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Cynthia McClain-Hill
Department of Water and Power Board Member
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Born	Cynthia McClain; November 10, 1957 (age 67); Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Education	University of California Los Angeles (BA); University of California Los Angeles (JD)

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Cynthia McClain-Hill (born Cynthia McClain; November 10, 1957) is an American lawyer, policy strategist, and co-founder of Strategic Counsel, PLC. McClain-Hill represents clients engaged in significant real estate development efforts or other land use related matters, provides counsel on a variety of public-private partnerships, and is recognized as one of California’s “Super Lawyers”.^[1]

McClain-Hill has served on multiple public and private sector boards and regulatory commissions including Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners, California Coastal Commission, the California Fair Political Practices Commission, Community Redevelopment Agency Commission, and the CalEPA Environmental Justice Advisory Working Group.^[2]

Biography

McClain-Hill attended the University of California Los Angeles, graduating in 1978 with a Bachelor of Arts Political Science and completed her Juris Doctor from UCLA's School of Law three years later.^[1] She was the UCLA Student Body President and First Vice President of the Class of 1976-1977.^[3]

In 1995, McClain-Hill was working at CS First Boston when her entire Public Finance Department was laid off.^[4] Following the lay-off, McClain-Hill start her own practice, McClain-Hill & Associates, now known as Strategic Counsel, PLC. She calls this move in her life as her becoming an “accidental entrepreneur”.^[1]

“I always tell people that I was an accidental entrepreneur. I didn’t set out to be in business. I set out to do a particular thing and to have a particular career.”

McClain-Hill was appointed to the City of Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency Commission in 1993.^[5] She has worked in the Small and Local Business Advisory Commission, the Los Angeles Mayor's Economic Advisory Council, and appointed to the California Coastal Commission by former California Governor Gray Davis in March 1999. She was also one of five co-chairs for his transition team after his election to office.

On August 3, 2016, McClain-Hill was sworn in as a member of the Los Angeles Police Commission after being nominated by Mayor Eric Garcetti^[6] McClain-Hill is one of two black commissioners, as well as its third female member.^[7]

In 2018, after concluding her time with the Los Angeles Police Commission, McClain-Hill was confirmed into the Board of Commissioners of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power by the Los Angeles City Council on August 16, 2018.^[8] As appointed by Mayor Eric Garcetti, she will serve a four-year term and replaced former Board Vice-President William W. Funderburk, Jr.^[8]

Achievements and awards

In an annual survey of more than 65,000 of her peers, McClain-Hill was named one of Southern California’s “Super Lawyers”, from 2005-2007 and 2013-2015.^[9]

McClain-Hill was the 2008 - 2009 National President of the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO).^[8] She was also the former president of the Los Angeles chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO-LA) from 1999-2001.^[1] McClain-Hill is a recipient of the U.S. Small Business Administration's "Women in Business Advocate Award" from NAWBO, the first annual "Ruth Standish Baldwin Award" from the Greater Sacramento Urban League, and the "Thurgood Marshall Award" from Minorities in Business Magazine.^[1]

Personal life

Cynthia McClain-Hill is married with two children.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "CYNTHIA MCCLAIN HILL BIO" (PDF). UCLA Luskin. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
^ Sentinel News Service (September 13, 2018). "Los Angeles City Council Confirms Cynthia McClain-Hill as New LADWP Commissioner". Los Angeles Sentinel. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
^ "Historical Roster" (PDF). Undergraduate Students Association Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 July 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
^ Wayne, Leslie (27 February 1995). "CS First Boston's Exit Leads to New Bond Firm". The New York Times. New York Times. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
^ "City Hall Can't Be Run Like a Boardroom : *Los Angeles: The flap over CRA appointees shows that Riordan still doesn't understand the need for consensus building". Los Angeles Times. 9 February 1996. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
^ "Black Attorney Takes Seat On Police Commission". Wave Newspapers. Anne Artley. Archived from the original on 6 February 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
^ "Garcetti nominates attorney Cynthia McClain-Hill to Police Commission". Los Angeles Times. July 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Welcome Commissioner Cynthia McClain-Hill". LADWP Intake. Ellen Cheng. 10 January 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
^ "Cynthia McClain-Hill". Super Lawyers. Retrieved 9 November 2019.

