BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Mark Walter is an entrepreneur, investor, conservationist and social-justice advocate. He is the chairman and controlling owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers.

A business leader who continues to set new standards, Walter is engaged in areas that include financial services, insurance, sports, media, fashion, energy, infrastructure and real estate. He is the co-founder and chief executive officer of Guggenheim Capital, LLC, a global investment and financial advisory firm with more than $250 billion in assets under management.

Walter oversees the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation, which is committed to promoting education, literacy, recreation and health for children and families throughout the greater Los Angeles area. Walter also supports Chicago Beyond and OneGoal Chicago, leading organizations in Chicago's education community that serve the area's youth in innovative ways.

The Walter family owns White Oak Conservation in North Florida, home to one of the world's foremost wildlife conservation facilities. At White Oak Conservation - and through other endeavors in Africa and around the globe - the Walters devote energy and resources to the protection, breeding and reintroduction of endangered and vulnerable species and remain committed to safeguarding wild places.

Walter sits as a trustee or director of various organizations including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, Northwestern University and the Field Museum of Natural History.

Raul A. Anaya is president and co-head of Business Banking, one of Bank of America’s eight lines of business, and is a member of the company’s executive management team. In this role, Raul, leads a nationwide team that serves 11 million business owner clients and more than 3.4 million start-up to mid-sized businesses with annual revenues up to $50 million, including one out of every three small businesses in the country.

In addition to his responsibilities as president of Business Banking, Raul serves as president of Bank of America for Greater Los Angeles, leading integration of Bank of America’s business lines to ensure delivery of the bank’s global financial services to individuals and businesses locally. He also oversees the bank’s local corporate and social responsibility activities, including philanthropic giving, community development lending and investing, environmental initiatives, diversity efforts, arts and culture projects, and employee volunteerism for the 6,000 employees who work in the Greater Los Angeles region.

Active in the community, Anaya serves on the boards of the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce (past Chair), the AltaMed Health Services Foundation (past Chair), UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital, Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation, and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Latino in Washington D.C. Anaya is also a member of the Angeleno chapter of YPO Gold.

Mr. Bendheim is president of Bendheim Enterprises, Inc., a real estate investment holding company with operations located exclusively in California and Nevada. Mr. Bendheim also founded Inland Homes in 1994 and has specialized in providing equity funding for real estate transactions. Previously, he was president of Benditel Incorporated, an apparel manufacturer based in Los Angeles, California. Mr. Bendheim has invested in real estate for his personal account since 1976 and has owned apartments, surgery centers, office buildings, condominiums, model homes, industrial buildings, recreational vehicle parks and convenience centers.

Mr. Bendheim was the past Chairman of the Cedars-Sinai Board of Governors and the Los Angles Sports & Entertainment Commission. Bendheim also served as vice-chairman of the Psychological Trauma Center, Vice Chairman of Cedars-Sinai Resource Development committee and 2001-2002 executive chairman of the International Young Presidents Organization. He is a member of the board of directors of Cedars- Sinai Medical Center, American Fidelity Corporation, Lowenstein Foundation, Beverly Hills Chamber of Commerce, Beverly Hills Convention and Visitors Bureau, USC Marshall School of Board of Leaders, Wallis Annenberg Center For the Performing Arts, the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation and the Los Angeles Sports and Entertainment Commission.

Mr. Bendheim was also past chairman of the Cedars Sinai Sports Spectacular which honors the top world class athletes, and has raised millions of dollars for the children of the Genetic Birth Defects Center.

Mr. Bendheim was awarded the 2008 Cedars Sinai Board of Governors Philanthropic Leadership Award for his endless contributions to the Heart Stem Cell and to the community of Beverly Hills and beyond. He was elected in 2016 as one of the Los Angeles Business Journal 500 most influential people in Los Angeles. He has also established the John Bendheim Executive in Residence Program at USC Marshall School of Business.

Since 2019, Mr. Bendheim is also a publisher of the Beverly Hills Courier.

For the past 25 years, Emily Greenspan has been buying and selling contemporary art. Emily started her art advisory firm, TAG ARTS, in 2007 while living in New York but seamlessly transitioned it to Los Angeles upon moving with her family in 2011. Emily has been around the arts her whole life, being born into a family-owned decorative arts business, Newel Art Galleries, a prestigious antiques gallery in New York, where she worked for several years. Prior to that, she was an editor at Elle Decor, a well-known home-design magazine.

