Sapna Abrol

Sapna Abrol is an environmental scientist by training and small business owner.

Laurie Ackerman

Azie Afari

For the past twenty years renowned psychotherapist, Azadeh Bolour Afari has brought a wealth of experience, knowledge, and wisdom to all who seek her services.

Sophie Alpert

Fariba Ameri

Heather Axe

Yas Baravarian

Gail Baril

Susan Bay Nimoy

Allison Berg

Lisa Bloch

Kristen Boggs Jaeger

Kendra Bollenbach

Sarah Brown

Ellie Casson

Christine Chiu

Jennifer Cohen

Linda Collins

Top model, actress, film producer, and businesswoman Linda Collins is a tour de force when it comes to championing causes close to her heart. An ardent advocate and fundraiser for a multitude of charitable foundations, organizations and nonprofits, Linda is also the Founder and President of Models With a Cause, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that strives to promote and alleviate social, environmental, and human rights issues by mobilizing funding, resources, and volunteers to assist and comfort those in need.

Jasmine Danielpour

Ivana De Maria

Ivana De Maria was born in San Diego, California, raised in Mexico City and educated in Switzerland.

Patricia Elias Rosenfeld

Kimberly Marteau Emerson

Principal, KME Consulting. Lawyer, civic leader and human rights advocate. Boards: Human Rights Watch; The Thomas Mann House; Bard College Berlin. Advisory Boards: United Way in Germany; KCRW Berlin; USC Center on Public Diplomacy (past Chair).

Nellie Emrani

Nellie Emrani is an Iranian-American mother of four and grandmother of two curious boys. She has lived with her husband and family in California for the past 37 years.

Shaghayegh Poppy Farsijani

Shaghayegh Poppy Farsijani is a former sports journalist and anchor that has worked in Iran covering the 1997 Khatami presidential elections, the FIFA World Cup for Iran's national soccer team, Iran's Championship Wrestling and is also an alumni of BBC Radio along with ABC, CBS News.

Sarah Figueroa-Freeman

Since 1999, Sarah has been working in and around the education field. Before joining PLN in 2017, Sarah served as the Chief Operating Officer at Camino Nuevo Charter School.

Patricia Finkel

Sara Fitzmaurice

Sara Fitzmaurice is a business strategist with a focus in art, real estate, luxury, tech and luxury brands across the globe. She founded her agency, FITZ & CO and since that time has delivered results to more than 200 brands. Sara's expertise is in achieving business

Deborah Frank

Suzi Weiss-Fischmann

Co-Founder & Brand Ambassador OPI Products Inc.

Known worldwide as the “First Lady of Nails,” OPI Co-Founder & Brand Ambassador Suzi Weiss-Fischmann initially made her mark on the beauty industry in 1989, when she created the first 30 OPI nail lacquers...

Alona Gabbay

Alona Gabbay was born in Tehran, Iran and moved to Los Angeles at the age of nine. She has been married thirty-three years and is a mother of three beautiful children...

Nancy Gamboa

Jane Gavens

Allison Gingold

Allison currently serves as Chair of Jewish Public Affairs Committee of California, the largest single-state coalition of Jewish organizations in the nation, advocating in Sacramento for traditional community concerns and broadly shared values that affect the citizens of California.

Noralea Poladian Goodrow

Nina Oberfeld

Cynthia Occelli

Cynthia is an accomplished author, public speaker, and digital entrepreneur. As a 9th-grade dropout and welfare mom, Cynthia turned her life around, went back to school, graduated from law school, built an investment portfolio, and successfully raised two conscientious children as a single mother.

Clio Olaya

Ellen Olivier

Since 2009, Ellen Olivier has been a contributing writer to the Los Angeles Times, chronicling the city’s most important charity and cultural events for the Sunday “Image” section, the Calendar section and the newspaper’s online fashion/lifestyle/entertainment sections.

Swati Patel

Patty Penske

Rebecca Prange

Natasha Rahban

Price Arana

Cornell graduate Price Arana launched her Los Angeles based advertising agency, The Press Cabinet, in 1998. Since then, her company has acquired a reputation for branding in highly creative and non-traditional ways, revolutionizing her corner of the luxury advertising industry.

Gina Raphael

Gina Raphael owns & leads Mickey Fine Pharmacy & Grill, the leading independent pharmacy chain in Los Angeles. Gina proudly Chairs The Women’s International Zionist Organization (WIZO) in California.

Lauren Rashap

Lauren Rashap is a third generation health practitioner with over 18 years in private practice. A certified clinical nutritionist and yoga and meditation instructor, Lauren developed one of the first...

Laurie Raskin

Laurie Raskin is an artist who has exhibited in museums, public Institutions and galleries internationally. She is currently represented at galleries in the United States and Europe.

Lynn Rosenthal

President of Rosenthal Enterprises, LLC, a media consulting firm. She works primarily with middle market companies, creating strategic solutions to improve brand awareness and bottom lines.

Kelly Rote

Kelly Rote helps her clients take control of their financial lives and prioritizes education and empowerment in her career as a Private Wealth Manager at UBS.

Anne Cohen Ruderman

Anne Cohen Ruderman has been an art advisor for over 25 years and owns Quality Art Consulting, an art advisory firm.

Victoria Santoro

Originally from East Lyme, Connecticut, Victoria came to California in 2010 and earned her B.A. in Economics and Government from Claremont McKenna College, where she graduated Summa Cum Laude. She was a collegiate athlete and played on the varsity women’s tennis team for all four years.

Stella Sarraf

Kathleen K Silverman

Dr. V. Joy Simmons

Dr. V. Joy Simmons is an art collector and philanthropist who has supported the work of artists of African descent and more broadly, of artists whose work is informed and inspired by Black culture.

Florence Sloan

Babette (babs) Sobel

Julie Solnit

Patti Tanenbaum

Patti is an educator, Community Service-Learning leader, children’s book author, small business owner, wife and mother. She is Co-Author of 2 award- winning children’s books, in the series, Little Kids Do Big Things. The 3rd book, GOTTA HAVE HEART, will be released summer '22. The books emanate from a lifelong devotion to kids, with the dream they grow to be people who are good, caring, and giving to others.

Jocelyn Tetel

Angelle Wacker

Hope Warschaw

Chacha Weinstein

Liane Weintraub

Leslie Weisberg

Michelle Yasharpour

Jennifer Yen

It was a simple case of "form follows function" that led actress Jennifer Yen to create Pur~lisse, her 10- product skincare line. "As a successful working actress living in Los Angeles, I noticed that my skin was breaking out and becoming easily irritated after hours in makeup and under hot lights...

Cynthia Yorkin

Adrienne Youdim

Dr. Adrienne Youdim, is an internist who specializes in medical weight loss and clinical nutrition.

Jayna Zweiman

Jayna Zweiman is a multidisciplinary artist and designer. Her independent practice combines architecture, art, craft and new media to focus on experiences that overlap physical, virtual and conceptual spaces.