PARTNER, RUTAN & TUCKER
WHY: Partner at second-largest OC-based law firm. City Attorney for La Palma and former Assistant City Attorney for Laguna Beach.
IN THE NEWS: Longtime contributor and former board member of anti-hate nonprofit Groundswell, formerly OC Human Relations Council.
QUOTABLE: Passion for diversity, equity and inclusion dates back to high school: “Growing up in South OC, which hasn’t always been the most diverse place, I definitely felt a bit different from the other students. [My high school club] wanted everybody else to know that we’ve got people in our community from different ethnic groups, and we should be embracing that.”
