About Us

The Friends of the Coliseum was founded in 2022 to preserve, protect, and promote the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum as an iconic home for sports, culture, and entertainment.

The Friends are an ambitious, civic-spirited group of business leaders and philanthropists with deep personal connections to the Coliseum.

Board of Directors

FOTC Board
Nick Roxborough
Nick Roxborough

Board President
Managing Partner, Roxborough, Pomerance, Nye & Adreani

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Dean Florez
Dean Florez

Finance Committee Chair
Past Senate Majority Leader

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George L. Pla
George L. Pla

Founding President
Founder, President and CEO, Cordoba Corporation

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Maria Mehranian
Maria Mehranian

Treasurer
Managing Partner, Cordoba Corporation

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Joseph Plascencia
Joseph Plascencia

Secretary & Governance Committee Chair
President Plascencia Risk Intelligence & Insurance Marketing Management

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Drew E. Pomerance
Drew E. Pomerance

Program Committee Chair
Senior Co-founding Partner, Roxborough, Pomerance, Nye & Adreani

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Tina Choi
Tina Choi

Board Member
Partner, JVenture

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Dr. Erica Jacquez
Dr. Erica Jacquez

Board Member
Executive Director of Government and External Affairs, Verizon

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Dr. Robert N. Braun
Dr. Robert N. Braun

Board Member

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Raul Salinas
Raul Salinas

Board Member
Partner - Frost Brown Todd

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Peter Villegas
Peter Villegas

Board Member
Co-Chair, Actum

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Advisory Board

Mitch Bloom

John Floyd

Manuel Hernandez

KT Leung

Bruce Rosenblum

Fernando Vasquez

Walter Yoka