[:0-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "CYNTHIA MCCLAIN HILL BIO" (PDF). UCLA Luskin. Retrieved 9 November 2019.

[2] Sentinel News Service (September 13, 2018). "Los Angeles City Council Confirms Cynthia McClain-Hill as New LADWP Commissioner". Los Angeles Sentinel. Retrieved 9 November 2019.

[3] "Historical Roster" (PDF). Undergraduate Students Association Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 July 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2019.

[4] Wayne, Leslie (27 February 1995). "CS First Boston's Exit Leads to New Bond Firm". The New York Times. New York Times. Retrieved 9 November 2019.

[5] "City Hall Can't Be Run Like a Boardroom : *Los Angeles: The flap over CRA appointees shows that Riordan still doesn't understand the need for consensus building". Los Angeles Times. 9 February 1996. Retrieved 2 November 2019.

[6] "Black Attorney Takes Seat On Police Commission". Wave Newspapers. Anne Artley. Archived from the original on 6 February 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2019.

[7] "Garcetti nominates attorney Cynthia McClain-Hill to Police Commission". Los Angeles Times. July 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2019.

[Ellen_Cheng-8] "Welcome Commissioner Cynthia McClain-Hill". LADWP Intake. Ellen Cheng. 10 January 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2019.

[9] "Cynthia McClain-Hill". Super Lawyers. Retrieved 9 November 2019.

