West Los Angeles Area Planning Commission

• Read more about Joe Goldman

An LA native, Joe Goldman is a seasoned policy advocate, strategist, and fundraiser. For nearly six years, he served as the regional Community Engagement Director at HIAS, the world’s oldest international humanitarian agency supporting refugees of all backgrounds. He has also held roles at MAZON, JCRC Bay Area, and worked on numerous political campaigns and progressive initiatives. Passionate about his hometown, Joe seeks out pathways for sustainable growth so future generations can thrive in the city that shaped him. A graduate of The George Washington University with both a B.A.

• Read more about David Ryan

Commissioner Ryan is a partner at Felker Toczek Suddleson McGinnis Ryan LLP, where he represents individual creative professionals and rightsholders in transactions across all media.   He holds a bachelor’s degree with honors in political science and theatre studies from Swarthmore College and a law degree from Columbia Law School, where he was a Hamilton Fellow and a James Kent Scholar.  He lives in Mar Vista with his wife and daughters.

• Read more about Marty Shelton

Commissioner Shelton is a commercial real estate broker specializing in the development, retail leasing and sale of multi-family / mixed-use projects / retail properties in the Los Angeles area for more than 30 years with both CB Richard Ellis (“CBRE”) and NAI Capital Commercial, Inc. Throughout his real estate tenure, he has been involved in a wide variety of commercial transactions from bank asset sales to shopping center sales.

• Read more about April Sandifer

April Sandifer is a native Angeleno dedicated to social and environmental justice. Inspired by her great-grandmother's commitment to the South Los Angeles community, she has pursued a career focused on urban development and community engagement. April earned both her Bachelor of Arts in Urban Studies and a Master's in Urban Ecology from Loyola Marymount University.

• Read more about Lisa Waltz Morocco

Commissioner Waltz Morocco is a stage and screen actress. She is President of the Overland Avenue Community, Vice-Chair of the Westside Neighborhood Council, the secretary of the Lange Foundation, and a founding board member of the Steel River Playhouse in Pennsylvania. Ms. Waltz Morocco holds a bachelor's degree in Drama from Carnegie Mellon University.