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Officers, Board of Directors & Advisory Board OFFICERS		FOCUS ON BOARD MEMBER Robert J. Taylor is Vice President of Business Development, Western Region, of TEG/LVI Services Inc., Environmental Services, which specializes in hazardous remediation and demolition services. He has 39 years of demonstrated success in upper level management with large construction and environmental companies. His areas of expertise include project management; cost control, finance, senior level employee recruitment, and customer relations in the commercial, industrial, retail, health-care and education sectors. Bob is responsible for maintaining a high caliber of personnel through senior level recruitment and on-going branch office motivation, development of new business, through improved customer satisfaction and streamlining of costs toward a profitable operation. His extensive experience in these areas makes him a key figure in servicing LVI's customers. He was educated at DePaul University in Chicago and received a BS in Business Management and Accounting. He has participated in seminars on management, marketing, estimating, and construction management. He is a Director of LAHq, and has been a driving force behind the success of the Projects Showcase at the Awards Luncheon. He has been past director of: Associated General Contractors State of Indiana; Michigan Area Construction Industrial Advancement Fund; American Association of School Administrators, and Mayor's Business Development Corp.	CATCH THE SPIRIT Our programs are timely and reflect what is going on in the current marketplace. Our best leaders attend our luncheons. Smaller meetings and breakfast forums provide up-to-date information to our members and more importantly, closer contact with governmental agencies, various officials and other civic personalities. Our Association represents a very inexpensive way to network with other people who share business ideas and a great way to mix with other professionals from the public and private realm. A great deal of creative activity is generated. Call Sue Reeves for a membership packet 323/663-5242. ROSTER CHANGES Jacqueline C. Keeton (page 22) E-mail: JKeeton@swinterton.com Lynn Kious (page 23) USI/United Systems Integrators Corp. 2041 Rosecrans Ave., Suite 245 El Segundo, CA 90245 Ph: 310-322-9696 Fax: 310-322-9682 E-mail: lynnk@usirealestate.com Debra Leitz (page 25) RTKL Associates 333 South Hope St., C-200 Los Angeles, CA 90071-3000 Ph. 213-627-7373 Fax: 213-627-9815 Larry Kosmont (page 23) Kosmont Partners 601 S. Figueroa, Suite 3550 Los Angeles, CA 90017 Robert W. Mosier (page 30) E-mail: bmosler@howardbldgcorp.com Robert H. Osbrink (page 31) Grubb & Ellis Company 19191 South Vermont Ave. #500 Torrance, CA 90502 Ph. 310-491-2030 Fax: 310-352-4488 Robert Taylor (page 41) E-mail: btaylor@lviservices.com Barbara Trister (page 41) E-mail: BarbaraTrister@aol.com John Whitaker (page 46) E-mail: whitaker jw@pillsburylaw.com
President JOHN B. STERN CRESA Corporation First Vice President SHARON KAPLAN Psomas Vice President EDWARD J. CASEY Weston, Benshoof, Rochefort, Rubalcava & MacCuish LLP	Vice President ROBERT W. MOSIER Howard Building Corporation Secretary, Treasurer LYNN KIOUS USI/United Systems Integrators Corp. Executive Director SUE REEVES
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Rasa Bauza, AIA Paramount Pictures Anthony S. Bouza Bouza, Klein & Goosenberg I. Richard Davis Cushman & Wakefield of California, Inc. David J. Feingold Citicorp Real Estate, Inc. Thomas A. Freiberg Fulbright & Jaworski LLP Robert J. Gardner Robert Charles Lesser & Co. Elizabeth A. Harrison Harrison Properties Marian A. Harvey Latham & Watkins John Hendricks Union Bank of California Dennis L. Hooper American Commercial Security Services Robert A. Jernigan, AIA Gensler R. Parker Jones, Jr. Manulife Financial Fritz W. Kastner Stegeman and Kastner, Inc. Carol Burle Universal Studios Jim Brooks TishmanSpeyer Properties	Larry J. Kosmont, CRE Kosmont & Associates, Inc. Raymond M. Lepone Grubb & Ellis Company Rita Illig Liebelt Illig Construction Company Carole Linn Linn Training Services Mary L. Miyata Travers Realty/ONCOR International Norman Murdoch, AICP-PE The Murdoch Group Teresa M. Powell AC Martin Partners Roy A. Reel McLarand, Vasquez & Partners, Inc. Gregory W. Schultz First American Title Co. of L.A. John H. Semcken, III Majestic Realty Co. Patricia Sullivan Robert Taylor T.E.G./L.V.1. Environmental Services Inc. Allen A. Walz Prudential Construction and Management Douglas J. Gardner Catellus Development Corp.
ADVISORY BOARD
James E. Casey KPMG LLP Craig Lawson* C.W. Cook Company, Inc. Stanley V. Michota, Jr.* Forest City Residential West, Inc. John W. Whitaker* Pillsbury Madison Sutro Chester A. Widom, FAIA* WWCOT	George J. MihIsten Latham & Watkins Sanford P.Paris* Paris Industrial Parks Marilyn Pepper* Cal West Graphics Barbara Trister* Barbara Trister Public Relations * Denotes Past President
MISSION STATEMENT Los Angeles Headquarters Association, founded in 1961, is an organization of businesses committed to Los Angeles achieving its optimum potential as a major world city by fostering responsible economic growth and improving its quality of life. P.O. Box 86325, Los Angeles, CA 90086 • Tel: 323/663-5242 Fax: 323/663-5171 • E-mail: LAHq4U@aol.com • www.laheadquarters.com Focus is a publication of the Los Angeles Headquarters Association. Produced by Marilyn Pepper, Cal West Graphics Website Designed, Programmed and Managed by Akalia Design LLC


CONTACT US AT: LAHq4U@aol.com	Spring 2000, Vol. 19, Issue 3