real estate, about10,000 apartments in California, Nevada,Florida, Georgia and Arizona. Commer-cial portfolio includes office and industrialbuildings, along with marinas, airporthangars, restaurants and a golf course.Trophy property: Chicago’s One S. Dear-born St. tower. Forty-story tower boughtin 2006 for reported $362 million. Muchof portfolio local. Has close to 2,000 ten-ants, 380 buildings in OC. Area holdingsinclude low-rise offices, pair of officetowers near airport, Olen Pointe officecampus in Brea.RECENT: Olen’s development, lend-ing activities were largely outside OCover past year. In 2014, first-ever acquisi-tion in Georgia, for an apartment complexin the Atlanta area. Also developing rentalcomplexes near Phoenix and the PalmBeach, Fla., area. Biggest source of newbusiness besides apartment developmentis real estate lending to third parties. Esti-mated $140 million worth of loan deals in2014, including an oceanfront ranch inCambria, a winery, a solar farm, a formerAlta Dena dairy farm in L.A. Countythat’s being turned into a residential de-velopment, a resort on the Hawaiian is-land of Kauai, and industrialdevelopments in the Inland Empire.Olenicoff said he’s also made loans for“several large private homes in OrangeCounty.”PERSONAL: Born in northern Iran,then under Soviet occupation, duringWWII. Parents had left Soviet Union forIran after Russian Revolution, due to tieswith Czar Nicholas II. Went to Iranianmining town, then came to U.S. whenOlenicoff was 15. Worked way throughUSC, where he graduated with multipledegrees. Worked for Shell, Touche Ross,Motown Records, where he was beancounter for Berry Gordy. Founding part-ner in real estate syndicator Gemini Pa-cific. VP of operations at DunnProperties before starting Olen. Wife,Jeanne. Daughter Natalia, USC grad, isOlen vice president and plays large role incompany. Andrei Olenicoff MemorialFoundation, charity for eye health, blind-ness cure, set up in honor of late son. Alsosupports Russian orphans, UC Irvine,Second Harvest Food Bank, CHOC.Recently became a grandfather.

—Mark Mueller

ROBERT D. OLSONPresidentR.D. Olson DevelopmentR.D. Olson ConstructionBorn in OaklandAge: 58Lives in Newport Beach (Balboa Island)

WHY: California’s most active hotel de-veloper for several years running. Irvine-





based company hasbuilt more than1,000 hotel roomsin the past fewyears, with con-struction costs top-ping $200 million.Notable develop-ments under way inHuntington Beach,Newport Beach,Irvine Spectrum.HOW: Founded R.D. Olson Develop-

ment in 1998 after spending nearly 20years at the helm of contractor R.D. OlsonConstruction, which builds hotels, offices,restaurants, apartments and other producttypes. Wanted to develop hotels for his ownportfolio, started with two in the DisneylandAnaheim Resort area that were later sold toIntercontinental Hotels. RECENT: Remains 100% owner of de-

velopment business, which has had surge inactivity over past five years and has sevenprojects now on the books in California,Hawaii. Working with Irvine-based PacificHospitality Group for 250-room PaséaHotel & Spa in Huntington Beach, part ofthe Pacific City mixed-use development.Planning 14-story, 250-room Irvine Spec-trum Marriott on land next to eight-storyCourtyard Irvine Spectrum it opened lastyear. Moving ahead with the Lido HouseHotel, a 130-room upscale boutique hotel atthe former Newport Beach City Hall site.Named Developer of the Year by MarriottInternational in 2014. Reached deal to sella trio of its recently built hotels, includingtwo in Tustin and another in San JuanCapistrano, for $103 million earlier thisyear. PERSONAL: Received MBA from the

University of Southern California, con-vinced school to admit him without an un-dergrad degree. Served on board ofdirectors and executive committee of Or-ange County chapter of the American RedCross. Company hosts annual surf camp atSan Onofre. Older daughter, Melissa, salesand marketing executive for Marriott. Olderson, Bobby, real estate lawyer. He andwife, Christyne, also have daughter, Char-lotte, and son, Sutton.

