Our Leadership
Our Leadership Council is a diverse group of Californians who select and guide California Forward’s projects.
Thomas V. McKernan, Co-Chair
CEO of the Automobile Club of Southern California
Robert M. Hertzberg, Co-Chair
Chair & Founder of G24 Innovations
Carl Guardino
President and CEO of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group
R. William "Bill" Hauck
Former President of the California Business Roundtable
Antonia Hernández
President & CEO of the California Community Foundation
Fred Keeley
Former Assembly Speaker pro Tempore
Joanne Kozberg
Principal at California Strategies, LLC
Stewart Kwoh
President & Executive Director of the Asian Pacific American Legal Center of Southern California
Donna Lucas
Former Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategic Planning & Initiatives for Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
Sunne Wright McPeak
President & CEO of the California Emerging Technology Fund
Lenny Mendonca
Director of the San Francisco office of McKinsey & Company
Cruz Reynoso
Former Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court & the Third District Court of Appeal
Constance L. "Connie" Rice
Former Co-Director of the Los Angeles NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund
Eugene J. "Gene" Voiland
Former President & CEO of Aera Energy LLC
Arturo Vargas
Executive Director, NALEO
Peter Weber
Executive Committee Chair of the California Partnership for the San Joaquin Valley
Previously Served
Robert L. Balgenorth
President of the State Building & Construction Trades Council of California, AFL-CIO
David Davenport
Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution
Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins
CEO of Green For All
Bruce McPherson
Former California Secretary of State
Leon E. Panetta
Former Co-Chair; Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
Charles "Chuck" Poochigian
Former State Senator & Assemblymember