FASHION
Woodbury University Names Five People to Its Board of Trustees
Woodbury University, known for its wide array of classes, which include fashion and architecture, has appointed five people to its board of trustees.
With the new members, the board now has 28 active members. They, along with seven trustees emeriti, oversee the policies, academics and appointments at the university, which has its main campus in Burbank, Calif.
“Each new member of the board embraces the pillars around which our university is organized—design thinking, entrepreneurship, civic engagement and transdisciplinarity,” said David St. Amant, who serves as board chair.
Joining the board of trustees are:
• Ronald Altoon, founder of the architectural firm Altoon + Porter, now called Altoon Partners. The Los Angeles architectural company specializes in retail, residential and mixed-use developments.
• David Blitz, president of Nebo Capital Inc., a mortgage banking and advisory company that focuses on equity and structured debt for all types of real estate assets.
• Jan Hanssen, origination manager for US Bank’s commercial bank, based in downtown Los Angeles and Encino, Calif. He began his career at LTCB, a Japanese corporate bank, where he focused on media and entertainment, financing films such as “True Lies” and “Basic Instinct.”
• Grace Kim, director of strategy and partnerships at Goodcorps, a social innovation consultancy.
• Kieran Nolan, a vice president at AT&T. He is a former adjunct faculty member at Woodbury.