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-'''Cynthia McClain-Hill '''(born Cynthia McClain; November 10, 1957) is an American lawyer, policy strategist, and co-founder of Strategic Counsel, PLC. As the firm’s leader of regulatory, land use and environmental law practices, McClain-HIll is recognized as one of California’s “Super Lawyers”.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Strategic Counsel Team |url=http://strategicounsel.com/index.php/team/ |website=The Strategic Counsel |accessdate=22 October 2019}}</ref> She provides advice to a wide range of policymakers while serving the Los Angeles community in multiple facets. As a member of the [[Department of Water and Power]], Cynthia contributes to her community through a unique record of civic activities. <ref>{{cite web |title=Welcome Commissioner Cynthia McClain-Hill |url=http://www.ladwpintake.com/welcome-commissioner-cynthia-mcclain-hill/ |website=LADWP Intake Magazine |accessdate=1 November 2019}}</ref>
+'''Cynthia McClain-Hill '''(born '''Cynthia McClain'''; November 10, 1957) is an American lawyer, policy strategist, and co-founder of Strategic Counsel, PLC. McClain-Hill represents clients engaged in significant real estate development efforts or other land use related matters, provides counsel on a variety of public-private partnerships, and is recognized as one of California’s “Super Lawyers”.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |title=CYNTHIA MCCLAIN HILL BIO |url=https://luskin.ucla.edu/sites/default/files/download-pdfs/CYNTHIA%20MCCLAIN%20HILL%20BIO%209.12.pdf |website=UCLA Luskin |accessdate=9 November 2019}}</ref>
-Ms. McClain-Hill has served on multiple public and private sector boards and regulatory commissions including the Department of Water and Power,  Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners, California Coastal Commission, the California Fair Political Practices Commission and the CalEPA Environmental Justice Advisory Working Group. <ref>{{cite web |title=Cynthia McClain-Hill |url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/cynthia-mcclain-hill-761b027/ |website=LinkedIn |accessdate=1 November 2019}}</ref>
+McClain-Hill has served on multiple public and private sector boards and regulatory commissions including [[Los Angeles Department of Water and Power]], [[Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners]], California Coastal Commission, the [[California Fair Political Practices Commission]], Community Redevelopment Agency Commission, and the CalEPA Environmental Justice Advisory Working Group.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sentinel News Service |title=Los Angeles City Council Confirms Cynthia McClain-Hill as New LADWP Commissioner |url=https://lasentinel.net/los-angeles-city-council-confirms-cynthia-mcclain-hill-as-new-ladwp-commissioner.html |accessdate=9 November 2019 |agency=Los Angeles Sentinel |date=September 13, 2018}}</ref>
+== Biography ==
-== Early Life and Education ==
-Cynthia was born on November 10, 1957 in Los Angeles, CA  and is the oldest of three children with two younger siblings, Christine McClain and Cheryl McClain. Her parents, Harvey McClain of Waco, Texas and  Matthew McClain from Oak Grove, Louisiana met while both were leaving in the Los Angeles area. Harvey was in the U.S. Navy and travelled on tours often, leaving McClain-Hill, her mother, and her sisters home in Orange County, California.
-McClain-Hill graduated from Fountain Valley High School in 1974 at the age of 16. She attended the [[University of California Los Angeles]], graduating in 1978 with a Bachelor of Arts [[Political Science]] and completed her [[Juris Doctorate]] from UCLA's School of Law three years later. She was admitted to practice law in the State of California in 1981.<ref>{{cite web |title=CYNTHIA MCCLAIN HILL BIO |url=https://luskin.ucla.edu/sites/default/files/download-pdfs/CYNTHIA%20MCCLAIN%20HILL%20BIO%209.12.pdf |website=UCLA Luskin |accessdate=1 November 2019}}</ref> During her undergrad at UCLA, McClain-Hill was the Student Body President of her class in 1976 while also working the switchboard at Mai Company.
