Commissioner Gevorkyan was appointed to the CAAC by Supervisor Kathryn Barger in February 2023. Previously, Commissioner Gevorkyan served in the executive office as Special Assistant and Deputy to the Los Angeles County Office of the Assessor. He also has served as District Manager of the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation. He has served as an executive board member of the Los Angeles County Business Federation (BizFed) and has served as a Co-Vice Chair of its Research & Polling Committee. Previously, he has served as a commissioner for both the City of Glendale and the Glendale Unified School District (GUSD). He is a recipient of the “Environmental Stewardship Award” on behalf of the City of Glendale Office of Sustainability and the Glendale Sustainability Commission. Early in his career, Commissioner Gevorkyan has worked in various roles and capacities for the cities of West Hollywood, Sierra Madre, and Pasadena in the City Manager/Council Offices, Human Resources and Administrative Services Departments, the Office of the Budget Administrator, and the Office of the City Treasurer. Currently, he serves as a senior volunteer mediator for the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office. Commissioner Gevorkyan earned his master’s degree in the Executive Master of Leadership (EML) graduate program from the University of Southern California School of Public Policy and has completed the Senior Executives in State & Local Government (S&L) executive program at Harvard University Kennedy School of Government.

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Commissioner Leon was appointed to the CAAC by Supervisor Kathryn Barger in 2019. Leon, President of the Crescenta Valley Town Council, has lived in La Crescenta with his wife, Maral Leon, and two children since summer of 2003. Owner of a small plumbing firm, Commissioner Leon was elected to the Crescenta Valley Town Council in 2010 and has proudly served his community as president of the council since 2016. During his tenure, Commissioner Leon has led campaigns to beautify Crescenta Valley, has brought student leaders into council meetings through the CV Youth Council program, and has unified his community through the Korean-Armenian Cultural Festival. Commissioner Leon is a candidate for an open seat on the Glendale Community College Board of Trustees.

Commissioner Andalón was appointed to the CAAC by Supervisor Hilda L. Solis in 2024. With more than 25 years of experience serving communities across Los Angeles County, Andalón contributes to the CAAC his background in public administration, constituent services, and community engagement to support fair consumer practices and improve access to county resources. works as a District Representative and Labor Liaison for California State Senator Bob Archuleta, partnering with residents, cities, and community organizations to address constituent concerns and advance policies that strengthen working families, consumer protections, and neighborhood well-being. He is also the Founder and Principal Consultant of Andalon & Associates, a government and community affairs firm that provides strategic guidance to local elected officials, nonprofits, and civic organizations as well as political candidates vying for public office. His work spans government relations, public policy strategy, community outreach, and campaign consulting. Previously, Daniel served as Executive Director and Board President of AMP Los Angeles, leading major youth-development and community-capacity projects. Andalón earned a Bachelor of Arts in Urban Planning with a minor in Chicano Studies, grounding his work in equity-driven planning principles and community-centered policy approaches.

Commissioner Gomez was appointed to the CAAC by Supervisor Hilda L. Solis in 2015. Gomez has spent more than 40 years as an actor and director in television, theater, and film. He has appeared on television shows, including Star Trek: The Next Generation; Hunter; and Criminal Minds, and films, including Heartbreak Ridge and Born in East L.A. He is best known for his role as ‘The Auto Circus Cop’ in the ‘Leads?’ scene with ‘The Dude’ in the cult classic The Big Lebowski. Gomez is active with many community organizations, including the National Migrants Workers’ Conference for Children, United Farmworkers of America, L.A. Special Olympics, AIDS WALK LA, March of Dimes, American Red Cross, and NOSOTROS. He has served on various commissions and committees over the years in the city of El Monte, including serving as an interim Planning Commissioner.

Commissioner Mooradian was appointed to the CAAC by Supervisor Hilda L. Solis in 2025. A lifelong resident of Montebello, Mooradian has been a member of several Montebello city commissions, including become the chair of the Montebello Planning Commission. He served as the Montebello City Treasurer for over four years. Further, Mooradian has advocated for the recognition of the Armenian Genocide across the United States and globally through the grass-roots community organization, the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA). As a Board member of the ANCA’s San Gabriel Valley chapter for more than a decade, Mooradian has helped to organize marches and demonstrations at the Montebello Armenian Genocide Martyrs Monument and across LA County. He has also been a practicing attorney for over 25 years in California and formerly worked as a government attorney for the State Bar of California, Office of Chief Trial Counsel. Mooradian also works with students and youth, advocating for higher education and taking on other roles, including coaching middle school and high school mock trial teams.

Commissioner Collard was appointed to the CAAC by Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell in 2022. Collard has worked for the city of Santa Monica within the areas of transportation, urban planning, community services, and public works. In his community, he led volunteers to launch the city of Los Angeles’ South Robertson Neighborhoods Council (SORO NC) – where he was a public official elected to office by community members – and remains Los Angeles’ youngest-ever neighborhood council president. He has served on the Metro Westside/Central Service Council and chaired a Los Angeles city council district’s transportation committee. Carlos is a former Los Angeles County foster youth and has served as board president of California Youth Connection, a statewide nonprofit that provides leadership and advocacy training for foster youth, and he continues to support foster youth locally and abroad. Carlos is a first-generation college graduate and has chaired committees for UCLA and served on its alumni association board of directors.

