Los Angeles Leaders

Written By: Christopher Luna Editor-In-Chief: Rick Gibson At the USC Latino Alumni Association Scholarship Gala, alumni, students, and university leadership gathered to celebrate five decades of impact — and the responsibility of continuing to expand opportunity for future generations. “Scholarships are not charity. They are opportunity infrastructure.” — Ray López-Chang A sense of pride and optimism filled the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday Marc

Written By: Rick Gibson, MBA, CEC Publisher & CEO: Christopher Luna Alann Russell Klumpp may have been a celebrated figure in the history of the Apollo space program; but, thankfully, he was also a non-compliant NASA employee. On the Apollo 11 moon landing mission, the crew had been trained to activate the rendezvous radar which mysteriously caused a back up of data, interrupting systems’ two-second guidance signals. When the data queue filled up, the computer flushed the co

A Strong Sense of Self to Guides Steve Gunther’s Leadership Style Written By: Ed Mauss Editor-in-Chief: Rick Gibson Publisher & CEO: Christopher Luna Steve Gunther's four-decade career offers a masterclass in knowing your limits, trusting your people, and steering a venerable institution into its boldest chapter yet. Many executives spend their careers accumulating titles and authority. Steve Gunther once gave his back—voluntarily, without another job lined up—because he deci