BGCH
Leadership
Mel Culpepper
Chief Executive Officer
Emilse Gonzalez
Director of Program Development
Mike Takavorian
Director of Club Operations
Erwin Guzman
Technology Director
Chantez Moore-Pratts
Director of Administration
Lyndsey Kanitz
Director, Events & Development
2025
Board of
Directors
Tafiq Akhir, President
Chief Executive Office
Tafiq’s Physiques
Robert Tietjen, Treasurer
Retired
Union Bank
Giles Steinberg, Secretary
Systems Engineer Live Nation Entertainment
Maryam Ahmed
Senior Account Supervisor
Edelman
Rachel Alde
Vice President
Global Development
The Walt Disney Company
Peter Blikian
Executive Director
Quest 2 Recovery
The Walt Disney Company
David Field
Producer
Lisa Gannon
Co-Founder
TPG Enterprises
Bones Ijeoma
Chief Executive Officer
AllSafeIT
Dan Magnante
Producer
2AM
Justin Marconi
Senior Principal
Slalom
Anthony J. Morris
Retired
Farmers Insurance
Lisa Peagler
Partner
Rise Law Firm
Jameson Shipley
Vice President, Operations
VINCE
Michael Shively
Senior VP
Edelman
Arjan Timmermans
Head of Content & Editorial
Apple
Anne White
Director
Beverly Hills Tennis Club
Troy Zien
Talent Manager
3 Arts Entertainment
Foundation Board
Michael Malick
President
Tom Juda, Jr.
Member
Steve Heimler
Member
Adrian Stern
Member