Team Beverly Hills Appoints 50 New Members To Program

BEVERLY HILLS, CA — The Team Beverly Hills program appointed 50 new members to its 24th class for the 2019-2020 season. The City’s leadership and educational program has been in effect for 23 years, the City of Beverly Hills press release said.

Team Beverly Hills is meant to inform citizens about their local government representatives, departments and programs, community associations and current issues, the City said. It is designed to "create an environment that nurtures and encourages leadership, participation and responsibility by the City's citizenry and to develop and maintain an informed and diversified resource for community involvement and leadership roles," the City press release said.

"We have been offering this program for over 20 years now and it continues to be extremely popular," said Pamela Mottice-Muller, Director of the City’s Office of Resilience. "The City receives a high number of Team Beverly Hills applications each year, making it difficult to select candidates. We had over 80 applications this year and had an amazing pool of resident applicants to choose from. We are excited for the kickoff of our upcoming season."

Nearly 690 residents have completed Team Beverly Hills and have gone on to become leaders and volunteers throughout the city since the program's start in 1996. Currently, 69 percent of Commissioners serving on one of the City’s 11 Commissions are alumni of the program, and more than 100 members regularly volunteer their time at City events, programs and to directly assist City departments.

To learn more about Team Beverly Hills and fill out an application online, visit the website or call (310) 285-1014. The next application period will begin in spring 2020.

The 2019-2020 Team Beverly Hills participants are below:

• Melanie Abrams
• Mario Apuzzo
• Ria Berkus
• Marc Carrel
• Marianne Chambers
• Kirk Y. Chang, M.D.
• Frederick Dapp
• Roberta Anne Eidman
• Jordan Elist
• Jeffrey Evans
• Adam Frankel
• Noelle Freeman
• Anya Freedman
• Hila Gelfer
• Andrew Geller
• Janine Gershon
• Fred Gluckman
• Wayne S. Gradman
• Christina Grewal
• Russell Philip Haber
• Bob Hakimfar
• Fred M. Kaplan
• Jonathan Kohanoff
• Derek Kramer
• Edward Lepkowitz
• Melissa S. Lewkowicz
• Joaquin Lippincott
• Mike Lloyd
• Milan Lojdl
• Shelly Lucky
• Anthony Mayorkas
• Natasha Melamed
• Aaron Nazarian
• Homayoon Nehoray
• Wendy Nystrom
• Thomas Recupero
• Amy Roland
• Helena Rosenthal
• Samuel Rotenberg
• Stephanie Rund
• Ellie Samadi
• Cynthia Shafto
• Adonis Angelo Antonio Simmons
• Jennifer Stein Simms
• Julie Solnit
• Carol Stein
• Scott Syme Jr.
• Sid Turkish
• Sandra Walder
• David Wellisch