+McClain-Hill attended the [[University of California Los Angeles]], graduating in 1978 with a Bachelor of Arts [[Political Science]] and completed her [[Juris Doctor]] from UCLA's School of Law three years later.<ref name=":0" /> She was the UCLA Student Body President and First Vice President of the Class of 1976-1977.<ref>{{cite web |title=Historical Roster |url=https://usac.ucla.edu/documents/docs/Historical%20Roster.pdf |website=Undergraduate Students Association Council |accessdate=9 November 2019 |archive-date=15 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200715195124/https://usac.ucla.edu/documents/docs/Historical%20Roster.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
+In 1995, McClain-Hill was working at CS First Boston when her entire Public Finance Department was laid off.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wayne |first1=Leslie |title=CS First Boston's Exit Leads to New Bond Firm |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/02/27/business/cs-first-boston-s-exit-leads-to-new-bond-firm.html |accessdate=9 November 2019 |agency=New York Times |date=27 February 1995}}</ref> Following the lay-off, McClain-Hill start her own practice, McClain-Hill & Associates, now known as Strategic Counsel, PLC. She calls this move in her life as her becoming an “accidental entrepreneur”.<ref name=":0" />
-== Career ==
-McClain-Hill started her career at Fine Perzik and Friedman in 1982 specializing in corporate and commercial law. She continued her career at [[Federal Communications Commission]] in the nation’s capital working in the Common Carrier Bureau, before taking the position as Vice President in the Los Angeles office of New York based [[CS First Boston]].  Though, based in New York, McClain was splitting time between New York and her family in Los Angeles. '''(SOURCE)'''
+{{Quote
-In '''(year of layoff)''' CS First Boston laid off its entire Public Finance Department. McClain-Hill being one of those employees laid off, used the opportunity to partner with Bill Davis to start her own law firm in 1987, McClain-Hill Associates, now known as Strategic Counsel, PLC. '''(Source)'''. She calls this move in her life as her becoming an “accidental entrepreneur”.<ref>{{cite web |title=CynthiaMcClainHillRev |url=http://www.lorinbeller.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/CynthiaMcClainHillRev.pdf |website=Lorin Beller |accessdate=30 October 2019}}</ref>
-“I always tell people that I was an accidental entrepreneur. I didn’t set out to be in business. I set out to do a particular thing and to have a particular career.” <ref>{{cite web |title=CynthiaMcClainHillRev |url=http://www.lorinbeller.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/CynthiaMcClainHillRev.pdf |website=Lorin Beller |accessdate=30 October 2019}}</ref>
+|text=“I always tell people that I was an accidental entrepreneur. I didn’t set out to be in business. I set out to do a particular thing and to have a particular career.”}}McClain-Hill was appointed to the City of Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency Commission in 1993.<ref>{{cite web |title=City Hall Can't Be Run Like a Boardroom : *Los Angeles: The flap over CRA appointees shows that Riordan still doesn't understand the need for consensus building. |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-02-09-me-34018-story.html |website=Los Angeles Times |date=9 February 1996 |accessdate=2 November 2019}}</ref> She has worked in the Small and Local Business Advisory Commission, the Los Angeles Mayor's Economic Advisory Council, and appointed to the [[California Coastal Commission]] by former California Governor [[Gray Davis]] in March 1999. She was also one of five co-chairs for his transition team after his election to office.
+On August 3, 2016, McClain-Hill was sworn in as a member of the [[Los Angeles Police Commission]] after being nominated by [[Mayor Eric Garcetti]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Black Attorney Takes Seat On Police Commission |url=http://wavenewspapers.com/black-attorney-takes-seat-on-police-commission/ |website=Wave Newspapers |publisher=Anne Artley |accessdate=1 November 2019 |archive-date=6 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190206011438/http://wavenewspapers.com/black-attorney-takes-seat-on-police-commission/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