—Mark Mueller

JAMES J. PETERSONChairman, Chief Executive Microsemi Corp., Aliso ViejoBorn in Port Jefferson, N.Y.Age: 59Lives in Laguna Beach and San JuanCapistrano

WHY: Boss of OC’s second largest chip-maker has pushed roll-up strategy to morethan $1.1 billion in sales, up more thanfourfold since his tenure began in 2000. Hasoverseen 23 acquisitions along the way. HOW: Ran Garden Grove-based Linfin-

ity Microelectronics, unit of Symmetri-com in San Jose. Microsemi boughtLinfinity in 1999 for $24 million. Ran Lin-finity as Microsemi division before promo-tion to top spot. Earlier held seniorworldwide marketing and sales manage-ment positions with Silicon Systems Inc.Also held marketing management positionswith Rockwell Corp. in Newport Beachand General Instruments Microelectron-ics in New York.RECENT: Received Orange County

Technology Alliance’s Outstanding CEOin Technology award. Acquired Camarillo-based chipmaker Vitesse Semiconductorin April for $389 million, one of his largestdeals.PERSONAL: Philanthropic interests in

OC include Dis-covery ScienceCenter; MINDResearch Insti-tute; CASA(Court Ap-pointed SpecialAdvocates) ofOC; Talk AboutCuring Autism;and AcademyCharter HighSchool, a community project ofOrange-wood Children’s Foundation. Staunchsupporter of education; serves on UCI’sboard of trustees, Social Ecology Leader-ship Council, Engineering Industry Ad-visory Board, Paul Merage School ofBusiness Advisory Council and CEO Ex-ecutive Roundtable. Enjoys golf, land-scape gardening, driving fast cars, being agrandparent. Known for annual SuperBowl bash. Known by many as Jimmy P.Friendly, sunny outlook. Wife, Sheila; sixchildren, seven grandchildren.

—Chris Casacchia

DAVID E.I. PYOTTFormer Chief Executive, Chairman Allergan Inc., Irvine (now part of Actavis PLC)Born in LondonAge: 61Lives in Irvine

WHY: Longtime fixture in OC’s corpo-rate scene plans to stay active after over-seeing sale ofAllergan to ActavisPLC for $72.5 bil-lion. Will retainvarious platformsvia philanthropicand board endeav-ors. Pocketed $534million by tradingin stock and op-tions for cash.HOW: Served as

chief executive of Allergan since 1998.Previously spent 17 years with Sandoz,later Novartis. Allergan went from about$700 million to more than $6 billion in an-nual sales of eye drugs, pacesetting wrin-kle remover Botox, and other productsunder Pyott’s leadership.RECENT: Spent most of 2014 fighting

off unsolicited takeover bid by Canada-based Valeant Pharmaceuticals Interna-tional Inc., which has OC roots, andactivist investor Bill Ackman’s PershingSquare Capital Management LP. Punc-tuated defense strategy with wryly spiritedverbal jabs at Valeant, Ackman, expert be-hind-the-scenes maneuvering. Acceptedfriendly takeover bid from Actavis in No-vember. Not joining Actavis’ board but re-mains chairman of the AllerganFoundation.PERSONAL: Director, Avery Denni-

son Corp.; vice chair, Chapman Univer-sity board of trustees. Nominated forboard seat at Netherlands-based PhilipsElectronics. Military history buff.Worldly, cultivated sort with dry sense ofhumor and refined Scottish brogue. Raisedin India, later Scotland. Fluent in four lan-guages. Holds Commander of the MostExcellent Order of the British Empirefrom Queen Elizabeth. Diplomas in inter-national, European law from Europa In-stitute at the University of Amsterdam.Master’s from University of Edinburgh,business master’s from London BusinessSchool. Wife, Julianna; four children. En-joys mountain climbing, skiing.

—Vita Reed

SHAHEEN SADEGHIPresident, FounderLAB Holding LLC, Costa MesaAge: 61Lives in Laguna Beach