Commissioner Ronnie Jayne was appointed to the CAAC by Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas. She is currently a professional singer/pianist/entertainer/songwriter and owner of Ronnie Jayne Music & A Song For You Productions, a company specializing in custom live musical entertainment for special events. Consumer protection has always been a major passion. In fact, it was the subject of her first term paper in 7th grade. Ronnie has chaired Culver City’s Fiesta La Ballona, is on the board of the Culver City Chamber of Commerce, is President Emeritus of the Culver City Democratic Club and served on the Culver City Cultural Affairs Commission.

Commissioner Anderberg was appointed to the CAAC by Supervisor Lindsey P. Horvath in 2024. He is a native Angeleno and a business professor at Mount Saint Mary’s University – ranked as one of the “Most Transformative” schools in the nation for its students’ social-mobility upon graduation. In addition, Commissioner Anderberg works with Loyola High School’s Center for Service & Justice to develop unique community service experiences for students, often focused on homelessness or immigration issues. In the public sector, he has been involved with the Palms Neighborhood Council since its inception in 2004, continuously serving on the Planning & Land-Use Committee, as well as serving 3 official terms on the Council itself. He has managed a campaign for state office, worked for several homeless services organizations, and continues to do consulting work for various LA-area nonprofits. He is an alumnus of the Riordan Volunteer Leadership Development Program, the CORO Executive Fellows Program, and the Olin School of Business at Washington University in St. Louis.

Commissioner Marjorie Gilberg was appointed to the CAAC by Supervisor Lindsey P. Horvath in 2024. A dedicated change-maker and lifelong activist, Gilberg has steered the strategic operations, development, and communications at national and local organizations during her 25+ years in the nonprofit sector. Currently, she is the CEO of NCJW|LA, where she spearheaded the shift to focus on economic justice, and launched one of the first Guaranteed Income pilots in LA County. Marjorie has lobbied to protect the rights of women and youth across the country and worked closely with policymakers in Washington DC to increase funding for young victims of violence. She was a founding member of the “No More” campaign – a national partnership between corporate and social sector agencies designed to raise awareness for bystander intervention and accountability. Marjorie earned a Nathan Cummings Social Justice Fellowship while receiving her bachelor’s in American Studies & Ethnicity with a minor in Bioethics from the University of Southern California.

Commissioner Dr. Guadalupe Garcia Montaño was appointed to the CAAC by Supervisor Lindsey P. Horvath in 2025. A graduate of the Solis Policy Institute and the Liberty Hill Commissions Training Program, Dr. Montaño is a county commissioner and academic. Academically, her interests focus on the effects of immigration trauma and on Latinas in government. She is a past president of the Los Angeles County Human Relations Commission, founding chair of its policy and advocacy committee, and chair of the LA vs Hate Committee. While serving on the Sylmar Neighborhood Council, she founded its government and community relations committee. She is a member of the League of Women Voters Los Angeles’s ad hoc committee on criminal justice reform. A first-generation immigrant and college graduate, she holds a doctorate in education, and her background includes experience in the non-profit and higher education sectors as well as work on behalf of medically underserved communities nationwide. Dr. Montaño helped pass statewide legislation to quickly connect domestic violence survivors to state resources and county-level legislation to increase gender equity, which earned her the Human Relations Commission’s inaugural human rights award.

Commissioner Kevin M. Acebo was appointed to the CAAC by Supervisor Janice Hahn in 2025. Acebo is Principal of Gundry Group Strategies, a consulting firm focused on strategic public policy advice and representing corporate and public clients on matters before local and state governments. Acebo is also a partner in a Philippine company developing smart and sustainable micro-grid powered industrial hubs. Acebo’s 45+ year public service career included stints as City of Los Angeles Deputy Mayor for Legislative and Intergovernmental Relations, Statewide Political Director for the California Democratic Party, and Assistant Chief of Staff for Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky. Acebo served twice — in 2001 and 2011 — as Chair and a General Member of the Los Angeles County Boundary Review Committee, a public member body charged with developing redistricting recommendations for the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. Acebo also served as a consultant to the 1990 reapportionment of California’s congressional and legislative districts. He also served as the 2nd Vice Chair of the Los Angeles Commission on Mental Health, responsible for advising the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors and the Director of the Department of Mental Health on various aspects of local mental health programs

Commissioner Patel was appointed to the CAAC by Supervisor Janice Hahn in 2024. Patel, President of Toli Inc., is a second-generation hotelier based in Los Angeles. With an academic background in Economics from the University of California, Irvine (UCI), and a specialization in Accounting from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Ricky combines his education with his passion for the hospitality industry to successfully carry on his family’s legacy. In addition to his hotel business, Ricky actively serves on the advisory board for International Global Charities (IGC), the Southern California Hospitality Network, the Anaheim Police Department Foundation, and the Lakewood Rotary, contributing to meaningful philanthropic initiatives. Since 2013, he has been an active member of the Asian American Hotel Owners Association (AAHOA), engaging with fellow industry professionals and supporting the association’s mission. With his dedication to hospitality, philanthropy, and community service, Ricky Patel continues to make a positive impact in various spheres. He resides in Downey, is happily married to Anesha Patel, and enjoys playing sports, biking, and networking.

Commissioner Chan was appointed to the CAAC by Supervisor Michael Antonovich. She is the founder of Asian Link Marketing & Healthy Cuisine Online. Founding board member of United Charity Foundation & Chinese Floral Arts Foundation-USA Charter. Creator of “Be a Scholar For a Day” a curriculum for 4th graders, “Love Note Around The World” for American Cancer Society, “Absolutely Beautiful” Fashion Show & “Junior Got Talents” at Pasadena Playhouse. Vivian is the chairman of the First District PTA Asian Outreach, ACS California Chinese Unit Leadership Council/SCCRFL special event, and Pasadena City College Foundation Board of Director.