Emily currently serves on several committees at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and is an active contributor to their Exhibitions Fund. She was also involved with planning the Santa Monica Museum of Art's annual INCOGNITO event and is a supporter of their new home in downtown Los Angeles, re-launched as the Institute of Contemporary Art, LA. She is an active supporter of the American Friends of the Israel Museum, the Hammer Museum as well as the Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Aspen, CO. Emily serves on the Art Advisory Committee at Keck Medicine of University of Southern California and serves on the board of the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation. She has also recently been appointed to the Sam Fox School National Council at Washington University in St. Louis and serves on the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum Art Collection Committee. She has also recently been appointed to the Sam Fox School National Council at Washington University in St. Louis and serves on the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum Art Collection Committee. Emily has appeared numerous times on television to share her art-world expertise as well.

Mr. Harvey is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Air Eye Drone, Inc. “AED” , the First Air Drone Based Security Platform dedicated to Educational Facilities in the United States.

Prior to AED, Mr. Harvey was the Co-Founder and CEO of Pro Players Network (“PPN”), the First ‘TV Network’ 50% owned by every living current and retired NFL, NBA and WNBA Player, airing its Original programming Exclusively on Facebook. PPN generated over 3.5 million worldwide views of its original programming.

Prior to Launching PPN, Mr. Harvey, was a direct report to the President of Programming for BET Networks, responsible for all matters related to business development, strategic planning and financial engineering for the Original Programming and Acquisition Unit’s of BET Network.

Mr. Harvey joined BET Networks after a 25 Year Corporate Banking Career, being a Senior Banker specializing in Loan Structuring / Relationship Management, at Comerica Bank, Sumitomo Bank, Lloyd’s Bank and Union Bank.

Mr. Harvey crafted Comerica Bank’s first professional Sports finance Credit Policy and was the bank’s Senior Banker to MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL and MLS Teams and Stadiums. He grew Comerica’s professional sports banking and finance efforts from zero, into one of the largest and most respected in the US.

Mr. Harvey started his Professional Career in 1986, immediately after graduate school and passing Series 7 exams, with Citicorp Investment Bank in Wall Street district NY.

A Humanitarian as well as an Entrepreneur, Mr. Harvey, along with NFL Legend Jim Brown, Founded “The Playground”, an innovative inner-city retail concept shortly after the 1992 LA riots. He opened two stores, one on Florence Avenue (5 blocks from the Florence Avenue Rodney King flashpoint of the LA Riots) in south central Los Angeles and the other in Compton. At that time, The Playground was the first and only African-American authorized dealer of Nike and Reebok in Los Angeles. He built a large playground next to the Florence store, boasting basketball courts and kid-owned-and-operated concession stands where disadvantaged kids learned how to run a business. The Playground hosted visits and a press conference from President Bill Clinton and Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown.

A third generation Los Angeleno, Mr. Harvey received an undergraduate degree from UC Berkeley in Development Studies and a Masters in Business Administration and Juris Doctor from UCLA.

In 1998, Mr. Harvey was appointed by Bishop Gordon Bennett, S.J. as a member of Loyola High School’s Inaugural Board of Regents. Loyola is the oldest all-boys school in Los Angeles. During his 14 years as serving as a High School Regent, Mr. Harvey’s work on the Board of Regents was material and critical toward tripling the number of African American Students then currently enrolled at Loyola High School. Mr. Harvey was named a Cahalan Award recipient, the highest award Loyola bestows upon its Alumni.

Since 2012, Mr. Harvey has been a Director on the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation Board, currently serving on the Nominating and Governance Committee and the Audit Committee.

Mr. Holoman is the operating partner of MJE and oversees the company’s day-to-day operations of its largest portfolio companies including acting as president of EquiTrust Life Insurance Company, MJE’s $19-billion-dollar life and annuity business, managing director of JLC and managing director of the award-winning television network, ASPiRE.

Prior to joining MJE, Mr. Holoman held several positions in private banking with Bank of America and as the head of the private mortgage bank with Wells Fargo Bank. Mr. Holoman has been active in public service, having previously served on the board of administration of the Los Angeles City Employees’ Retirement System which included two terms as president, and served as the chair of the investment committee that oversaw the investment strategies of a $12-billion-dollar investment fund. More recently, Mr. Holoman served as vice president on the board of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, the largest municipally owned utility in the country, where he served as chair of the economic development, investments and contracts committee. Mr. Holoman serves on the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation Board.