WHY: Visionary developer behind retailcenters that include the LAB Anti-Malland The Camp in Costa Mesa, as well asthe Anaheim Pack-ing House foodhall and CenterStreet among otherprojects.HOW: Spent

early days of hiscareer as a couturedesigner forCharles James inNew York City.Moved to West Coastto work for Jantzen Inc., once part of VFCorp., as an executive in design, merchan-dising and international manufacturing.Came to Orange County 10 years later towork for Gotcha Sportswear Inc., soonafter taking on the role as executive vicepresident. Did stint as president of Quiksil-ver under Bob McKnight before launchingLab Holding—which stands for LittleAmerican Business. Opened LAB Anti-Mall in 1993 as an “indoor-outdoor hangout with shops and restaurants geared forthe young at heart,” set out “to combat re-tail monotony.” The Camp followed in2002 with a “sustainable” theme to its retaillineup. Last year Sadeghi opened doors toAnaheim Packing House, a gathering of in-dependent restaurants in a renovated 100-year-old, 42,000-square-foot packinghouse.RECENT: Lab Holding got go-ahead for

Agora Arts District in Laguna Niguel, a 22-acre site envisioned as upscale and pedes-trian-friendly downtown with specialtyretail stores, restaurants, outdoor perform-

ance areas, a cultural arts plaza and a resi-dential village.PERSONAL: Studied fashion design

and merchandising at Pratt Institute’sSchool of Design, Fashion, Art and Ar-chitecture in in Brooklyn, N.Y., and com-pleted the Executive Finance Program atHarvard Business School. Ted Conferencespeaker. Received Developer of the YearAward in Anaheim, and Hall of FameAward for Community Revitalization inCosta Mesa. Wife, Linda; three sons. Hasfleet of nine cars, with 1954 Austin Healeyas flagship.

—Mediha DiMartino

HENRY SAMUELICofounder, Chief Technical OfficerBroadcom Corp., IrvineBorn in Buffalo, N.Y.Age: 59Lives in Corona del Mar

WHY: Revered as engineering visionaryat Broadcom, one of the county’s well-known companies, world’s eighth largestchipmaker. Com-pany now shippingsome 7 millionchips daily. OwnsAnaheim Ducksand the companythat runs HondaCenter. Had bighand in movingBroadcom head-quarters to campusin University Re-search Park alongside UCI, recruits engi-neers from school. HOW: Former UCLA professor. Worked

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Nicholas, who left in 2003. Each threw in$5,000. Started recruiting best engineeringstudents from UCLA. RECENT: Broke ground on 1.1-million-

square-foot Irvine corporate headquarters atGreat Park Neighborhoods. Exited basebandchip business after pouring billions intosmartphone segment, included 20% cut inglobal workforce; closure or consolidation of18 locations in restructuring. Making gainsin explosive Internet of Things market withnew customer base of hot startups andemerging companies. Honored by Israeligovernment for contribution to innovationglobally and in Israel, where Broadcom hasbeen active acquirer over the years.PERSONAL: Gave $30 million to

UCLA, $20 million to UCI. Both universi-ties named engineering schools after him.Other beneficiaries: Segerstrom Center forthe Arts, OC High School of the Arts, PBSSoCal, Discovery Science Center, TarbutV’Torah day school, Ocean Institute, Jew-ish Federation of OC, Shoah Foundation,University Synagogue. Met with PresidentBarack Obama at White House as part offourth annual Broadcom MASTERS middleschool STEM competition. Parents, Aaron,Sala, were Holocaust survivors from Polandwho met after war, came to America in1950s, and eventually moved to SouthernCalifornia. Family ran liquor store on Whit-tier Boulevard, where Samueli worked asteen. Understated, modest. Lifelong hockey,basketball fan. Skis, hikes. Bachelor’s, mas-ter’s, doctorate in electrical engineering fromUCLA. Jointly runs Corona del Mar-basedSamueli Foundationwith wife, Susan.Couple has three children.

—Chris Casacchia

ANTON SEGERSTROMPartnerSouth Coast Plaza, C.J. Segerstrom & Sons,HTS ManagementCosta MesaAge: 57Lives: Corona del Mar

SANDRA “SANDY” SEGERSTROMDANIELSPartnerSouth Coast Plaza, C.J. Segerstrom & Sons,HTS ManagementCosta MesaAge: 52Lives: Costa Mesa, Newport Coast