-Since starting Strategic Counsel, PLC, McClain-Hill has connected herself in service with a number of public-sector boards and commissions. McClain was appointed to the Community Redevelopment Agency Commission in 1993.<ref>{{cite web |title=City Hall Can’t Be Run Like a Boardroom : *Los Angeles: The flap over CRA appointees shows that Riordan still doesn’t understand the need for consensus building. |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-02-09-me-34018-story.html |website=Los Angeles Times |publisher=Cynthia McClain-Hill |accessdate=2 November 2019}}</ref>. She has worked in the Small and Local Business Advisory Commission, the Los Angeles Mayor's Economic Advisory Council, and appointed to the [[California Coastal Commission]] by former California Governor [[Gray Davis]] in March 1999. She was one of five co-chairs for his transition team after his election to office.
+McClain-Hill is one of two black commissioners, as well as its third female member.<ref>{{cite web |title=Garcetti nominates attorney Cynthia McClain-Hill to Police Commission |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-new-police-commissioner-20160630-snap-story.html |website=Los Angeles Times |date=July 2016 |accessdate=1 November 2019}}</ref>
+In 2018, after concluding her time with the Los Angeles Police Commission, McClain-Hill was confirmed into the Board of Commissioners of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power by the Los Angeles City Council on August 16, 2018.<ref name="Ellen Cheng">{{cite web |title=Welcome Commissioner Cynthia McClain-Hill |url=http://www.ladwpintake.com/welcome-commissioner-cynthia-mcclain-hill/ |website=LADWP Intake |date=10 January 2019 |publisher=Ellen Cheng |accessdate=1 November 2019}}</ref> As appointed by [[Mayor Eric Garcetti]], she will serve a four-year term and replaced former Board Vice-President William W. Funderburk, Jr.<ref name="Ellen Cheng"/>
-In an annual survey of more than 65,000 of her peers, McClain has been consistently named one of Southern California’s “Super Lawyers”, a distinction reserved for the top five percent of California’s practicing attorneys.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cynthia McClain-Hill Bio |url=https://luskin.ucla.edu/sites/default/files/download-pdfs/CYNTHIA%20MCCLAIN%20HILL%20BIO%209.12.pdf |website=UCLA Luskin |accessdate=30 October 2019}}</ref>
-[[File:Cynthia McClain-Hill, Johnnie Cochran, Mark Ridley-Thomas.jpg|thumb|Cynthia McClain-Hill, Johnnie Cochran, Mark Ridley-Thomas are pictured here in the home of Mr. Cochran]]
-On August 3, 2016, McClain-Hill was sworn in as a member of the Los Angeles Police Commission after being nominated by [[Mayor Eric Garcetti]] <ref>{{cite web |title=Black Attorney Takes Seat On Police Commission |url=http://wavenewspapers.com/black-attorney-takes-seat-on-police-commission/ |website=Wave Newspapers |publisher=Anne Artley |accessdate=1 November 2019}}</ref>
-McClain-Hil is one of two black commissioners, as well as its third female member.<ref>{{cite web |title=Garcetti nominates attorney Cynthia McClain-Hill to Police Commission |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-new-police-commissioner-20160630-snap-story.html |website=Los Angeles Times |publisher=Kate Mather |accessdate=1 November 2019}}</ref> '''WHEN DID THAT END?'''
-On August 16, 2018, McClain was confirmed into the Board of Commissioners of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power by the Los Angeles City Council. <ref>{{cite web |title=Welcome Commissioner Cynthia McClain-Hill |url=http://www.ladwpintake.com/welcome-commissioner-cynthia-mcclain-hill/ |website=LADWP Intake |publisher=Ellen Cheng |accessdate=1 November 2019}}</ref> As appointed by [[Mayor Eric Garcetti]], she will serve a four-year term and replaced former Board Vice-President [[William W. Funderburk, Jr]]. <ref>{{cite web |title=Welcome Commissioner Cynthia McClain-Hill |url=http://www.ladwpintake.com/welcome-commissioner-cynthia-mcclain-hill/ |website=LADWP Intake |publisher=Ellen Cheng |accessdate=1 November 2019}}</ref>
