TITLE
Recommendation to receive Charter Commission appointments approved by the Personnel and Civil Service Committee pursuant to Section 509 of the City Charter and Section 2.03.065 of the Long Beach Municipal Code.
DISCUSSION
APPOINTMENTS
Ethics Commission
Susan Wise - Auditor Appointee - First Term through July 2023
Susan E. Anderson Wise is an attorney and has been a Long Beach resident since 1974. She
has served as a Port of Long Beach Harbor Commissioner and as a Governing Boardmember
of the Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority. Susan has been awarded the Soroptimist
lnternational of Long Beach Award, Woman of Distinction Award; Long Beach Bar
Association, Lawyer of the Year Award; and Legal Aid Foundation of Long Beach, Sommelier
d'Esprit Award. She received her Juris Doctorate from the University of Chicago.
James Shotwell - Auditor Appointee - First Term through July 2023
James Shotwell has been a resident of Long Beach for the past 13 years. He is Director,
Corporate Compliance & lnformation Governance at Southern California Edison. He is
responsible for the promotion of an ethical culture and the development, implementation and
oversight of company-wide programs for compliance management, affiliate compliance,
ptivacy compliance, information governance, and policy management. James received his Juris
Doctorate from the University of Arizona College of Law and is a part of the Ethics and
Compliance lnitiative (formerly ECOA).
Kimmy Maniquis - Mayor Appointee - First Term through July 2023
Kimmy Maniquis is the former Executive Director of CCEJ, the California Conference for
Equality and Justice, an organization based in Long Beach that works to transform individuals
and communities, heal conflicts and build unity. She has over a decade of service to CCEJ,
having led its flagship youth programs including Building Bridges Camp and other programs
throughout Southem California. She currently serves on the Human Relations Commission.
Som Rathmeny Eare (Laura Som)- Mayor Appointee- First Term through July 2023
Laura was 10 years old when she immigrated to Long Beach from a refugee camp in Cambodia.
She founded the MAYE Center which promotes individual healing through time-old
techniques of meditation, gardening, yoga, and education. She is the co-chair of Equity for
Cambodians to End Genymandering. Laura has a Biochemistry Degree from the University of
Riverside.
SUGGESTED ACTION
Approve recommendation.
Respectfully Submitted,
ROBERT GARCIA
MAYOR