WHY: Key stakeholders in family busi-ness defined in public’s eyes for decades bylate Henry Segerstrom, developer of SouthCoast Plaza in CostaMesa, along withmuch of the city’sbusiness district andthe arts centernamed for him.Anton is one ofHenry’s three chil-dren from first wife,Yvonne deChaviney Perry.Sandy is a daughter ofHenry’s cousin, Harold, and his wife,Jeanette.HOW: Anton graduated from University

of Oregon with a degree in finance andbusiness administration. He has been one oftwo general managers at Crate and Bar-rel/Macy’s home store wing at South CoastPlaza. Actively involved in leasing, market-ing and development as partner at SouthCoast Plaza. Serves on the advisory boards

of Someone CaresSoup Kitchen andSecond HarvestFood Bank and onexecutive commit-tee of the OrangeCounty Museumof Art, which is ex-pected to eventu-ally move fromNewport Beach toparcel of land familygave the organization on Segerstrom Cen-ter campus. Sandy attended CaliforniaState University-Fullerton and workedway up in the family business. She foundedFestival of Children Foundation, a supportnetwork for more than 400 charities.RECENT: Each expected to increase

roles as public faces for family and busi-nesses in wake of elder Segerstrom’s pass-ing.PERSONAL: Anton, 57, is married to

Jennifer and has two children, ages 12 and14. Enjoys surfing, mountain climbing, artcollecting.Sandy, 52, divides her time between

Costa Mesa and Newport Coast. She has adaughter and two grandchildren.

RONALD SIMONFounder, ChairmanRSI Holding LLC, Newport Beach Born in Los AngelesAge: 80Lives in Newport Beach

WHY: Head of group of companies, in-cluding cabinet maker RSI Home Prod-ucts Inc. and real estate arm RSIDevelopment.HOW: Graduated from Los Angeles

City College withdegree in engineer-ing. Worked as jun-ior engineer atLayne and BowlerPump Co. for fiveyears before joiningfather’s medicinecabinet business,Perma-Bilt Indus-tries. Led companyto position as nation’sleading maker of bathroom medicine cabi-nets. Sold it in 1987 and re-entered industrywith founding of RSI in 1989. Establishedhomebuilding arm in 2008.RECENT: RSI Development is focused

on building single-family homes in South-ern California and Texas. Company cur-rently controls parcels of land throughoutTexas and intends to build more than 2,500homes in various cities. Simon announcedAmerican Housing Ventures, a privatelyheld real estate development company, willnow become subsidiary of RSI Develop-ment. AHV has offices in Newport Beachand Austin.PERSONAL: With wife, Sandi, dedi-

cated to helping youth gain better educationand achieve self-sufficiency. Simon Foun-dations awarded more than 850 scholar-ships valued at more than $25 million overthe years, with Simon Scholars a keystoneof effort. Simon Foundations announcedpartnership with Horatio Alger Associa-tion, with plans to award $20 million inscholarships over next 10 years. SimonFoundations also announced partnershipwith Chapman University and OrangeHigh School to create Simon STEMScholarship Program. It will allow se-lected high school students who major inscience, technology, engineering or math toreceive full scholarship to Chapman. An es-

timated $2 million will be awarded annu-ally to recipients. Simon is director of Pa-cific Symphony Orchestra. Recipient ofHoratio Alger Award.

—Jane Yu

VINNY SMITHFounderToba Capital, Insight Capital PartnersNewport BeachAge: 51Born in BaltimoreLives in Newport Beach

WHY: Launched venture capital firmToba in late 2012 with former Quest col-leagues, now OC’s largest VC. Latest trackfor serial entrepreneur who sold QuestSoftware to Dell in early 2012 for $2.8 bil-lion, cashed outsome $800 million.HOW: Started

career with Oraclein 1986. In 1992started San Fran-cisco-based PatrolSoftware with anOracle colleague.BMC SoftwareInc. bought Patrolin 1994 for an esti-mated $33.7 million. Joined Aliso Viejo-based Quest as chairman and chiefexecutive in 1997 until sale. Grew companyto $800 million-plus in annual sales toupper ranks of OC’s software makers.Oversaw more than 70 acquisitions and in-vestments there. RECENT: Built Toba’s portfolio to more

than 80 investments, several in OC, includ-ing virtual reality content maker NextVR;True Drinks Inc., maker of sugar-freeAquaball kid drinks; security softwaremaker SecureAuth Corp.; fast-growingdata analytics software company AlteryxInc.PERSONAL: Supports more than 100

charitable causes, including the MioceanFoundation; Augie’s Quest, which battlesamyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or LouGehrig’s disease; and various kids pro-grams such as Orphan Starfish, whichprovides after school training in orphanagesand shelters in 25 Latin America locationsand the Philippines. Gave $4 million toMount Saint Joseph High School in Balti-more, where he attended; seeded NewportBeach-based Gen Next Foundation with$1 million grant; and gave $1 million toIrvine-based nonprofit Fuel FreedomFoundation. Has several real estate playsacross California as personal investor andchief financial backer behind NewportBeach-based developer Integral Commu-nities. Graduated from University ofDelaware, where he wrestled. Has a casualair—goes by Vinny and often sports jeansand a cap.

