WSA Board Members 2023
Mike Gottlieb*, President
Chairman, Citation Capital Partners
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Ryan Murphy, Vice President
Head of Middle Market M&A,
Wells Fargo
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Daniel Wu, Treasurer
Fractional CFO,
ECOM Medical Inc.
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Roy Firestone
Honorary Chairman
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W. Chip Eggers*
Managing Director,
Morgan Stanley
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Allen Lynch*
President,
The Lynch Group Inc.
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Mike Rosenberg*
Senior Managing Director,
Intrepid Investment Bankers LLC
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Paul Bartelt
Director, 5 Bars
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Ryan Delaney
Managing Director,
Oaktree Capital Management
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Johnny Hsu
EVP, Deputy COO, Preferred Bank
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Amy Johnson
Director of Global Insights and Capabilities,
Wasserman Media Group
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Michael Karlin
Partner, NKSFB
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Sam Lagana, Past President
CEO & President,
Notre Dame High School of Los Angeles
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Blain Skinner
Principal, BSC Consulting
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Mike Solum, Past President
Owner, Solum Insurance Agency, Inc.
Debbie Spander
Founder and CEO
Insight Sports Advisors
Evan Sroka
Co-Founder and Managing Partner,
Everest Talent Management
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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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* Founder
Advisory Board
Royce Clayton
17-year Major League Baseball career, including a 2007 World Series Championship with the Boston Red Sox
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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
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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
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Rick Neuheisel
Former UCLA, Washington, and Colorado Head Coach and current Pac-12 Network college football analyst
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