Mr. Holoman holds a degree in Finance from the University of Southern California (“USC”) and is a member of the board of leaders for the Marshall School of Business at USC.

Mr. Holoman is actively involved in shaping the strategic direction of JLC. Mr. Holoman is also actively involved in JLC’s investment pursuits by leveraging his strong relationships with government and community leaders across the U.S. and relationships with potential strategic partners.

Earvin “Magic” Johnson is the chairman and chief executive officer of Magic Johnson Enterprises, an investment conglomerate that provides high-quality products and services that focus primarily on ethnically diverse and underserved urban communities. Having left the basketball court for the boardroom, Johnson parlayed the skills and tenacity he acquired on the court into a winning formula for his successful business ventures.

For the last two decades Johnson has consistently turned heads with his unprecedented partnerships. In his early years as an entrepreneur, he forged an alliance with Sony Pictures to develop Magic Johnson Theatres. In 1998, he teamed with Starbucks to become the only franchisee in the history of the company, acquiring and eventually selling 125 stores in a lucrative move which further solidified his position in the business world. Both ventures served as catalysts for redevelopment in urban communities, and are widely recognized as the corporate blueprint for engagement and success with urban consumers across America.

Still a commanding presence in the sports world, he made history in 2012 when he became co-owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers, a Major League Baseball franchise that was purchased for an astronomical $2 billion dollars. It was the highest purchase price for any professional sports team at the time. He also co-owns the Los Angeles Sparks of the WNBA, Major League Soccer’s Los Angeles Football Club, and eSports franchise Team Liquid.

Johnson continues to expand his influence through a number of other investments. He currently has controlling interests in EquiTrust, a $20 billion financial services company, and SodexoMAGIC, a food service and facilities management company.

The Lansing native is constantly evolving and remaining relevant in a dynamic digital age by broadening his scope into infrastructure and technology. In 2015, Magic Johnson Enterprises and Loop Capital formed an alliance to create MJE-Loop Capital Partners. The firm raised a fund committed to investing millions of dollars in infrastructure improvement in the United States.

Operating under the philosophy that true success is making others successful, he is one of the leading investors in a number of minority-owned tech companies that include Uncharted Power, an award-winning power and data infrastructure technology company; ShotTracker, a company that makes wearable technology for basketball players that helps track player and ball movement; Jopwell, a diversity and hiring recruiting platform; and MiTú, the Latino-fueled media brand and digital network that connects thousands of Latin content creators with viewers around the world. He is deliberate in his investment strategy to bring positive impact to the community.

Johnson serves on the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation Board.

Nanxi Liu is the Co-CEO and Co-Founder of Blaze Technology, a platform that enables teams to build software and applications with no code. She was named Forbes 30 Under 30 and previously served as CEO and co-founder of Enplug (acquired by Spectrio), a leading global digital signage software company that she built from startup. Nanxi serves on the Board of Directors of CarParts.com (NASDAQ: PRTS), a leading e-commerce auto parts company. Previously, she served on the Board of Directors of Kindred Biosciences (NASDAQ: KIN), which was acquired by Elanco (NYSE: ELAN) and as 1 of 5 voting members of the California Department of Motor Vehicles’ New Motor Vehicle Board.

In college, Nanxi co-founded Nanoly Bioscience, a venture-backed biotech company that invented polymers that eliminate refrigeration for vaccines. Nanoly received the Top Research award at the World Biomaterials Congress and is successfully operating today. Nanxi is on the Board of Advisors for Covington Capital Management and is a producer of multiple Amazon TV shows including The Bay, where she won an Emmy Award. Passionate about community service, Nanxi serves on the Board of Directors for the National Foster Youth Institute, After-School All-Stars Los Angeles, and the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation. Nanxi is a Partner at XFactor Ventures, which has invested in over 80 women-founded startups. She is a concert pianist and has performed live on NBC and ABC. Nanxi is a member of YPO and graduated with a BS and BA from UC Berkeley.

