Board of Neighborhood Commissioners (BONC)

The Board of Neighborhood Commissioners ("Commission" or "Board") is comprised of seven members, each from a different background and a different part of the city. They are appointed by the Mayor, and confirmed by the City Council. The Commission is responsible for setting and overseeing policy. That includes approval of contracts, leases, and rules and regulations. The Commission holds regular public meetings every 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month, and may hold special meetings to conduct business.

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Daniel Gatica

Daniel Gatica was born and raised in the City of Los Angeles. He has resided in the Northeast San Fernando Valley for the past 21 years. He attended Cal State University Northridge while working on his Bachelors of Science Degree in Kinesiology. Currently, he is the Site Director of Chrysalis in Pacoima, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping economically disadvantaged and homeless individuals become self-sufficient through employment opportunities.

Prior to joining the staff at Chrysalis, he served for two years as Assistant Director of Pacoima Graffiti Busters, which is now one of the biggest Graffiti Removal Companies contracted by the City of Los Angeles. During this time he helped put together many community cleanups utilizing community stakeholders and was also responsible for all community outreach efforts. Daniel also worked as a High Risk Youth Program Coordinator for four years with the non-profit El Proyecto del Barrio. During this time he was responsible for facilitating “Impact Classes” at local high schools and also served as a member of the local Student Attendance Review Board (SARB). His dedication to working with special needs populations stems back to his five year tenure with the Los Angeles Unified School District working with Special Education students from pre-k to 12th grade.

Daniel currently sits on the Executives Boards for the following community organizations:

Pacoima Partners: an organization based in Pacoima whose main focus is to transform the Van Nuys corridor into a more attractive environment for both consumers and business owners.

Omeric Rehabilitation Inc.: Based in North Hills at the Veteran’s Hospital, Omeric Rehabilitation Inc. employs Veterans and helps reintegrate them into the working environment.

Pacoima Graffiti Busters: A non-profit graffiti removal company contracted by the City of Los Angeles to remove graffiti in the communities of Pacoima, Lake View Terrace, North Hollywood, Mission Hills, North Hills, Panorama City, Sunland and Tujunga.

Pacoima Chamber of Commerce: Where he has served as Secretary, 3rd Vice President and currently 1st Vice President. During this time he has been instrumental in helping with the Pacoima Holiday Parade.

Eun Sook Lee

Eun Sook Lee is the executive director of the National Korean American Service & Education Consortium (NAKASEC), which seeks to project a progressive Korean American voice on critical civil rights issues through education, organizing and advocacy. NAKASEC affiliates are the Korean American Resource & Cultural Center (Chicago), the Korean Resource Center (Los Angeles) and YKASEC – Empowering the Korean American Community. Prior to working at NAKASEC, Eun Sook was the executive director of Korean American Women In Need, a bilingual domestic violence service agency in Chicago and Station Manager at CKLN Radio, Inc. (Toronto). EunSook is currently a board member of APIA Vote!, National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development and the National Immigration Forum. EunSook was born in Hwasoon, South Korea and immigrated to Canada at a young age. She later moved to the United States in 1994.

Rev. Dr. Lewis Logan, II

Dr. Logan has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Morehouse College. He earned both a Master of Divinity and a Master of Theology degree from Candler School of Theology, Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. While attending Candler, he served as president of the Black Caucus, and was instrumental in establishing a Black Church Studies Program. Rev. Dr. Logan earned his Doctor of Ministry degree from Columbia Theological Seminar in Decatur, Georgia
Prior to arriving at Bethel Los Angeles, he pastored, Emmanuel A.M.E. Church, he was the Senior Pastor of the Mother Church of African Methodism in the State of Georgia, St. Philip Monumental, Savannah, GA. As Pastor and Community Organizer for more than twenty years, he has coordinated national events, facilitated Visioning Sessions, Annual Conferences, District Meetings, Leadership Retreats, Re-organizational Strategic Planning Sessions and Plenary Sessions.
Dr. Logan has received national recognition of achievement as an "Outstanding Young Man of America" and was featured in Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities. His ministerial travels have been both international and national: Quebec, Vancouver, B.C., Ontatio, Brussels, East Germany, West Germany, Bermuda, Washington, D.C., Virginia, Alabama, Tennessee, California, Illinois, New York, Kansas, North Carolina, South Carolina, Michigan, Texas and Florida.

Dr. Logan is married to Sudonna Moss and is the father of two boys, Lewis III and Asa Bomani Diop; and one girl Jillique Marche'.

Linda Lucks

Linda Lucks is a former inner-city elementary school teacher working in Pacoima, where she was raised. She is owner of a consulting firm serving non-profit organizations. Host of a radio show on LA public radio station, KCRW-FM from 1978-1980, she also worked as a U.S. Senate campaign aide and as a Los Angeles City Council Deputy. During the 2004 elections, she and other activists founded SheVotes.org, an electronic portal to encourage women’s participation in the electoral process. During the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, she served as manager of public relations for the Olympic Torch Relay and directed the post Olympics Job Opportunity Program for employees.

Lucks’ public service on behalf of the State of California includes appointments to the Health Professions Education Foundation Board of Trustees in 2006, previous service as a member of the Medical Board of California, Board of Dental Examiners, Board of Psychology and the Legal Service Trust Fund Commission of the State Bar of California. She served as the first woman president of the Los Angeles County Beach Commission.

A longtime community activist and 36 year Venice resident, Ms. Lucks was elected in 2005 as an at large member of the Grass Roots Venice Neighborhood Council. She served as Chair of the Venice Beach Area Police Advisory Committee and is a founder and co-chair of the annual Venice Garden Tour, which benefits the Neighborhood Youth Association’s Las Doradas Children’s Center and is a recipient of the annual “Spirit of Venice” award.

She currently serves as president of the board of directors of Families in New Directions (Crenshaw Consortium), and is a member of the Women’s Political Committee, The California List and the Friends of the Los Angeles Commission on the Status of Women.

Ms. Lucks earned a bachelor of arts degree from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Michele Siqueiros

Michele currently serves as the Associate Director for the Campaign for College Opportunity where she is responsible for statewide efforts to raise public awareness about the access crisis in higher education, promote policy solutions and engage a broad based and bi-partisan coalition in support of expanded college opportunity for the growing number of young Californians.

Before joining the Campaign, she served as a Senior Project Coordinator with the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment in the City of Los Angeles. In this role she facilitated the development and support of Neighborhood Councils in the Hollywood, Mid City, Central and East areas of the City.

Prior to DONE, Michele worked as a Program Manager for Public Allies-Los Angeles where she was responsible for managing partnerships between community based organizations and Public Allies. Prior to Public Allies she served as Assistant Director of Constituency Services for the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials Educational Fund (NALEO). She was responsible for establishing and coordinating all aspects of NALEO's nationwide training and technical assistance programs for Latino elected officials and candidates interested in running for public office. Michele has also taught adult education classes for LAUSD and worked on a variety of political campaigns in the Los Angeles area.

Michele graduated from Pitzer College with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Studies and Honors in Chicano/a Studies. She received her Master of Arts in Urban Planning from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). Michele is married and has two young children.

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