—Chris Casacchia

DAVID SUNChief Operating Officer, Vice President Kingston Technology Co., Fountain ValleyBorn in Taichung, TaiwanAge: 64Lives in Irvine

JOHN TUChief ExecutiveKingston Technology Co., Fountain ValleyBorn in Chongqing, China Age: 73Lives in Rolling Hills

WHY: Co-leaders of top memory prod-

ucts maker forcomputers andconsumer electron-ics. Run county’sbiggest minority-owned companyand third largestprivate company.2014 revenuetopped $5.9 bil-lion, up $500 mil-lion as sales of keymemory compo-nent rebounded.Kingston employsabout 750 localworkers, 4,150worldwide. Plantsin Fountain Valley,Taiwan, mainlandChina. Sun over-sees U.S. opera-tion; Tu handles Asia.HOW: Started computer maker Cam-

intonn in garage in early 1980s. Becamedivision VPs when former computer makerAST Research bought Camintonn. Left tostart Kingston in 1987 after losing millionsin stock market crash. Famous for handingout $100 million to workers after selling80% of Kingston to Softbank in 1990s.Pair bought back Kingston in 1999 forfraction of what Softbank paid.RECENT: 2014 revenue gains fueled by

growing solid-state drive business forserver memory and demand for storage andcontroller chips that go into smartphonesand tablets, a rarely publicized businessline. HyperX memory products and acces-sories geared for gamers a big driver ascompany debuted second-generation audioheadset at International Consumer Elec-tronics Show.PERSONAL: Sun came from Taiwan in

1977, was chief engineer at Alpha MicroSystems in Costa Mesa, 1978 to 1982.Lively, unconventional operations man.Tu’s family fled China for Taiwan in 1949.Avid golfer. Electrical engineering degreefrom Tatung Institute of Technology inTaiwan. Married, two children. Son, Don-ald, heads Costa Mesa-based Associationof Volleyball Players pro circuit. Sent toGermany as kid to live with uncle whoowned Chinese restaurant. Says he“doesn’t like to study.” Expelled from sev-eral high schools. Came to U.S. in 1972.Electrical engineering degree from Tech-nische Hochschule Darmstadt in Ger-many. UC Irvine cancer diagnostic centernamed for Tu, friend Tom Yuen, an ASTResearcher cofounder. Funny, soft-spokenpublic face of company. Loves Elvis.Heads the JT and California Dreamin’Band. Tu plays drums. Collects cars. In-vestor in Yuen’s stem cell startupPrimeGen Biotech.

—Chris Casacchia

PETER UEBERROTHChairman, Managing DirectorContrarian Group Inc., Newport BeachBorn in Evanston, Ill.Age: 77Lives in Laguna Beach (Emerald Bay)

WHY: Head of investment firm spe-cializing in hospitality, travel industries.Former commissioner of Major LeagueBaseball and chairman of U.S. OlympicCommittee. Entrepreneur, philanthro-pist.HOW: Went to San Jose State Uni-

versity on athletic scholarship and grad-uated with business degree. Played waterpolo in school and competed in 1956U.S. Olympic trials. Post-college, got




Ben AlvaradoOC Regional President

Wells Fargo Bank

Craig AtkinsCofounder, Chairman

City Ventures LLC, Irvine

Doug BauerChief Executive

TRI Pointe Group, Irvine

Robert BraithwaiteChief Executive

Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian, Newport Beach

Peter BrenChairman, President

KBS Realty Advisors, Newport Beach

Jay BurressChief Executive, President

Anaheim/Orange County Visitor & Convention Bureau

Tim BuschChief Executive, Chairman

Pacific Hospitality Group LLC, Irvine

H.K. DesaiExecutive Chairman

QLogic Corp., Aliso Viejo

Dennis GilmoreChief Executive

First American Financial, Santa Ana

Stephen GordonChairman, Chief Executive

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Namely Notables: Other Influentials in Orange County Business and IndustryWilliam Halford

Chief Executive, PresidentBixby Land Co., Irvine

Michael HarrahOwner, President

Caribou Industries, Santa Ana

Doug HoltePresident, Office Properties

Irvine Company, Newport Beach

Robert “Bob” HurleyChief Executive

Hurley International LLC, Costa Mesa, unit of Nike Inc.

