David Fleming
David W. Fleming, 68, was the instigator of the successful city charter reform movement in Los Angeles. In 1997, he and LA Mayor Richard Riordan co-chaired the voters' initiative to reform Los Angeles City government. This was passed by LA’s voters in 1997 culminating in an elected citizens' Charter Reform Commission which drafted the new charter for the City of Los Angeles. The new city charter was adopted by the voters in 1999.

Fleming was a past Vice-Chairman of the California Transportation Commission (the “CTC”) on which he served as an appointee of Gov. Pete Wilson from 1996 to 1999. He was the chair of the CTC’s Public Transit Committee overseeing public transit projects throughout California, allocating billions of dollars of federal and state gas taxes and voter-approved bonding revenues for enlarging, improving and maintaining the state’s highways, rail, water and air transportation infrastructure.

He chairs the Economic Alliance of the San Fernando Valley, a business and industry collective formed following the Northridge earthquake made up of all of the Chambers of Commerce of the San Fernando Valley, Valley Industry & Commerce Association (VICA), the Valley Economic Development Center, the Small Manufacturer’s Association of California, the San Fernando Valley Conference and Visitor’s Bureau, the Valley International Trade Association, the Southland Regional Association of Realtors and The Valley Leadership Institute.

As an 8-year member of the city's Board of Fire Commissioners he served as the Board’s President for 5 years, overseeing the operations of the LA City Fire Department. He recently completed a two year term as the chairman of the Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation (LAEDC), the largest economic development organization in America, and served as a member of the Ethics Commission of the City of Los Angeles from 2001 to 2002.

He is the Chairman of the Board of Valley Presbyterian Hospital. He and his wife, Jean, have personally donated over $3 million to charities including a $1 million gift to Valley Presbyterian Hospital. He is a director of the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce. He serves on the national Board of Trustees of the Reason Foundation, the Board of the Technology Council of the Motion Picture and Television Industry, and is the Vice-Chair of the Children’s Planning Council of Los Angeles County, an organization he was instrumental in creating. The Children's Planning Council coordinates the funding of over $4 billion annually to help children in need in LA County.

Fleming is a member of the California State Bar and is counsel to the 6th largest law firm in the world -- Latham & Watkins -- with 21 offices worldwide. He is a past recipient of the prestigious Fernando Award given annually to a San Fernando Valley resident honoring a lifetime of volunteer service and the Nelle Reagan Award honoring President Reagan’s mother. Over the years, he has devoted over 50,000 hours to civic, community, charitable and government organizations. He has been honored by the Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith, the Jewish National Fund, the California Jaycees, various Bar Associations, United Chambers of Commerce, the Valley Interfaith Council and other philanthropic groups.

He was born and raised in Davenport, Iowa, and became a San Fernando Valley resident in 1956. He graduated from UCLA Law School in June of 1959 and was admitted to the California State Bar that year. A member of the Southern California Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, he and his wife, Jean, have two adult sons.