Barry Garapedian is the senior partner of
Garapedian & Haye Group at Smith Barney and Director - Wealth
Management. His career with Smith Barney began in 1982. Since then,
he has been awarded the Barron's 100 Trip in 2006, 2007 and 2008, a
"best of the best" venue which brings together the top 1% of all
wealth managers, among all financial firms. For the past 17
consecutive years Barry has received Smith Barney's highest national
honor, a membership to the Director's Council, created for the top
5% of wealth managers at Smith Barney to appropriately recognize
some of the country's most elite wealth managers.
He has served as a career coach at Pepperdine University, mentoring
more than 100 students in recent years. His other philanthropic
involvements include serving as a board member of the Olive View
UCLA Medical Center, Armenian Film Foundation and as President of
the Pepperdine Crest Associates Executive Board.
Barry graduated from the University of Southern California with a
degree in public policy. Shortly thereafter he met his wife of 24
years, Sharon. They have two children, Melissa and Scotland.
Antoinette Hagopian is an advocate for Senior Concerns, a
multi-service agency for seniors and their families in Thousand
Oaks. She has a long career of public service in the Ventura County
community. She has served on the California Library Services Board
from 1989 to 1997 and the Library Restoration Committee. She is a
past president and current member of the Thousand Oaks Library
Foundation, which is working towards building a home for thousands
of scripts, recordings and other memorabilia from the Golden Age of
Radio--now stored in a cement basement in Hollywood, creating one of
the most expansive collections in the world. The library's current
collection, amassed over 18 years, includes more than 23,000 radio
and TV scripts and 5,000 hours of recordings. Featured personalities
include Norman Corwin, Carlton E. Morse and Rudy Vallee, whose
archives were acquired in 1987 when the foundation outbid the
Smithsonian Institute. Antoinette is also Vice President of Atlantis
Productions, which produced the first educational and public
television films on the Armenian genocide in the United States,
including “The Forgotten Genocide,” “Where are my People?” and
“Ararat Beckons.”
Rocky Lang has been involved in the motion picture and
television business for most of his life. Growing up as the son of
veteran producer and Universal Studios executive, Jennings Lang
(Earthquake, Play Misty For Me, among others), Rocky knew early on
that he wanted to write/produce and direct. Lang has produced and
directed five documentary films including the award-winning The
Making of Tootsie. He directed episodes of the long-running hit show
Remington Steele, then went on to direct three features, Nervous
Ticks (Columbia Tri-Star), Race For Glory (New Century Vista), and
All's Fair (Moviestore). He produced White Squall for
Disney/Hollywood Pictures starring Jeff Bridges, directed by Ridley
Scott. He produced the Emmy-Award winning Titanic, a 4-hour
mini-series for CBS. He recently Executive Produced, Racing For
Time, for Lifetime Television starring Charles Dutton. A
screenwriter as well, Rocky has written The Low Post, Crossing
Memphis (optioned by Quincy Jones and Columbia Pictures) and The
Babe That Struck out Ruth. He is the co-author of Confessions of
Emergency Room Doctors and Lara Takes Charge, an empowering book
aimed at children with diabetes -- which is in the hands of over
15,000 children, hospitals, and libraries. On May 29th, 2008, the
American Diabetes Association honored Rocky as ‘Father of The Year’
at The Beverly Hills Hotel for his advocacy for children living with
diabetes. His novel, The Big Nasty, will be published early 2010.
Donald E. Miller is a Firestone Professor of
Religion at the University of Southern California. He is the
Executive Director of the Center for Religion and Civic Culture at
USC as well as a professor of religion and sociology.
Professor Miller is the author, editor or co-author of nine bookers
including: Finding Faith: The Spiritual Quest
of the Post-Boomer Generation (Rutgers University Press,
2008), Global Pentecostalism: The New Face of
Christian Social Engagement (University of California Press,
2007), Armenia: Portraits of Survival and Hope
(University of California Press, 2003), GenX
Religion (Routledge, 2000), Reinventing
American Protestantism (University of California Press,
1997), Survivors: An Oral History of the
Armenian Genocide (University of California Press, 1993),
Homeless Families: The Struggle for Dignity
(University of Illinois Press, 1993), Writing
and Research in Religious Studies (Prentice Hall, 1992) and
The Case for Liberal Christianity
(Harper & Row, 1981). Currently he is writing a book with John
Miller on the role of religion for new immigrants in Los Angeles. He
is also very involved in several oral history projects in Rwanda
with survivors of the genocide. In addition, he has studied
religious NGOs in Armenia, Tanzania and Rwanda - which is the focus
of his current research.
He is married to Lorna Miller, Director of the Office for Creative
Connections at All Saints Episcopal Church in Pasadena. They have
two children, Arpi, a doctoral student in sociology at UCLA, and
Shont, an attorney practicing in Seattle.
Jerry Papazian is the Managing Director of
Fountainhead Associates, a management consulting firm specializing
in organizational, financial, internal development and strategic
growth advisory services.
He served as President of the USC Alumni Associate from 1995 to 1996
and as a member of the USC Board of Trustees from 1995 to 1999. He
is a Henry Crown Fellow of the Aspen Institute. He also serves as a
member of the board of various non-profit foundations, including the
Armenian Film Foundation.
Jerry received his B.A. in Economics from USC, and his JD and MBA
from UCLA, where he was a member of the law review.