Cory HydenPartner

Latham & Watkins, Costa Mesa

Pascal HouillonChief Executive

Sage Software Inc., Irvine

Jonathan M. JaffeChief Operating Officer

Lennar Corp., Miami

Fletcher “Ted” Jones Jr.Owner, Fletcher Jones Auto Group,

Las Vegas

Wing LamCofounder

Wahoo’s Fish Taco, Costa Mesa

Colm W. MackenChief Executive, President

Shea Properties, Aliso Viejo

Richard MatrosChief Executive

Sabra Healthcare REIT, Irvine

Cary HydenPartner, Latham & Watkins

Costa Mesa

Bob McKnightChairman

Quiksilver Inc., Huntington Beach

Anand NallathambiChief Executive

CoreLogic Inc., Irvine

Steven NataupskyManaging Partner

Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP, Irvine

Ingrid Otero-SmartPresident, Chief Executive

Casanova Pendrill, Costa Mesa

Gary SchoenfeldChief Executive, President

Pacific Sunwear of California Inc., Anaheim

Charles Schreiber Jr.Chief Executive

KBS Realty Advisors, Newport Beach

Bert F. SelvaChief Executive, PresidentShea Homes, Aliso Viejo

Pierre-André SenizerguesChief Executive, Founder

Sole Technology Inc., Lake Forest

Hezy ShakedCofounder, Chief Strategy Officer,

Executive Chairman Tilly’s Inc., Irvine

Peter O. Shea Jr.Chief Executive, President

J.F. Shea Co., Walnut

Mark SimonsChief Executive, President

Toshiba America Information Systems Inc.,Irvine

Lynsi SnyderOwner, President

In-N-Out Burger Inc., Irvine

Allen StaffSenior Vice President

Commercial Real Estate Banking ExecutiveOC Market President

Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Irvine

Scott StowellChief Executive, President

Standard Pacific Corp., Irvine

H. Lawrence “Larry” WebbChief Executive

New Home Co., Aliso Viejo

Mark WetterauChief Executive, Chairman

Golden State Foods Corp., Irvine

David WilsonOwner, Chief Executive

David Wilson Automotive Group, Orange

Richard WoolcottCofounder, Executive Chairman

Volcom Inc., Costa Mesa

married and movedto Hawaii, startingcareer in travel in-dustry. FoundedFirst TravelCorp. in 1962.Built it to secondlargest travel busi-ness in NorthAmerica beforeselling in 1980.Served as organizer of 1984 Los AngelesOlympics. First privately financed gamesended with $238 million surplus. Servedas MLB commissioner from 1984 to1989. Oversaw Rebuild LA in wake ofriots. Orchestrated 1999 acquisition ofresort operator Pebble Beach Co. withArnold Palmer and Clint Eastwood.

RECENT: Contrarian made variouslocal investments, including in CT Re-alty, Payoff and PrimeSport Holdings,which sells tickets, suites, and hospitalitypackages to events ranging from FinalFour to tennis Grand Slams. Contrarian issecond largest shareholder of CenturyGolf Partners in Texas, which manages160 golf courses, resorts and privateclubs nationwide. Continues to be an in-vestor in Marrone Bio Innovations andSauce Labs.

PERSONAL: Named Time MagazineMan of the Year in 1984. ReceivedOlympics Order in gold, highest awardfrom International Olympic Commit-tee. Received John Wooden GlobalLeadership Award from AndersonSchool of Management at UCLA. Authorof bestseller “Made in America.” Chair-man of U.S. Olympic Committee, 2004to 2008. With wife, Ginny, founded Ue-berroth Family Foundation in 1984,which daughter Vicki Ueberroth Boothruns as president. Part of founding groupof Sage Hill School in Newport Beach.