-[[File:Ava DuVernay showcases New Documentary ‘13th’ at Nate Holden Performing Arts Center.jpg|thumb|Cynthia McClain-Hill Esq. pictured with Areva Martin, [[Nipsey Hussle]], '''(GUY IN MIDDLE)''' [[Ava DuVernay]] and Dr. [[Melina Abdullah]] at the showcase Documentary of ‘[[13th]]’ at Nate Holden Performing Arts Center in Los Angeles]]
-== Achievements and Awards ==
+=== Achievements and awards ===
-McClain-Hill has been featured in numerous publications and interviewed by leading television and radio shows. McClain is a recipient of the U.S. Small Business Administration's "Women in Business Advocate Award." <ref>{{cite web |title=Cynthia McClain-Hill Bio |url=https://luskin.ucla.edu/sites/default/files/download-pdfs/CYNTHIA%20MCCLAIN%20HILL%20BIO%209.12.pdf |website=UCLA Luskin |accessdate=30 October 2019}}</ref>
+In an annual survey of more than 65,000 of her peers, McClain-Hill was named one of Southern California’s “Super Lawyers”, from 2005-2007 and 2013-2015.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cynthia McClain-Hill |url=https://profiles.superlawyers.com/california-southern/los-angeles/lawyer/cynthia-mcclain-hill/3895546b-2a00-42d8-aac6-943db5210ea8.html |website=Super Lawyers |accessdate=9 November 2019}}</ref>
-McClain was the 2008 - 2009 National President of the [[National Association of Women Business Owners]] (NAWBO). <ref>{{cite web |title=Welcome Commissioner Cynthia McClain-Hill |url=http://www.ladwpintake.com/welcome-commissioner-cynthia-mcclain-hill/ |website=LADWP Intake |publisher=Ellen Cheng |accessdate=1 November 2019}}</ref> She was also the former president of the Los Angeles chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO-LA) '''(Term)''' <ref>{{cite web |title=Cynthia McClain-Hill Bio |url=https://luskin.ucla.edu/sites/default/files/download-pdfs/CYNTHIA%20MCCLAIN%20HILL%20BIO%209.12.pdf |website=UCLA Luskin |accessdate=30 October 2019}}</ref> Having been honored for her leadership in business and civic organizations, McClain-HIll has received the U.S. Small Business Administration's "Women in Business Advocate Award," the 2005 Chapter Public Policy Advocate of the Year Award" from NAWBO, the first annual "Ruth Standish Baldwin Award" from the Greater Sacramento Urban League, and the "Thurgood Marshall Award" from Minorities in Business Magazine. <ref>{{cite web |title=Cynthia McClain-Hill Bio |url=https://luskin.ucla.edu/sites/default/files/download-pdfs/CYNTHIA%20MCCLAIN%20HILL%20BIO%209.12.pdf |website=UCLA Luskin |accessdate=30 October 2019}}</ref>
-In September 2007, she was featured in ESSENCE Magazine. <ref>{{cite web |title=Cynthia McClain-Hill Bio |url=https://luskin.ucla.edu/sites/default/files/download-pdfs/CYNTHIA%20MCCLAIN%20HILL%20BIO%209.12.pdf |website=UCLA Luskin |accessdate=30 October 2019}}</ref>
+McClain-Hill was the 2008 - 2009 National President of the [[National Association of Women Business Owners]] (NAWBO).<ref name="Ellen Cheng"/> She was also the former president of the Los Angeles chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO-LA) from 1999-2001.<ref name=":0" /> McClain-Hill is a recipient of the U.S. Small Business Administration's "Women in Business Advocate Award" from NAWBO, the first annual "Ruth Standish Baldwin Award" from the Greater Sacramento Urban League, and the "Thurgood Marshall Award" from Minorities in Business Magazine.<ref name=":0" />
-==== Professional Legal Experience ====
+== Personal life ==
-* '''Managing Director''', McClain-Hill Associates, 1995 to present
+Cynthia McClain-Hill is married with two children.<ref name=":0" />
-* '''Partner''', Davis & Hill, 1987-1993
-* '''Senior Attorney''', Federal Communications Commission, Tariffs Division, 1985-1987
-* '''Attorney''', Federal Communications Commission, Mobile Services Division, 1983-1985
-* '''Associate Attorney''', Fine, Perzik & Friedman, 1981-1982
+== References ==
-==== Professional Non-Legal Experience ====
+<references />
+{{authority control}}
-* '''Vice President''', CS First Boston, Municipal Finance Department, 1993-1995
-* '''Analyst''', "Sunday Morning Live," Canadian Broadcast Corporation, 1998
-* '''Analyst''', “Fox News,” 1998 State of Union Address
-* '''Commentator''', “20th Century with Mike Wallace”, A & E Network, 1997
-* '''Commentator''', “CNN & Company”, CNN Network, 1997
