WFC acquires and manages shopping centers, throughout the United States, for clients. Howard has held leadership positions in many charitable organizations over the years —- The Harmony Project — Chairman of the Board since 2003, The Fulfillment Fund as Board Member from 1989 till 2003 — chairing numerous committees, President of University Synagogue 1982–1983, active with John Wayne Cancer Institute at St. John’s Hospital and numerous others.

Married to Jackie Banchik since May 14,1967 with two married children and six grandchildren.

Among the initiatives he has led over the years are the implementation of annual evaluation surveys, student tracking database, donor management database, strategic planning, risk management planning, Development Committee, Board assessment, Executive Director assessment, organizational “scorecard” and the development of important policies (e.g., conflict of interest, gift acceptance, investment).

Professionally, Tony is President of Silbert Consulting Services, Inc., which provides grant development, research, strategy and evaluation services to nonprofit and public sector organizations. Tony began his nonprofit career in 1986 leading urban youths on wilderness adventures. Since then, he has worked with organizations of all sizes, covering virtually every aspect of the community benefit sector, including health & human services, education & youth development, literacy, the arts, civic engagement, and public policy.

Tony graduated cum laude from Harvard University with a Bachelors degree in Philosophy. He received his Masters in Public Policy from the University of Southern California, where he teaches grantsmanship in the graduate school of policy, planning and development. He was previously the Director of Foundations, Grants & Research at the University of Judaism (now American Jewish University). Prior to that, he was a Grant & Contract Officer at Cedars Sinai Medical Center. He has published a variety of articles on grantsmanship.

Tony has been a performing musician for 30 years and is currently learning the pedal steel guitar and accordion.

Since 1993, Timothy, as a sole practitioner, has provided legal services to entrepreneurial companies, public companies, securities broker/dealers, and venture capitalists. From 1976 through 1986 he held various positions with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles. In 1987 and 1988 he conducted securities litigation relating to mergers and acquisitions for the Law Offices of Frederic F. Brace, Jr., in Chicago.

From 1989 to 1991, Timothy conducted securities litigation for law firms in the Los Angeles area. From 1991 to 1992, he worked on a large anti-trust law suit as general counsel for an electrical supply company. From 1992 to 1993, he worked as general counsel for an entrepreneur who owned a software company and toy company. Since 1985, he has been a member of the California Bar and the Los Angeles Bar Association. In 1976 Timothy was admitted to his first bar in Maryland.

Prior to joining City National Private Banking, Mr. Bacura worked at City National in Structured Finance where he underwrote credit facilities related to middle market companies, corporate syndicated transactions, acquisition financing, recapitalizations, asset based lending, unsecured lending, and commercial real estate.

Mr. Bacura joined City National in 1994 after obtaining bachelors degree in Economics from the University of California at Los Angeles. Between 2003 and 2004, he was a Relationship Manager in the Los Angeles office of Northern Trust, before rejoining City National in 2005 in his current capacity.

Todd Brown became a member of the Harmony Project Board in 2003.

Ariane is a founding partner of the Veritas Group a consulting firm that began its work eighteen years ago in change management. Today the Veritas Group focuses on Organizational Development in all, its aspects. Ariane is the developer of the Veritas Intelligence System for Team Assessment (VISTA) that gives managers the ability to “see” into the organization’s blind spots.Ariane acted as special advisor to the SEC Commission on Public Trust and Private Enterprise.
She is a Senior Lecturer at California Lutheran University, and Founder of the National University Center for Organizational Excellence.

She has authored a number of publications on Critical Thinking, Conflict Transformation, Organizational Change, and Culture Development. Her entertaining lectures continue to captivate audiences both at home and abroad.”My intent is to identify hidden problem areas within a company and help build the willingness to bring about organizational change. That is all I can ever do. Positive change is always an inside job. “Ariane David holds a B.S. in Physics; MA in Organizational Development, and Ph.D. in Human and Organizational Systems”.

Harold Flegelman’s corporate and business practice includes mergers and acquisitions, strategic alliances, venture capital, debt and equity financings, restructurings, business planning, executive employment arrangements and general corporate representation. He has worked with both domestic and internationally based private and publicly held companies, advising them in all matters relating to corporate governance and management, as well as compliance with the regulations of governmental agencies, including those of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Federal Trade Commission.

Mr. Flegelman’s clients include traditional companies and emerging growth enterprises in the entertainment, media and advertising industries. He frequently represents businesses seeking strategic acquisitions, partnerships and investments, and often provides assistance in introducing private equity sources to both start-up and more mature ventures.

Harold’s representative experience includes: Front Line Management Group, one of the world’s leading artist management companies led by Irving Azoff; Arc Music Corporation in the sale of its music publishing catalogue to Fuji Entertainment America, Inc.; Univision Communications Inc. in the sale of its music recording and publishing business to Universal Music Group for $153 million; Windswept Holdings, the largest North American independent music publisher, in the company’s sale; Cold Spring Pictures in a $200-million combined debt and equity financing for the production of motion pictures with DreamWorks Pictures; The Film Department and Essential Entertainment in the raising of start-up equity financing; Grateful Dead Productions in corporate restructuring matters, and in the development of an exclusive licensing arrangement with Rhino Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Music Group, to manage the group’s intellectual property assets.