—Jane Yu

WILLIAM W. WANGFounder, Chief Executive Vizio Inc., IrvineBorn in Taipei, TaiwanAge: 51Lives in Newport Beach

WHY: TV titan battles Samsung fortop U.S. market share, leader in 4K UltraHD TVs. Top seller of sound bars. Ranksamong top privatecompanies basedin OC, with 2014sales estimated at$3.5 billion.Moved Vizio intonational spotlightwith big endorse-ment deals, sportssponsorships. Ex-panded offeringsinto soundbars,tablets, streaming players, ultrabooks, all-in-one desktops.

HOW: Started Vizio in 2002. Companydesigns, markets TVs and other electron-ics here. Sets made in China, Taiwan,Mexico by Taiwan-based AmTran Tech-nology, a Vizio investor, and others.Forged close partnerships with retailers,suppliers and original design manufactur-ers. Used similar model for prior compa-nies—monitor sellers Mag InnoVision,Princeton Digital—in 1990s. Both tookoff early, ended poorly. Started Mag Inno-Vision at 26 with $350,000 from family,friends, Asian investor. Taiwan-basedMag Technology, which made the moni-tors, bought business in 1998.

RECENT: Expanded lineup with twonew 4K models that won 2014 Best ofCES Award, including 65-inch and 120-inch High Dynamic Range-Enabled UltraHD TV supporting Dolby Vision that pro-duces life-like images. Expanded No. 1-ranked soundbar line geared for 20-inch to

80-inch sets. Took TV brand into Canadaand Mexico, put nascent PC bid on hold.Initiated strategic investments, a companyfirst, in wearable technology startup PearSports LLC and smart-lawn sprinklermaker Blossom, both based in Irvine.

PERSONAL: Sits on board ofSegerstrom Center, Viterbi School ofEngineering Board of Councilors, Pres-ident’s Leadership Council at almamater USC, where he earned bachelor’s inelectrical engineering, on Committee of100 group of distinguished Chinese-Americans. Co-chairs Tim Salmon Foun-dation. Likes golf and other sports,reading, movies and, of course, TV.Moved to Hawaii at age 12, California at14. Big on design, innovation, user-friendliness. Among survivors of Singa-pore Airlines crash that killed roughlyhalf of passengers in 2000. Wife, Sakura;daughter.

—Chris Casacchia

DANIEL H. YOUNGPresident, Irvine Community Development Co.,Newport BeachIrvine Company, Newport BeachBorn in OrangeAge: 63Lives in Irvine

WHY: Key Irvine Company executiveafter Chairman and OC 50er Don Bren.

HOW: Young came to Irvine Co. in1999 after a 20-year career as a real estatedeveloper, politician and industry consult-ant. Became head of community develop-ment in 2007. Responsible for allresidential development on Irvine Ranch.Guides community masterplanning anddevelopment process. Oversees IrvinePacific LP, in-house building division, aswell as company’s nearly 50,000-unit

apartment portfo-lio.

RECENT:Irvine Pacific isOC’s most activehomebuilder forseveral years run-ning. Closed onnearly 680 homesales last year.Selling more landto builders for projects on Irvine Ranch,getting top dollar for projects such as Or-chard Hills, a high-end development thatopened last year; Toll Brother’s HiddenCanyon project; and Cypress Village andStonegate. Irvine Ranch has been Califor-nia’s best-selling masterplanned commu-nity in U.S. for five years in a row, wassecond-best-selling community in U.S. lastyear. Builder profit-participation agree-ments for Irvine Co. land deals also meansdeveloper sees strong back-end profits fordeals, on top of land sales to builders. OneOC area the company won’t be building: a2,500-acre stretch of vacant land in Ana-heim Hills and East Orange where morethan 5,000 homes once were planned.Irvine Co. donated the land to county lastyear, and it will remain permanent openspace.

PERSONAL: Graduate of Santa AnaHigh School. Eight years as Santa Ana’smayor, 11 years on its city council. City’ssoccer field named after him. Also servedon the boards of several regional agencies,including the Metropolitan Water Dis-trict and the Orange County Transporta-tion Authority. Currently on board ofTaller San Jose in Santa Ana, which pro-vides education, job skills for at-riskyoung adults. Bachelor’s from Cal StateFullerton, completed coursework towardmaster’s in public administration at USC.

FAMILY: Wife, Leslee; three children.—Mark Mueller



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