Courier News Beverly Hills Courier Names Six to New Advisory Board BY ANA FIGUEROA
The Beverly Hills Courier has installed an Advisory Board comprised of six prominent members of our local community. The Board will advise the Courier’s publishers in formulating editorial policy and shaping the overall direction of the Courier, now in its 57th year.
Giselle Fernández, six-time Emmy Award-winning journalist, named “Best Anchor” of “Your Morning” on Spectrum News1 in the Southland. Fernández also serves as executive producer, writer and host of the Emmy Award-winning prime time interview show, “LA Stories,” showcasing titans of industry and inspiring change agents. A veteran of network television, her career has included roles as reporter and guest anchor of “The Early Show on CBS,” the “CBS Evening News,” “Today,” and “NBC Nightly News.” She also served as a co-host of the entertainment news program “Access Hollywood” and “This Week in History” on the History Channel. Fernández was twice named “Journalist of the Year” by the LA Press Club and is the recipient of countless other awards.
Giselle Fernández
Wilshire Boulevard Temple Senior Rabbi Steven Z. Leder has twice been named one of the ten most influential rabbis in America by Newsweek Magazine. A cum laude graduate of Northwestern University, Rabbi Leder studied at Trinity College, Oxford University, and holds a master’s degree in Hebrew from Hebrew Union College. He is a bestselling author, whose fourth book, “For You When I Am Gone; Twelve Essential Questions to Tell a Life Story,” will be published by Penguin Random House in June. Rabbi Leder is a frequent guest on “The Today Show,” CNN, NPR and Spectrum 1 News and writes regularly for prominent national and local publications. Rabbi Leder received the Louis Rappaport Award for Excellence in Commentary by the American Jewish Press Association and the Kovler Award from the Religious Action Center in Washington D.C. for his work in African American/Jewish dialogue and in 2012 presented twice at the Aspen Ideas Festival.
Senior Rabbi Steven Z. Leder
Houman Mahboubi is Executive Vice President of the Century City-based Jones Lang LaSalle Brokerage, Inc. He leads a group of more than 20 leasing agents and brokers involved in the acquisition, administration and leasing of commercial real estate. His multimillion-dollar transactions and expertise in commercial real estate trends and development have garnered extensive media coverage, including features on Bloomberg TV, LA Business Weekly TV, Blog Talk Radio, Realty Times and Entrepreneur’s Network. A resident of Beverly Hills, Mahboubi serves as a member of the Beverly Hills Rotary Club; the Chamber of Commerce Economic Development Committee; Rodeo Drive Committee and The Maple Counseling Center. Mahboubi holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Southern California.
Houman Mahboubi
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A resident of Beverly Hills for more than four decades, Rose Kaiserman was appointed to the city’s Human Relations Commission in January 2022. A graduate of Hawthorne School and Beverly Hills High School, she holds a bachelor of science degree in neurobiology and neurosciences from the University of California, Riverside. The mother of two students who have attended Beverly Hills schools, Kaiserman is extremely active in local educational issues. She has served as President and Executive Vice President of the Beverly Vista School PTA, the PTA Council and the PTSA at Beverly Hills High School. Kaiserman is also Public Affairs Director of Diamond Development Group, Inc., a real estate company involved in the acquisition, development, and management of retail properties in West Coast markets that is one of the region’s leading providers of multicultural community centers.
Rose Kaiserman
APRIL 15, 2022
