Los Angeles Committee
The Los Angeles Committee is a dedicated group of volunteers who support Human Rights Watch in Los Angeles through outreach, advocacy and fundraising. The Committee was founded in 1989 by Jane Olson and Stanley Sheinbaum, and includes more than 85 members in Los Angeles from a variety of backgrounds and professions. Members make a financial commitment to Human Rights Watch and meet regularly to learn about human rights issues, sponsor policy debates, and generate support for the organization and its mission.
The Los Angeles Committee (LAC) is part of the Human Rights Watch Council, a global network of individuals and committees across 33 cities in Asia, Europe, the Middle East, North America, and Brazil. Council members are active ambassadors for Human Rights Watch in their communities, providing us with a strong presence in key cities and countries. Composed of over 950 philanthropists, investors, and influencers from a variety of backgrounds, the Council is an informed and engaged constituency that plays a key role in our global defense of human rights.
To learn more about the Los Angeles Committee and how to join, contact our Los Angeles office at la@hrw.org.
Executive Committee
Ahmos Hassan Co-Chair
Barbara Silberbusch Co-Chair
Sarah Bowman
Tamar R. Chafets Student Task Force Advisory Committee Chair
Nancy Cushing-Jones
Kimberly Marteau Emerson Co-Chair Emerita
Leslie Gilbert-Lurie Co-Chair Emerita
Jihee Huh
Miriam Muscarolas
David Ondaatje
Liz Ondaatje
Rica Rodman Co-Chair Emerita
Lorraine Sheinberg
Arthur F. Silbergeld Membership & Governance Chair
Ramyne Kahn Spire
William D. Temko Co-Chair Emeritus
Marysol Velamoor
Patricia Williams
Adam Wolman Film Club Co-Chair
Pam Bruns Student Task Force Executive Director Emerita
Mike Farrell Co-Chair Emeritus
Shari Leinwand Co-Chair Emerita
Jane Olson Co-Founder
Victoria Riskin Co-Chair Emerita
Committee Members
Robert Abernethy
Aileen Adams
Antonieta Monaldi Arango
Patricia Artigas
Dr. Joan Willens Beerman
Leslie Berger
Peter Blake
Terree A. Bowers
Kristin Ceva
Fandra Chang, Film Club Co-chair
Melanie Chapman
Maren Christensen
Geoffrey Cowan
Nagin Cox
Gary Dartnall
George Davis
Kelly Davis
Ellen Carol DuBois
John Eisendrath
Merritt Farren
Jonathan Feldman
Trish Flumenbaum
William Flumenbaum
Seth Freeman
Hannah Garry
Mary Garvey
Frank Gehry
Alexandra Gilinsky
Samuel D. Heins
Paul L. Hoffman
Kathy Hoss
Peter Huh
Elia Infascelli
Jordan Infascelli
Tatiana James
David Johnson
Claudia Kahn
Richard Kendall
Katherine Kendrick
Kenneth Kim
Jeffrey Korchek
Ricardina Leon
Jennifer Levin
Ronald S. Lushing
Steve Marenberg
Rayman Mathoda
Brian Matthews
Barry Meyer
Wendy Smith Meyer
Alicia Miñana
Nadia K. Mulji
Manfred Muller
Stanley Newman
William Nix
Jean Oppenheimer
Gitanjali Pathak
Tom Pollock
Zazi Pope
Jason Rapp
Dan Reid
William Resnick
David W. Rintels
Alexis Roach
Karen Roth
Erica Rothschild
Kaira Sturdivant Rouda
Ben Rubinfeld
Marc M. Seltzer
Robert W. Shaffer, Jr.
Jon Sheinberg
Rose Shoshana
Carol Silbergeld
Marcus Spiegel
Garry Spire
Michael J. Stubbs
Brigitte Suhr
David Talbot
Janet Unterman
Thomas Unterman
Liza Wachter
Julie Waxman
Alison Whalen
Chic Wolk
Edward A. Woods
January Woods
Noah Wyle
Pardis Zomorodi
In Memoriam
Sid Sheinberg Co-Chair Emeritus