Frank V. Zerunyan
- Professor of the Practice of Governance, USC Price School of Public Policy
- Director, Executive Education Forum at the USC Bedrosian CenterDirector, Executive Education Forum at the USC Bedrosian Center and The Neely Center for Ethical Leadership and Decision Making
- Director and University Liaison to USC Reserve Officer Training Corp (ROTC) Programs
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Expertise Summary
Expert in governance and leadership
Expertise
- local governments
- governance
- negotiation
- leadership
- public-private partnerships
- executive education
- legal profession
- public speaking
- rule of law
Languages
- French
- Armenian
- Turkish
Additional Information
Additional Information
- City of Rolling Hills Estates, three-term Mayor and Council Member (2003-Present)
- City of Rolling Hills Estates, Planning Commissioner (1999-2003, Chair 2002-2003)
- Former Member, Medical Board of California; Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger appointee (2006-2011) (Confirmed by California Senate 2007)
- Past member, President’s Commission on White House Fellowships Selection Panel (President George W. Bush, 2008)
- Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG), Energy and Environment and Water Task Force Policy Committee member (2005-2007)
- Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG), Community Economic and Human Development Policy Committee member (2013-Present)
- Past president, California Contract Cities Association (2008-2009)
- Former Chairman of Board of Governors, International Armenian Bar Association (2006-2008)
- Little Company of Mary Hospitals, Service Task Force member (2003-2005)
- Former Chairman of the Board, Daniel Freeman Hospitals Foundation (2002)
- League of California Cities Leadership Institute (2005)
- Armenian National Committee of America Policy Advisory Committee and Legal Counsel (1995-2005)
- Former board member, County of Los Angeles Sanitation District
- Former board member, Palos Verdes Peninsula Transit Authority (2006 and 2010-2013 and 2015)
- Former advisory board member, Business Technology Center of County of Los Angeles (2000-2015)
- Former member, Regional Law Committee Palos Verdes Peninsula (2007-2009 and 2012-2014 and 2017-2018)
Book or Book Chapters
- Negotiation for Public Administration Professionals (Vandeplas Publishing, 2019)
- Public-Private Partnerships; Construction, Protection, and Rehabilitation of Critical Infrastructure (Editors Robert Clark and Simon Hakim, Springer, 2019)
- Next-Generation Ethics; Engineering a Better Society (Editor Ali E. Abbas, Cambridge University Press, 2019)