LOS ANGELES BOARD OF AIRPORT COMMISSIONERS ELECTS OFFICERS

(Los Angeles, California – September 17, 2013)  The Los Angeles Board of Airport Commissioners today elected Sean Burton as its president and Valeria Velasco as its vice president.

Commissioner Burton is president of CityView and a member of CityView’s Board of Directors and Investment Committee.  CityView is a real estate fund sponsor and operator that manages public pension, hedge fund and other institutional capital to invest in urban residential housing throughout the United States.

Prior to joining CityView, Commissioner Burton was a senior executive at Warner Bros., where he was responsible for making strategic investments.  His other professional experience includes serving as a transactional attorney at O’Melveny & Myers, LLP, and serving in the White House and for the Democratic National Committee during the Clinton Administration. 

He previously served on the Los Angeles City Planning Commission, where he chaired the subcommittee overseeing approval of the proposed Farmers Field National Football League stadium.  He also had a leading role in advocating structural changes in the state’s fiscal and budgetary process when he was appointed by the Governor in 2001 to the California Commission on Tax Policy and the New Economy.   

Commissioner Velasco, an estate planning attorney, has been a member of the Board of Airport Commissioners since 2005 and has served continuously as its vice president during that time.  She has also served as a City of Los Angeles Planning Commissioner; Staff Legal Counsel and Hispanic Liaison to former City Councilman Michael Woo; Assembly Aide/Hispanic Liaison to former Assemblyman Mike Roos; and a bilingual elementary school teacher.

The seven-member Board of Airport Commissioners governs Los Angeles World Airports.  It is comprised of public spirited business and civic leaders who are appointed by the Mayor and approved by the City Council.