Loyola Marymount University leaders are recognized once again among the “LA500” — the Los Angeles Business Journal’s list of the city’s most influential, powerful, and impactful people.
Those selected for the 2023 LA500 list are leaders who face new sets of challenges every year, and the past year was no different, noted Josh Schimmels, publisher and CEO, in his introduction to the special report.
“As the world began to recover from COVID-19, a new set of problem-solving skills was needed. Rather than focusing on productivity and culture while working from home, it was time to bring our teams back to the office and back to integrating into communities,” Schimmels explained. “Along with so many others, our 2023 class of LA500 leaders stepped up.”
LMU President Timothy Law Snyder, Ph.D., appears for the eighth time on this list of dynamic leaders who are driving innovation, creativity, community, and industry in Los Angeles. Under Snyder’s leadership, LMU is ranked 77th among national universities by U.S. News & World Report, and No. 8 in the “Top Green Colleges” list by The Princeton Review for the campus’s commitment to sustainability. Snyder, LMU’s 16th president, is one of only 20 leaders selected for the LA500’s education category.
LMU College of Business Administration Dean Dayle M. Smith, Ph.D., joins the LA500 for the fourth time. LMU CBA recently launched the Business Innovation Zone, a space for interdisciplinary collaboration, and was awarded a $1.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education. Smith serves on the board of trustees for the Globally Responsible Leadership Initiative, is president-elect of the International Association of Jesuit Business Schools, and recently joined the World Trade Center Los Angeles Board of Advisors.
Board of Trustees Chair Paul S. Viviano, chief executive and president of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, is recognized for the eighth time in the LA500’s health care category. He has served on LMU’s Board of Trustees since 2010 and assumed the role of chair in 2016. He is a former member of the Board of Regents.
Also named to the 2023 LA500 are: Angela Agrusa J.D. ’87, managing partner with DLA Piper and a member of LMU Loyola Law School’s Board of Directors; former LMU Trustee William Ahmanson, president of The Ahmanson Foundation; former LMU Trustee Mitchell Butier ’93, chair and CEO of Avery Dennison Corp.; former LMU Trustee Jeffrey Glassman J.D. ’72, partner at Cerity Partners; Maria Salinas ’87, Honorary Degree ’19, past chair of the Board of Regents and president and CEO of the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce; former LMU Regent Renata Simril ’93, president and chief executive of LA84 Foundation.
The LA500 includes key players across a range of industries, including arts, banks, civic leaders, construction and architecture, education, finance, health care, law, manufacturing and retail, media and entertainment, professional services, real estate, sports, and tech.
Other LMU alumni named are: Martin Adams ’84, general manager and chief engineer, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power; Greg Boyle, S.J., M.A. ’85, Honorary Degree ’05, founder of Homeboy Industries; Lloyd Greif, J.D. ’84, president and chief executive of Greif & Co.; Philip Holthouse, J.D. ’93, partner at Holthouse Carlin & Van Trigt; Kevin Kim, J.D. ’93, chair, president and chief executive of Hope Bancorp & Bank of Hope; Michael Nourmand, J.D. ’98, president at Nourmand & Associates; Tami Pardee, MBA ’01, chief executive of Pardee Properties; David Poms ’78, founder and president of Poms & Associates; Lyne Richardson, J.D. ’89, shareholder at Ogletree Deakins; Christopher Rising, J.D. ’96, co-founder and chief executive of Rising Realty Partners; Brian Saenger, J.D. ’01, president and chief executive at The Ratkovich Co.; Harry Sloan, J.D. ’76, founder of Eagle Equity Partners; Perrie Weiner, J.D. ’85, partner-in-charge, Los Angeles at Baker McKenzie; and Mark Weinstein, J.D. ’83, founder and president of MJW Investments.