Nicholas Sandler is executive vice president of Stonebriar Commercial Finance. Previously, Nicholas was a managing director at Guggenheim Partners where he served in various capacities including as portfolio manager for Aviation Investments, head of public affairs and was a member of Guggenheim’s Corporate Credit Group. Prior to joining Guggenheim, Nicholas was an analyst and portfolio manager at a private investment company in Hong Kong. Earlier in his career, he served as special assistant to former California Gov. Gray Davis. Nicholas currently serves on the board of directors of Stonebriar Commercial Finance, Epic Aero, Inc., the parent company of Flexjet, Simcom Aviation Training, the Miguel Contreras Foundation and is president of the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation, the official team charity of Major League Baseball’s Los Angeles Dodgers.

Renata Simril is president and CEO of the LA84 Foundation (www.LA84.org). Formed in 1985, originally as the Amateur Athletic Foundation, the LA84 Foundation ("LA84" or the "Foundation") is a legacy of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Summer Games. The LA84 Foundation transforms lives through its investment in youth sport programs, infrastructure, research and education across eight counties of Southern California, and is a national leader in elevating the role that sports play in positive youth development.

Three primary activities support the Foundation's mission ("Life Ready Through Sport") of expanding youth sports in Southern California: grant-making investments in sports activities intended to create, expand and/or enhance structure youth sport participation across the region, with particular emphasis on under-served communities, including girls, ethnic minorities, and physically challenged and developmentally disabled; coaching education and training; and, research, youth sports related resources and public information. The Foundation has impacted the region through investments of $230 million in grants and programs to more than 2,200 organizations in support of over 3 million young people; support of the construction and/or renovation of over 100 sports facilities; educational/training clinics for more than 80,000 coaches; and one of the nation's largest sports libraries and an Olympic memorabilia collection.

Ms. Simril is an accomplished civic and private sector trailblazer with more than 25 years of diversified experience with a commitment to leadership and service. She most recently served as senior vice president and chief of staff to the publisher of the Los Angeles Times, where she oversaw staff operations and special projects. Her earlier career included three seasons with the Los Angeles Dodgers, where she served as senior vice president of external affairs overseeing the restoration of the Dodgers brand and the Dodgers Foundation; and over a decade in real estate development with Jones Lang LaSalle, Forest City Development and LCOR, Inc. Her public service included stints as deputy mayor for economic development and housing in the Hahn Administration, where she worked to expand rental and affordable housing in Los Angeles, and as a development deputy to Los Angeles City Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas, where she worked to help rebuild communities in South Los Angeles after the 1992 civil unrest. Ms. Simril began her career in the U.S. Army as a military police officer in the U.S. and Germany.

Ms. Simril is active in the community outside of LA84 Foundation, currently serving on the boards of United Way of Greater Los Angeles; LA 2028 Olympic Bid Committee; Los Angeles Sports and Entertainment Commission and the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation. She formerly served as a Governor's appointee on the California Science Center board, where she led successful negotiations of long-term lease agreements for USC to manage and operate the Coliseum and Sports Arena properties; as chair of the board of regents for LMU, and as a member of the Lusk Center for Real Estate at USC. She was named to the Orange County Register's 50 Most Powerful in Southern California Sports list in 2017 and to the Los Angeles Business Journal's list of The Los Angeles 500 Most Influential People in 2016, 2017 and 2018. CSQ magazine named her a Visionary in Sports and Entertainment, 2017, and Simril received the WISE LA (Women in Sports and Entertainment) Women of Inspiration award in 2016.

Ms. Simril is a third generation Angeleno. She earned a Bachelor's degree in Urban Studies from Loyola Marymount University and a master's degree in real estate development from USC. Ms. Simril resides in Studio City with her husband and two sons.

Alan Smolinisky is a principal at Conquest Housing, a private investment company that operates in real estate, publicly traded securities and other entrepreneurial ventures. He also is the owner of the Palisadian-Post, the more than 90-year-old newspaper serving Pacific Palisades (Los Angeles). He joined the Dodgers ownership group in September 2019 and serves on the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation Board.

Smolinisky was born and raised in Pacific Palisades and currently resides there with his wife, Caroline, and children. Smolinisky earned a B.S. degree from the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music. He serves on the board of Homeboy Industries, a charity that is the largest gang intervention, rehab and re-entry program in the world.

