BGCH
Leadership

Mel Culpepper
Chief Executive Officer

Emilse Gonzalez
Director of Program Development

Mike Takavorian
Director of Club Operations

Chantez Moore-Pratts
Director of Administration

Erwin Guzman
Technology Director

Lyndsey Kanitz
Director, Events & Development

 

2024
Board of
Directors

 

Tafiq Akhir, President
CEO
Tafiq’s Physiques

Robert Tietjen, Treasurer
Retired, Union Bank

Giles Steinberg, Secretary
Systems Engineer Live Nation Entertainment

Rachel Alde
VP, Global Development The Walt Disney Company

David Field
Producer

Lisa Gannon
Former Actress
Homemaker

Rick Ghazy
Principal The Law Offices of Rick Ghazy

Justin Marconi
Senior Principal
Slalom

Bones Ijeoma
CEO
AllSafe IT

Anthony J. Morris
Retired, Farmers Insurance

Stanley Onuoha
Director of International & Equity Institutional Advancement
Emerson College

Lisa Peagler
Partner Rise Law Firm

Jameson Shipley
VP, Operations VINCE

Michael Shively
Senior VP
Edelman

Diana Spiro
Retired, Producer for Entertainment News

Jacqueline Thompson
CEO, Mood Board Entertainment Founder, Revel Spirits

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