MARSHA L. BROWN, M.A., PRESIDENT - President Brown has been a member of the Board of Building and Safety Commissioners since September 2004. She is the president and co-founder of a nationally recognized investigation corporation specializing in Inspector General Services, the detection of workplace fraud, waste and abuse, transportation-related accident investigations, as well as workers' compensation investigations for self-insured corporations. Since 1994, President Brown has been the principal administrator of a 24/7 Accident Response Team for the County of Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro). In this capacity, she has been on scene and actively participated in the investigation of hundreds of bus, rail and automobile accidents. She is responsible for overseeing and auditing a thorough and timely on-site investigation team that launches to the scene on all fatalities and serious incidents involving Metro.

President Brown is a member of the Board of Regents of Loyola Marymount University. She is Chair of the university's Government and Community Affairs Committee, and a member of the Executive Committee. She is a member of the State of CA Task Force on Workplace and Youth Wellness, a founding member of the Los Angeles Women's Transportation Coalition, and a board member of the Employer's Fraud Task Force.

She is the recipient of Loyola Marymount University's 2006 Most Distinguished Alumni award, and an elected delegate from Southern California to the White House Conference on Small Business. President Brown graduated with a Bachelor of Science from Loyola Marymount University with a dual major in psychology and sociology. She received her Master of Arts degree in Marriage, Family and Child Counseling from Phillips Graduate Institute, with a concentration in the multicultural family. For over twenty years, she had mentored underserved youth.

VICTOR HUGO CUEVAS, COMMISSIONER - Commissioner Cuevas is a lifelong resident of the City of Los Angeles and the Northeast San Fernando Valley. Born to an immigrant family, he attended public schools and graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) with a degree in Political Science. He worked immediately thereafter with UCLA's Office of Community Based Learning (CBL) providing workforce development services to low-income youth in the communities of Boyle Heights and the East San Fernando Valley. In Pacoima, he oversaw and directed CBL's Workforce Investment Act services to a consortium of youth at Pacoima Skills Center and the environmental justice organization Pacoima Beautiful.

In 2004, Commissioner Cuevas joined the District legislative team of former Assemblymember Cindy Montañez (AD-39) to work in the areas of brownfield mitigation, the greening of blighted areas, and multimedia communications. For several years he was the liaison to the neighborhoods of North Hills and Lake View Terrace where he planned numerous community events and strengthened constituent ties to the state legislative process.

The experience in public policy-making propelled Commissioner Cuevas to enter the graduate program at California Polytechnic University, Pomona in Urban and Regional Planning to further prepare himself for the advocacy of healthy and vibrant communities. He has conducted locally based research studies in the areas of green building, the creation of urban multi-use trails, and congestion mitigation. He has completed all required coursework and is looking towards defending his research thesis in the Fall of 2008.

Most recently, Commissioner Cuevas has collaborated in the area of construction/project management, and currently serves as a multimedia, land-use, and planning consultant to a design-build firm in the San Fernando Valley. He is a member of the American Planning Association, the Latino Urban Forum, and was confirmed to the Board of Building and Safety Commissioners in July of 2008.

HELENA JUBANY, COMMISSIONER - Commissioner Jubany is a licensed architect both in the State of California and Brazil. In 1989, she founded her own office, Jubany Architecture, in downtown Los Angeles. She is currently the managing principal of Jubany-NAC|architecture in Los Angeles. She is very active in the community and has been a strong advocate of the urban revitalization of downtown Los Angeles.

Commissioner Jubany served as President of the Asian American Architects/Engineers Association for two years and is a current Board Member for the American Institute of Architects for the Los Angeles Chapter. Commissioner Jubany is also a Board Member of A Community of Friends (ACOF), and the Ace Mentor Program, all of which are non-profit organizations focused on housing the mentally ill homeless and the needs and mentorship of inner-city youth.

Though a native to Taiwan, Commissioner Jubany was raised in Brazil. There she earned a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Sao Paulo. Her Master of Architecture degree is from California Polytechnic University, Pomona. Commissioner Jubany worked for the City of Sao Paulo Planning Department and was involved in several urban density projects. Her commitment to and expertise in public education has resulted in several invitations by the Brazilian Ministry of Education to speak at a series of international architectural conferences. Commissioner Jubany's work in education led to her appointment at Woodbury University, Department of Architecture Consultancy Board in 1996. She teaches the 5th year Professional Practice course and various design studios.

ELENORE A. WILLIAMS, COMMISSIONER - Commissioner Williams has been a member of the Board of Building and Safety Commissioners since July 2006. She is President & CEO of Emerald Legacy, Inc., which provides consultation services and assistance with community relations, planning, and real estate redevelopment in inner-city communities. Commissioner Williams was Chairperson of the Housing Authority Board of Commissioners for the City from January 2004 until June 2006 and served as President and Chief Executive Officer for Habitat for Humanity Los Angeles, from 2002 until 2004. Commissioner Williams was the Senior Public Affairs Specialist for State Farm Insurance where she worked closely with non-profit organizations to promote safe and strong neighborhoods in the City.

As a Board Member for Inner City Film Makers and an Advisory Board Member for the Tavis Smiley Foundation, she has helped to build strategic linkages between local youth, business and philanthropic communities.

Commissioner Williams currently serves as President of The New Leaders (TNL), an African-American Professional Leadership Organization and Vice-Chair of the African-American Advisory Board of the American Red Cross. She is the recipient of the 2002 Los Angeles Urban League "Community Responsibility Award". Commissioner Williams holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree from the California State University, Long Beach.