Los Angeles County Fair Association Board of Directors
Michael Driebe
Board Chair
Joined Fair Association: 2005
Michael Driebe was named Board Chair in 2025. He has been a Director since 2019, and served as Board Vice Chair 2023 to 2025. He also served as Chair of the Finance and Compensation Committee, and Investment Committee, as well as the Governance and Nominating Committee and Executive Committee. He also served a member of the Board of Directors of The Learning Centers at Fairplex. Mr. Driebe previously served as President of Methodist Hospital Foundation, a sole support foundation for Methodist Hospital of Southern California, prior to its conversion to USC Medical – Arcadia. He is an active community member and has served the Association of Fundraising Professionals – Greater Los Angeles Chapter as Treasurer, Secretary, and President. Mr. Driebe is a member of the Rotary Club of San Marino, is a Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE), and holds a Certificate in Fund Raising Management from Indiana University. He received a master’s degree in Leadership and Management from the University of La Verne.
Margarita Luna
Vice Chair
Joined Fair Association: 2019
Margarita Luna was named Director in 2022 and Vice Chair of Board in 2025. She also serves as Chair of the Governance and Nominating Committee. She is a Senior Program Manager at The California Endowment who focuses on developing health and racial equity investment strategies in underserved communities, particularly in San Bernardino and Riverside counties. Ms. Luna also serves as Chair for the Inland Empire Funders Alliance, organizing and leading five collective impact and pooled fund efforts. She attended the University of California Los Angeles, where she earned a Master of Social Welfare in Health Services and a Master of Public Health in Community Health Sciences.
Dr. Linda Bosserman
Secretary of the Board
Joined Fair Association: 2001
Linda was named Director in 2016 and has served as the secretary of the Board of Directors since 2017. She served as Chair on the Audit Committee, as well as serving on the Investment Committee. Dr. Bosserman is a Professor of Medical Oncology and Director of Value-Based Care and the Center for International Medicine. After practicing oncology in our community for 26 years her practice joined City of Hope in 2014. Dr. Bosserman focuses her professional work with academic and community clinicians to deliver the latest cancer care and clinical trials through collaborations and technology. She served four years on the board of directors for the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), was elected Fellow of ASCO, and was chosen and served three years as Editor-in-chief of ASCO’s Oncology Practice journal. She has served on many other boards and committees for regional, state, and national oncology organizations including the California American Cancer Society. She has been recognized by her peers as one of the top 4 percent Best Doctors in the US annually since 2005. She writes and lectures for professionals and the public on high-quality, value-based cancer care incorporating personalized precision cancer therapies. Dr. Bosserman is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, Stanford Medical School, and the Dana Farber Cancer Institute/Harvard Medical School Oncology Fellowship program. She is a former faculty member at Stanford and Harvard Schools of Medicine. Outside of LACFA and her career, Dr. Bosserman enjoys delighting guests with delicious, healthy cooking, as well as for her family, eight grown children, and 13 grandchildren.
Heidi Hanson
Director
Joined Fair Association: 2008
Heidi Hanson was named Director in 2014 and served as Chair of the Board 2019 to 2023. She has also served on the Finance committee for the Child Development Center at Fairplex and the Career and Technical Education Center’s agriculture advisory committee, a program of The Learning Centers at Fairplex. Mrs. Hanson has worked at Rain Bird for over 20 years and was named Board Chair for Rain Bird International in 2025. Mrs. Hanson has a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Business from Lafayette College, a Master of Accounting with a Concentration in Tax from the University of Southern California, and an Executive MBA from the Drucker School of Management at Claremont Graduate University. She is married with three children, all of whom attended the Child Development Center at Fairplex.
Gerald Freeny
Director
Joined Fair Association: 2020
Gerald was named Director in 2023, and currently serves as Chair of the Finance and Compensation Committee. Gerald is Past President of the Tournament of Roses, and served for over 34 years as a member of the Tournament. Gerald has extensive community involvement and memberships, including for the Rose Bowl Legacy Foundation, Pasadena Police Foundation, the United Way, and is a member and past Polemarch of Pasadena Alumni Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity and Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity Gamma Zeta Boule. Gerald holds a BS in Business Administration and Finance from Cal State LA.
Heidi Gallegos, IOM
Director
Joined Fair Association: 2010
Heidi L. Gallegos, IOM was named Director in 2020. She served as Chair on the Governance and Nominating Committee, as well as on the Finance and Compensation Committee. She is currently the President of Aligned Insight Consulting; a boutique consulting firm aiding non-profits and other 501(c)’ take their collective vision for their organization from thoughts to success.
As a former Trustee for the Rowland Unified School District in the San Gabriel Valley and as an Executive Officer for Chambers of Commerce in and around Southern California, Ms. Gallegos understands the connection between K-12 education and business. She started a non-profit organization to aid seniors, both high school and persons over the age of 55, to seek entrepreneurial opportunities as a way of finding one’s true calling in life. Ms. Gallegos studied Organizational Management at the Bible Institute of Los Angeles (BIOLA) and earned certification with the US Chamber of Commerce Institute for Organizational Management, a four-year master’s course program on non-profit management. Ms. Gallegos is originally from the San Gabriel Valley but currently lives in Temescal Valley with her husband Bob. She enjoys time with her five adult children and seven grandchildren.
