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 founder of a nationally recognized research and investigation corporation that specializes in workers' compensation, workplace fraud, and surveillance investigations, as well as vehicle collision investigations including automobile, bus and rail accidents. Vice President Brown has over twenty years of investigative experience. She is recognized as an expert in Human Resource and workplace investigative issues.

President Brown graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from Loyola Marymount University with a dual concentration. She received her Master of Arts degree in Marriage, Family and Child Counseling from Phillips Graduate Institute. She currently serves on the City of Los Angeles Workplace investment Board, and its Youth Council. She is the Chair of the County of Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority's Transportation Business Advisory Council (TBAC), as well as a Board member of Women's Transportation Coalition and Phillips Graduate Institute. She was an elected delegate from Southern California to the White House Conference on Small Business. She serves on the Board of the Los Angeles African American Women's Political Action Committee and the Los Angeles African American Women's Public Policy Institute. She was a Commissioner on the City's of Los Angeles' Redistricting Commission.

President Brown has received numerous awards for her many years of outstanding service to the community as a business leader as well as an activist on behalf of foster children.

PEDRO BIRBA, AIA, VICE PRESIDENT - Vice President Birba has been a member of the Board of Building and Safety Commissioners since September 2005. He is a 35 year resident of the Los Angeles area. A graduate of the USC School of Architecture, he has practiced as partner in a major architectural firm, and as principal for the last fourteen years of his own design office, BIRBA GROUP, which is located in the Silver Lake area of Los Angeles.

Vice President Birba has vast experience in the social and design issues associated with the development of affordable housing projects and has participated in the design or rehabilitation of more than sixty properties, featuring hundreds of housing units and valued at more than $90 million. BIRBA GROUP, has distinguished itself in the design of affordable housing projects such as the award winning Vista Angelina Apartments, a development of 108 units and ALEGRIA, an AIA-HUD national award winner. ALEGRIA is a full service development providing services and housing to minority individuals afflicted with the HIV virus. In 1993, Commissioner Birba expanded his business by forming the construction-consulting firm of BIRBA, KUGEL and MILLER, Inc. This business concern has participated in the oversight of numerous housing related construction contracts for seismic upgrades, general remodeling and modernization.

Vice President Birba expresses his gratitude for the educational opportunities that have permitted him to live his vocation by passionate commitment to facilitating the education of others. He has an active internship program in his companies and volunteers time and other resources in support of scholarship programs.

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.