Senior Fellows
  
 
The Senior Fellows program was established in 1997 to provide an opportunity for thoughtful practitioners who have made major contributions to the public good to reflect on their experiences and to engage in a dialogue with the scholarly community at UCLA. Representing a wide variety of political viewpoints and areas of expertise, Senior Fellows are drawn from the local, national, and international arenas, and from the public, private and non-profit sectors. Usually appointed for one-year terms, they act as mentors to one or two students with whom they are matched on the basis of mutual policy interests, give talks or policy briefings on issues in their area of expertise, and are invited to participate in the School's programs. 
 

1999-2000 SENIOR FELLOWS 

Nelba Chavez, Ph.D., '71 Social Welfare 
Administrator, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 

Molly Coye 
Vice President, The Lewin Group - San Francisco 

Denise Dresser 
Visiting Fellow, Pacific Council on International Policy 

John Emerson 
President, Personal Investment Management, Capitol Guardian Trust Company 

John L. Gray 
Executive Director, Autry Museum of Western Heritage 

Joseph Haggerty 
President, United Way of Greater Los Angeles 

Steve Juarez 
Director of Financial Management, J. Paul Getty Trust 

Dee Dee Myers 
Dee Dee Myers & Associates 

Richard F. O'Donnell 
Director, Govenor's Office of Policy and Initiatives - Denver, Colorado 

Clyde W. Oden, Jr., O.D., M.P.H. 
President, Chief Executive Officer, WATTSHealth Systems, Inc. 

Todd S. Purdum 
Los Angeles Bureau Chief, The New York Times 

David H. Shinn 
UCLA School of Public Policy and Social Research Diplomat in Residence 
Former U.S. Ambassador to Ethiopia 

Stephanie A. Smith 
National Manager for Community Lending and Senior Vice President, Bank of America Mortgage Group 

Ted Van Dyk 
Former White House and State Department Official 

Michael K. Woo 
Director of Los Angeles Programs, Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) 

1998-99 SENIOR FELLOWS 

Eloise Anderson 
Director, Program for the American Family, The Claremont Institute 
Former Director, California Department of Social Services 

Anthony Beilenson 
Former Congressman, U.S. House of Representatives 

Greyson Bryan 
Partner, O'Melveny & Myers 

Thomas G. David, '70; '72 Urban Planning 
Executive Vice President, The California Wellness Foundation 

Gavin de Becker 
President, Gavin de Becker, Inc., Former Director, Special Services Group 

Frank del Olmo 
Associate Editor, Los Angeles Times 

Eric J. Jolly 
Vice President, Education Development Center 

Frank Karel 
Vice President, Communications, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 

Michael Mahdesian, '83 Urban Planning 
Deputy Assistant Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development, Bureau of Humanitarian Response 

Meryl Marshall, '71 
President, Two Oceans Entertainment Group; President, Academy of Television Arts & Sciences 

Carlos Moorhead, '43 
Former Congressman, U.S. House of Representatives 

Edwin Morley-Fletcher 
Dipartimento de Studi Politici, Facolta de Scienze Politiche, Universita degli Studi "La Sapienza," Rome, Italy 

Don Oberdorfer 
Diplomatic Correspondent Emeritus for Washington Post and Journalist-in Residence, Johns Hopkins University 

Philip J. Romero 
Harry B. Miller Professor of Business; Dean, Charles H. Lundquist College of Business, University of Oregon 
Former Chief Economist and Deputy Cabinet Secretary, California Govenor's Office 

Jane Silverman 
Executive Director, Association of Junior Leagues International, Inc. 

Peter J. Taylor, '80 
Senior Vice President, Lehman Brothers, Inc., Public Finance Department 

Esteban Torres 
Former Congressman, U.S. House of Representatives 

Jerry Wong, '72; '77 Social Welfare 
Assistant Regional Census Manager, U.S. Census Bureau 

1997-98 SENIOR FELLOWS 

Karen Bass 
Executive Director, Community Coalition for Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment 

Bruce Beardsley 
Minister Counselor, American Embassy Tirana 
Former SPPSR Diplomat in Residence 
Former Minister Counselor, U.S. Embassy in Mexico City 

Marvin Braude 
Former Los Angeles City Council member 

Kim Campbell 
Consul General, Canadian Consulate, Los Angeles 
Former Prime Minister of Canada 

Harry Chittick 
Producer, ABC Network News 

Karl Farris 
Founding Director, U.S. Army Peacekeeping Institute 

Linda Griego 
President, Griego Enterprises, Inc. 
Former CEO of Rebuild LA 

Allen Huie 
Founding and Managing Partner, Asian Strategic Partners, Hong Kong 
Former Director 

Harold L. Hurtt 
Police Chief, Phoenix, AZ 
Former Police Chief, Oxnard, CA 

Xandra Kayden 
President, League of Women Voters of Los Angeles 

Tom Levin 
Former Senior Vice President, Wellpoint Health Networks -- Unicare 

Warren Olney 
Producer and host, Which Way LA?, KCRW 

Donna Shirley 
Assistant Dean, Engineering, University of Oklahoma 
Former Founder Managing Creativity 
Former Director, Mars Exploration Program Office, Jet Propulsion Laboratory  

Bill Watanabe 
Executive Director, Little Tokyo Service Center, Inc. 

Martin R. Wilson 
President, Martin Wilson Communications, Inc.