Having sold Craton Equity Partners to TCW in 2013, Tom became managing director of Alternatives at the $198b fund and was an investment committee member of TCW/Craton Alternatives. He continued to oversee the investment committee process of the Craton investments that had been folded into TCW Alternatives and worked to insure a smooth transition of Craton into TCW with the support of his portfolio companies and the Fund's Limited Partners. Post transaction, Tom played a considerable role in TCW across all products and asset classes, helping to lead on the development of new and innovative alternatives products; a public equities trading platform, the first of its kind at TCW focused on ESG/SRI, and the development of a woman owned, emerging manager, distressed hedge fund, all among many other successful efforts while at TCW. Tom is former member of the board of directors and current Sr. advisor to aspiration, the country's fastest growing online bank and financial services platform. He is also chair of the advisory board for Insikt/Lendify; the nation's leading online micro finance lender based in Silicon Valley, which is a CDFI certified lender by the US Department of Treasury that seeks to dislocate payday lending in underserved, underbanked America.

Prior to TCW, Tom conceived of and led the development of Craton Fund I which was a $190 million late stage growth equity fund focused on impact. He then led its Fund II effort where after raising $100 million in commitments, sold Craton to TCW.

Tom has been a member of the board of many of Craton's portfolio companies such as Liquid Environmental Solutions and Propel Alternative Fuels and sourced over half of Fund I & II's portfolio companies including Revolution Foods and Kabbage.com.

He is one of the country's leading voices on the economics of climate change and prosperity tied to reducing greenhouse gases. His companies have included Cabrillo Fuels, where he was the largest minority producer of ethanol fuel in Southern California. Before joining TCW/Craton, Soto built his management consulting company, PS Enterprises, into a leading consultant working with government and Fortune 500 companies to ensure their compliance with environmental regulations. Soto was appointed by President Clinton to the State Department's Border Environmental Cooperation Commission. Poder 360 magazine named Soto one of the "Top 100 Latino Green Leaders" and Hispanic Business magazine designated him among the "100 Most Influential Latinos" of 2010. He serves on the board of Liquid Environmental Solutions, the California Science Center and the New America Alliance. Currently, he serves on the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation Board. Soto holds a B.A. in political science from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Ms. Starrett's practice includes approval for real estate development and infrastructure projects, advising on government contract issues, as well as related environmental and transactional matters.

Her California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) practice focuses on administrative and pre-litigation counseling. Ms. Starrett is registered as a lobbyist with the City and County of Los Angeles and with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Ms. Starrett has been active with the Central City Association and co-chairs its Land Use and Housing committee. She recently served on LA County's Stormwater Advisory Committee.

Deeply committed to supporting charities, Ms. Starrett serves on the board of the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation and co-chaired its 2018 benefit concert featuring John Legend. She is the immediate past chair of the Los Angeles Parks Foundation and serves on its Executive Committee. Ms. Starrett co-chaired fundraising for the Ambulatory Surgery Center at Orthopedic Institute for Children and serves on its board. She also serves on the board of Abode Community Housing and is a pro bono land use advisor for Abode projects.

Ms. Starrett has been a leader on CEQA reform initiatives as well as housing incentive policies.

Ms. Susan Wolf is managing director and business development officer of Covington Capital Management. Prior to joining Covington, Susan spent more than 30 years practicing law at major firms, advising high net worth individuals and families in connection with legal issues throughout the life-cycle of their businesses. With decades of experience across a broad spectrum of industries (including hospitality, luxury goods, apparel, consumer products, construction products, manufacturing and financial services), Susan has provided business advice and counseling on issues including ownership and capital structure, corporate governance, expansion financing, key operational and management tactics, capital events , negotiated dispute settlements and exit strategies.

Susan received both her undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Michigan.

Susan is on the board of directors of the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation, the Women's Leadership Council, the executive committee of the Women of ACG, the board of directors of Minds Matter Los Angeles, and is an active alumni parent at the Mirman School, Harvard Westlake and USC. She is also a member of the State Bar of California and the American Bar Association.

Long-time baseball executive Bob Wolfe joined the Los Angeles Dodgers as executive vice president on June 7, 2012, and currently serves as their chief operating officer.

In coming to Los Angeles, Wolfe rejoined Dodger president and CEO Stan Kasten with whom he teamed with at the Atlanta Braves and Washington Nationals, where he served as executive vice president from 2006-11. Prior to that, he worked in various capacities with the Braves and NBA's Atlanta Hawks for more than 20 years, including serving as Braves' senior vice president of administration from 1992-2003, and Hawks’ vice president and business manager from 1987-1992. Wolfe currently serves on the Board of the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation.

Wolfe and his wife, Kelly Koelker, live in Pasadena.