Our Wildwood, Summer 2018, Volume 43

Meet Our New Board Members

Clare Bronowski FAMILY: Clare and her husband Jeff Lee have two daughters who were Wildwood “lifers:” Tessa (Wildwood School ’12, NYU, Tisch ’16) and Abby (Wildwood School ’15, Oberlin College ‘19). BUSINESS AND BACKGROUND: Clare is a partner in the law firm Glaser Weil LLP, specializing in real estate, land use, and government affairs. Her practice covers a wide range of real estate development areas, including environmental law, zoning, planning, and permitting for

commercial, institutional, residential, and nonprofit clients. She has been civically involved in local government—before law school, she began her career working for the Los Angeles City Council. She served on the Los Angeles County Beach Commission, the Baldwin Hills Conservancy, the City of Los Angeles Convention Center Commission, and the City of Los Angeles Civil Service Commission. She is a former governor of the Century City Bar Association, and a former board member for Alternative Living for the Aging, a senior affordable housing provider. Clare has served on the Wildwood School Building and Grounds Committee for many years and has assisted the school with land-use matters for both the elementary and middle and upper campus. She was born in England, grew up in La Jolla, California, and attended public schools. Clare received her bachelor’s degree from Harvard University and her law degree from UCLA.

Glenda Martinez

FAMILY: Glenda and her husband Rubencio Quintana have a daughter enrolled at Wildwood.

BUSINESS AND BACKGROUND: Glenda is a consultant in employment and labor law. Previously, she was senior vice president and associate general counsel at Univision Communications Inc. and headed its legal department’s Los Angeles office. Before joining Univision in 1995, Glenda was an associate at the law firm of Morrison & Foerster in Los Angeles. Glenda served as a

commissioner in the West Los Angeles Area Planning Commission from 2006 to 2013 and held the positions of president and vice president. She also served on several nonprofit boards. Currently, she is serving on the boards of Upward Bound House and the Central American Resource Center (CARECEN) where she holds the position of secretary. Glenda graduated from Yale University, cum laude, and earned her Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School.

Kira Arné Powell-Verica

FAMILY: Kira and her husband Tom Verica have two children enrolled at Wildwood.

BUSINESS AND BACKGROUND: Kira is a playwright and Child Defender Fellow with the Children’s Defense Fund. She consults with community-based organizations and entertainment and media professionals, expanding their business interests to include constructive programming to enrich and empower young people through arts, equity, and

social innovation. She is the former Artistic Director of Talking Drum, a theater company focused on emerging and diverse playwrights with site-specific theater and grassroots arts youth programs in New York City. Kira began her career as a television writer and screenwriter at the HBO Workspace LA. She is the inaugural recipient of the New Professional Theater Award and an alum of writers’ labs at Playwrights Horizons in New York and the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles. A member of the Dramatist Guild and the WGAW, she was a Ford model and worked as an actress in stage, television, and film. Kira is currently the legislative chair for the San Fernando Valley Chapter of Jack and Jill of America, Inc. Her long-standing community involvement includes troop leader for Girl Scouts of America, United Nations Women, Get Up, Stand Up LA, and as a Sherman Oaks Nursery School board member. Kira is a member of the Wildwood Diversity Task Force and served on the Assessment of Inclusivity and Multiculturalism (AIM) Steering Committee.

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