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Council Member History

Donn K. Harris, 2015-18
Wylie Aitken, 2013-15
Malissa Feruzzi Shriver, 2009-13
Michael Alexander, 2007-09
Marcy Friedman, 2005-07
Barbara George, 2002-05
Steven J. Fogel, 1999-2002
James Loper, 1998-99
Tom Hall, 1996-98
David Lizárraga, 1995-96
Edward Cazier, 1993-95
Brian "Whitey" Littlefield, 1992-93
Joanne C. Kozberg, 1989-92
Harvey Stearn, 1987-89
Steven Goldstein, 1985-87
Consuelo Santos-Killins, 1983-85
Karney Hodge, 1981-83
Marl Young, 1980-81
Harold Keith, 1979-80
Peter Coyote, 1977-79

Previous Members
(alphabetical by last name)

Robert J. Abernethy
Wylie Aitken
Margo Albert
Michael Alexander
Sally Arnot
Ruth Asawa
Larry Balakian
Phoebe Beasley
Peter Bedford
Annette Bening
Dea Spanos Berberian
Jane Boeckman
Edward Cazier
Aurelia Mika Chang
Shirley Chilton
Christopher Coppola
Francis Ford Coppola
Nick Cossoulis
Peter Coyote
Iris Dart
Eunice David
Juan Devis
Laurel Dickranian
Janet Driesen
Phyllis Epstein
Doris Fisher
Steven J. Fogel
Marcy Friedman
Barbara George
Rosaline George
Ann Gilbert Getty
Wendy Howard Goldberg
Stephen Goldstein
Kelly Gonda
Andrew Green
Charles Haid
Tom Hall
Hugh Hewett
Dr. Jerrold Hiura
Karney Hodge
Adam Barrett Hubbard
Suzanne Jackson
Charmaine Jefferson
Harold Keith
Joanne C. Kozberg
Chong-Moon Lee
Terry Lenihan
Bella Lewitzky
Brian “Whitey” Littlefield
David Lizárraga
James Loper
A.C. Lyles
Alexander Mackendrick
Carlos Martinez
Allaudin Mathieu
Louise McGuinness
Steven H. Oliver
Joyce Pollock
Noah Purifoy
Joan Agajanian Quinn
Dodie Rosekrans
Michael Rubel
Fred Sands
Consuelo Santos-Killins
Malissa Feruzzi Shriver
Karen Skelton
Gary Snyder
Harvey Stearn
Joyce Stein
Susan Steinhauser
William Turner
Robert Tuttle
Luis Valdez
Randy Washington
Marcia Weisman
Senator Robert Wilson
Rosalind Wyman
Jerry Yoshitomi
Marl Young

Chair Terms

Dates of service are approximate. Section 8751(d) of Government Code states, "In January of each year, the members of the council shall select a chairperson."

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