WSA Board Members 2021
Mike Gottlieb*, President
Chairman, Citation Capital Partners
Ryan Murphy, Vice President
Head of Middle Market M&A, Wells Fargo
Daniel Wu, Treasurer
Fractional CFO, ECOM Medical Inc.
Roy Firestone
Honorary Chairman
W. Chip Eggers*
Managing Director, JP Morgan
Allen Lynch*
President, The Lynch Group Inc.
Mike Rosenberg*
Senior Managing Director, Intrepid
Investment Bankers LLC
Paul Bartelt
Director, 5 Bars
Ryan Delaney
Managing Director, Oaktree Capital Management
Amy Johnson
Director of Global Insights and Capabilities,
Wasserman Media Group
Michael Karlin
Partner, NKSFB
Sam Lagana, Past President
CEO & President, Notre Dame High
School of Los Angeles
Blain Skinner
Principal, BSC Consulting
Mike Solum, Past President
Owner, Solum Insurance Agency, Inc.
Debbie Spander
Senior Sports and Media Executive,
Wasserman Media Group
Evan Sroka
Co-Founder and Managing Partner,
Everest Talent Management
Silva Thomas
Senior Vice President Institutional Trust,
Comerica Bank
Jacob Ullman
Senior Vice President, Production
and Talent Development, FOX Sports
Nick Westley
Global Tenant Representation, CBRE
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Royce Clayton
17-year Major League Baseball career, including a 2007 World Series Championship with the Boston Red Sox
Mike Dunleavy
Former NBA Player and Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers Coach
Tyus Edney
Former UCLA basketball guard and current UCLA Director of Basketball Operations
John Ireland
Play-by-Play radio voice of the Los Angeles Lakers, Co-host of the Mason & Ireland Show on ESPN LA 710 AM
Eric Karros
14-year Major League Baseball career, including 12 years with the Los Angeles Dodgers, 1992 National League Rookie of the Year and current Fox baseball color commentator
Paul McDonald
Former Quarterback for the Cleveland Browns after leading the USC Trojans, he has also served as the radio color commentator for USC Football
Rick Neuheisel
Former UCLA, Washington, and Colorado Head Coach and current Pac-12 Network college football analyst