Harold was named in The Legal 500 US in Media, Technology and Telecoms: Film, Music and TV and Mergers, Acquisitions and Buyouts, (published by Legalease Limited and John Pritchard – 2007 and 2008 editions) and was named one of the “Leading Lawyers in America,” Lawdragon 3000 Leading Lawyers Guide (2006)

Harold is also a musician and can often be found joining the Harmony Project Hip Hop Orchestra in one of their Saturday Jam sessions.

She holds a Bachelor’s degree from the University of California Los Angeles, and a Master’s degree from the University of Southern California. Irina is married to Mark Kashper, the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s Associate Principal Second Violin. She is an avid reader, loves the theater, and enjoys traveling in her spare time.

Prior to forming Edgehill Consulting, Alison held several senior level marketing positions with leading financial services firms, such as UBS, Merrill Lynch, GE Capital and Citigroup and advertising firms, specifically, Hill Holliday and Digitas.

Alison Longley received her MBA from New York University and her BA from Vassar College.

Alison is an amateur flutist and an active member of the Blawenburg Band, the oldest community band in New Jersey, formed in 1890. She resides in Princeton, NJ with her husband Steve.

The firm’s clients are a range of owners of varying size–from institutional shopping centers to single asset investors. Todd bases the firm’s approach on his knowledge of the needs center owners have in common, as well as his many years of forming seasoned relationships with chain retailers and their broker representatives in the Southern California marketplace.

Todd has 20+ years as a California Real Estate Licensee and Broker serving all facets of income producing properties.

Managed commercial real estate offices. Hired and trained numerous agents currently working in the Southern California Commercial Real Estate industry.

Developed countless relationships among leaders in the commercial real estate field as well as the retailers who populate Southern California’s retail properties.

Prior to this, she practiced law until 1983 with the firm of Katz, Hoyt and Bell in Los Angeles.

Karen is a member of the Board of Directors of the Music Center of Los Angeles County and is the Co-Chair of the Education and Active Arts Committee, while serving on various other Board committees. Other board and community service includes Cedars Sinai Medical Center and the Council of the Library Foundation. Since 1998, Karen has been a director and held numerous offices at the Beverly Hills Education Foundation. She is also a director of the Sheryl Weissberg Lymphoma Research Foundation.

Karen was responsible for creating and teaching a choral music program at Hawthorne School in Beverly Hills for over 15 years, and was instrumental in bringing arts and music back to the Beverly Hills Elementary Schools.

Karen is the only UCLA Bruin in a family that is composed of three generations of USC Trojans. She and her husband Larry have two children and a very cute dog.

She is a Vice President of Milken Community High School’s Board of Trustees, Co-chair of Milken Community High School’s Annual Giving Campaign, and Co-chair of Social Action for Stephen S. Wise Temple’s Women of Wise. Susan has a B.S. from New Hampshire College, a M.Ed. from Bowling Green State University in Ohio, and a Ph.D. from Arizona State University. She has two children who attend Milken. She, along with her husband, is also an avid golfer.

TresEs, Inc., an advocacy organization focusing on education, environment and green energy technology; and the Gabrielino/Tongva Indian Nation Tribal Council, the indigenous Native American Indian tribe of the Los Angeles County Basin.

Publicly elected in June 2 008, Baca-Sigala Currently serves as the Chief Information Officer for the City of Los Angeles Greater Echo Park Elysian Neighborhood Council for the 2008-2010 term. Through her civic participation she is also a member of the Echo Park Chamber of Commerce, Echo Park Library Community Group and works with the local public schools and organizations in Echo Park supporting community and public awareness events.

Baca-Sigala is a Graduate Fellow of the National Hispana Leadership Institute and a graduate of California State University Los Angeles with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and Public Administration. A resident of Echo Park, Lisa and her husband are the parents of three daughters.

In addition to Harmony Project, Rick is a member of the Fraternity of Friends of The Music Center and the Hillcrest Country Club. A graduate of Stanford University, Rick’s hobbies include tennis, walking, travel, theatre, movies, music, and spending time with his wife and family.

Matt currently serves as a consultant to the Entertainment Industry Foundation, and has served as an independent consultant since being a senior member of the development staff of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

Previous positions he has held include Vice President/Campaign Director at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Director of Annual Giving at Strathmore, Assistant Director of Development and Communications at the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health, and Director of Alumni and Public Relations at Our Lady of Good Counsel High School. He was also an Executive Consultant for Ketchum and Aronson Philanthropic Partners.

As a consultant, Matt has worked with several leading local and national organizations in the healthcare, education, arts, and social service sectors, including the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, American Dental Association Foundation, Glendale Adventist Medical Center, Landon School, Levindale Hebrew and Geriatric Hospital, National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, Sinai Hospital, University of Maryland, VFW Foundation, Winchester Thurston School, and the YMCA of Central Maryland.

Matt graduated from the Villanova University School of Business with a degree in Finance, and is a member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals Greater Los Angeles Chapter, where he serves as Treasurer, and the Southern California Association for Healthcare Development, where he served as an At-Large Director from 2009 until 2011. He holds the designation of Certified Fundraising Executive (CFRE).

He is currently Vice President of the Mary Jo and Hank Greenberg Animal Welfare Foundation in Beverly Hills, CA, and works on behalf of his family’s foundation, the Jay and Rose Phillips Family Foundation of California, and the Homeless Funders Group of Los Angeles.

Born and raised in suburban Washington, DC, Matt resides in Los Angeles with his with wife, Shana, and their son, Jake, and dog, Casey.