The West Hollywood Library Fund is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit governed by a board of directors and volunteers. Formed in 2007, we united through a common passion for our West Hollywood community, and a dedication to improving the library as well as the surrounding space so that it will continue to enrich the lives of residents today and in the future. 

Our Mission

The West Hollywood Library Fund seeks to improve the quality of life and opportunities for our community's diverse residents by enhancing their access to information, education programs, technology and each other.

Board of Directors

Christopher V.  Bonbright, Chair
Chair and CEO, Ramsey-Shilling Commercial Real Estate Services, Inc; Board of Directors of The West Hollywood Chamber of Commerce; President of the Board of Directors of The Hollywood Entertainment District Business Improvement District; and Board of Directors and Officer of the West Hollywood Marketing & Visitors Bureau 

James L. Arnone, Treasurer
Partner, Latham & Watkins LLP; Former Board Chair, AIDS Project Los Angeles; Board of Managers member, Ketchum-Downtown YMCA; Lecturer-in-Law, USC Law School

Jeffrey Seymour, Secretary
President, Seymour Consulting Group; member of Board of Directors of UCLA Foundation; committee member for Government Affairs of Jewish Family Service and Venice Family Clinic

Nic Adler
Owner of the Roxy Theatre; member of the Executive Committee of the Sunset Strip Business Association

Leslie Belzberg
Film producer and West Hollywood resident
 
Joseph A. Cislowski

West Hollywood resident
 
Genevieve Morrill
Founder of the nonprofit, Books with Feet, which transforms classic fictional short stories and novellas into staged performances; past Vice President of Marketing for Pacific Park on the Santa Monica Pier

Maxine Sonnenburg

Director, Legal Communications Company;  attorney and member of the Los Angeles Copyright Society; West Hollywood resident

Liaisons to West Hollywood City Council

John Heilman

Councilmember, City of West Hollywood and Professor of Law at Whittier Law School and the University of Southern California Law School

Abbe Land

Councilmember, City of West Hollywood and Co-Chief Executive Officer, The Los Angeles Free Clinic

Campaign Staff

Marc Haupert

Executive Director
MHaupert@weholibraryfund.org
  

Lily Johnson
Campaign Assistant
ljohnson@weholibraryfund.org