CHAIRMAN/CEO, RELATED CALIFORNIA
WHY: Founded multifamily, mixed-use developer Related Co.’s California division in 1989. Former San Francisco Deputy Mayor for Housing and Neighborhoods.
IN THE NEWS: Overseeing $3B mixed-use Santa Ana project: Related Bristol, which is among the larger developments planned in the state for Related California. Related Bristol expected to generate $10.7M for Santa Ana annually. Aiming to get city approvals.
NOTEABLE: Longtime contributor of anti-hate nonprofit Groundswell, formerly OC Human Relations Council. Witnessed OC’s demographic changes through Related California’s affordable housing developments in Anaheim, Fountain Valley, and Santa Ana, which have grown increasingly diverse.
QUOTABLE: Such population shifts “create tensions. An organization like Groundswell helps calm them.”
