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