Peter Hidalgo
Director
Appointed: 2021
Peter Hidalgo was appointed as a Director in 2021, representing LA County Fifth District Supervisor Kathryn Barger. He served as Chair of the Audit Committee, and served on the Finance and Compensation Committee, as well as the Investment Committee. He is a seasoned government affairs and communications leader, elected official, youth mentor with more than 20 years of experience in the private and public sector. Mr. Hidalgo is a Spectrum government affairs executive with responsibility for local government relations throughout greater Los Angeles County. As an elected official, Peter is a member of the Walnut-based Mt. San Antonio College Board of Trustees. His previous employment includes the City of Los Angeles as Council Chief of Staff and as Mayor’s Press Secretary. He has held leadership roles in corporate communications with Southern California Gas Company and was part of the start-up team that launched the region’s long-distance commuter rail system, Metrolink as Director of External Affairs.
He serves on the Boards of the LA’s BEST, Just Us 4 Youth the San Gabriel Valley Public Affairs Network, The Learning Centers at Fairplex, Los Angeles County Business Federation and the San Gabriel Valley Economic Partnership. Peter was born in Ecuador and is fluent in Spanish. He holds a Bachelor and a Master of Organizational Leadership from Azusa Pacific University.
Gil Ivey
Director
Joined Fair Association: 2008
Gilbert F. Ivey was named Director in 2021, and currently serves as Chair of the Investment Committee. He also serves on the Governance and Nominating Committee. He retired from the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California as the chief administrative officer. He serves on numerous boards and commissions, including executive boards of the Los Angeles Central City Association, the Valley Industry and Commerce Association, and the American Association of Blacks in Energy. He was re-elected as the Vice Chair of the Cooperative Economic Empowerment Movement (CEEM). He is a member of San Diego’s prestigious Catfish Club, Greater San Diego and Los Angeles Area Chambers of Commerce, and serves on the city of La Verne’s Youth & Family Action Committee Executive Board. Mr. Ivey is a recipient of the American Society for Public Administration Los Angeles Metro Chapter’s Tom Bradley Equal Opportunity Award in 2004, and the Greater Los Angeles African American Chamber of Commerce award in 2005. Mr. Ivey earned a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from California State University Dominguez Hills and numerous professional designations and certifications in management from both Pepperdine University and the University of Southern California.
John Landherr
Director
Joined Fair Association: 2013
John Landherr was named Director in 2015 and Vice Chair of the Board in 2021 and served as Board Chair 2023 to 2025. He served as the LACFA Finance Committee Chair and was elected Chair of the Fairplex Enterprises Inc Board in 2025. Mr. Landherr is Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of A-Z Bus Sales Inc., a transportation dealer-distributor serving the education, government, public sector, commercial, and private fleet markets with a broad portfolio of bus solutions in several states. He has over 28 years of experience in executive leadership roles at multiple companies. Before joining A-Z he served as President of Certified Aviation Services (CAS) where he was responsible for leading its growth from a regional provider to an international aircraft services company with 25 locations across the US serving all major commercial airlines both domestically and abroad.
Mr. Landherr served in the U.S. Marine Corps as a CH-53 Super Stallion weapons and tactics instructor pilot at the Marine Corps’ aviation squadron, MAWTS-1, where he was the subject matter expert for combat search and rescue operations.
A native of Temple, Texas, Mr. Landherr earned a bachelor’s degree from the US Naval Academy and an MBA in Finance from Texas A&M University. He is married with three children.
Dr. Devorah Lieberman
Director
Joined Fair Association: 2011
Dr. Devorah Lieberman was named Director in 2021. She serves as Vice Chair of the Audit Committee, and also serves on the Investment Committee. She is the Past President for the University of La Verne and brings more than 30 years of higher education experience, scholarship, and leadership to the institution. Dr. Lieberman is currently Chair-Elect of the New American Colleges & Universities (NAC&U), and serves on the Boards of the Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities (CUMU), the Association of Independent California Colleges and Universities (AICCU), Casa Colina Centers for Rehabilitation, La Plaza de Cultura y Artes, and the LA Chamber of Commerce. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Communication Studies from Humboldt State University, a master’s degree in Intercultural Communication from San Diego State University, and a Ph.D. in Intercultural Communication and Gerontology from the University of Florida. She and her husband Roger Auerbach have two daughters, Alicea and Emery.
Andrea Moreno
Director
Appointed to the Board: 2024
Andrea serves an appointed Board Director representing Los Angeles County First District Supervisor Hilda Solis. She currently serves as the Commissioner for the First District in Pomona Field Office.
Lupita Sanchez-Cornejo
Director
Joined Fair Association: 2019
Lupita was named Director in 2025, and serves on the Audit Committee and Finance and Compensation Committee. Lupita is Regional Assistant Vice President of External and Legislative Affairs for AT&T Services Inc. She also serves on the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, and has been appointed to many state and local commissions through her career. Lupita is a USC graduate, with a BS in Political Science and a Master’s in Public Administration.
Kiana Webb
Director
Joined Fair Association: 2009
Kiana Webb was named Director in 2018 and currently serves on the LACFA Audit Committee and Finance Committee. She is Founder and CEO of Glorious Arisings, and President of Webb Family Enterprises, a management company that oversees numerous business lines through the lens of pursuing parity. Ms. Webb leads passionately, always striving to attain a higher degree of excellence, with the intention for those around her to reach their ultimate potential. She is an active participant in professional and social organizations, is an inspirational leader, a motivational speaker, and a community philanthropist. Ms. Webb is an advocate for improving the lives of women, children, and people of color, and is the proud mother of three children.