-* '''Commentator''', America’s Black Forum, 1997
-* '''Co-Host''', KCET, Life & Times (various Broadcasts) 1996-1997
-* '''Commentator''', KCET, Life & Times, Election Night Broadcast, 1996
-* '''Commentator''', KTTV Television, Presidential State of the Union Address
-* '''Co-Host''', KCET, Life & Times, Interview with Governor Pete Wilson, 1996
-* '''Commentator''' (weekly), Entertainment TV, O.J. Simpson Trial Coverage 1995
-* '''Commentator''',  Court TV, 1994 (Denny & Menendez Trials)
-* '''Commentator''', Inside the Law, (ABA Pilot), 1994
-* '''Commentator''', KCET, Life & Times, Election Night Broadcast, 1994
-* '''Commentator''', CBS Nightwatch, 1992
-* '''Commentator''', KCBS, Election Special, 1992
-* '''Commentator''', KCBS Television, Election Night Broadcast, 1992
-* '''Panelist''', Week in Review with Bill Rosendahl, Century Cable Television, 1992 to present
-* '''Panelist''', Trial of the Decade, ''(Weekly analysis of Rodney King Trial)''
-* '''Media Consultant''', Los Angeles Festival, 1992
-* '''Media Consultant''', Burke for Supervisor, 1992
-* '''Publisher''', ''''FOCUS 2000'''', political news quarterly (circulation 30,000), 1989-1992
+{{DEFAULTSORT:McClain-Hill, Cynthia}}
-==== Civic ====
+[[Category:1957 births]]
+[[Category:Living people]]
-* '''President''', National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) – LA, 2003/04
+[[Category:University of California, Los Angeles alumni]]
-* '''Member''', Cal/EPA Advisory Committee on Environmental Justice, 2002 to present
+[[Category:California lawyers]]
-* '''Vice Chair''', Board of Directors, National Health Foundation, 2000
+[[Category:UCLA School of Law alumni]]
-* '''Vice President Public Policy''', National Association of Women Business Owners, 1999/2001
+[[Category:20th-century American lawyers]]
-* '''Member''', California Coastal Commission ''(appointed by Gov. Gray Davis, March 1999)'' to present
+[[Category:21st-century American lawyers]]
-* '''Co-Chair''', Governor-elect Gray Davis’ Transition Team, 1998
+[[Category:20th-century American women lawyers]]
-* '''Member''', Southern California Judicial Selection Task Force (''impaneled by Governor Gray Davis, April 1999)''
+[[Category:21st-century American women lawyers]]
-* '''Member''', Governor’s Task Force on Diversity ''(appointed by Governor Gray Davis, October 1999)''
-* '''Member''', Founders Board, UCLA School of Public Policy and Social Research, 1995
-* '''Commissioner''', Community Redevelopment Agency, City of Los Angeles, 1993 - 1995
-* '''Commissioner''', California Fair Political Practices Commission, 1993
-* '''Member''', Planning Committee, LA Charter Reform, 1992
-* '''Member''', Department of Insurance Anti-Discrimination Task Force, 1992
-* '''Member''', Women’s Political Committee, 1991 - 1995
-* '''Member''', Charter Amendment “H” Steering Committee, 1990 (''established to promote the passage of an ethics reform initiative in the City of Los Angeles'')
-==== Articles/Publications ====
-* “'''City Cannot Be Run Like a Boardroom''',” ''Los Angeles Times'', Feb. 1996
-* “'''A Legal Corps for the Poo'''r,” ''California Bar Journal'', Jan. 1995 (Co-authored with Assemblyman Louis Caldera)
-* “'''Making the Law Work for all Citizens''',” ''Los Angeles Times'', Sept. 1994
-* “'''Its Not a Black Thing – or a White or Latino Thing''',” ''Los Angeles Times'', Aug. 1992
-*  “'''Who Will Replace Kenny Hahn?'''” ''Herald -Dispatch'', April 1992
-* “'''Power to the People''',” ''Harold-Dispatch'', March 1992
-* '''Profile''', “Executive Suite”, ''Upscale Magazine'', July 1997
-* '''Profile''', “Law Firm Branches to Capital City”, ''The Sacramento Observer'', May 22-28, 1997
-* '''Profile''', “Tradition and the Individual” ''Los Angeles Downtown News'', Feb. 1994
-* '''Profile''', “Banking on this Lawyer” ''Los Angeles Business Journal'', Jan. 1994
-==== Professional Memberships/Awards/Honors ====
-* '''“Thurgood Marshall Award”''' recipient, Minorities in Business Magazine 2003
-* '''Member of the Year''', National Association of Women Business Owners, 2000
-* '''Commendation''', California State Board of Equalization, 2000
-* '''Special Commendation for Community Service''', County of Los Angeles, 2000
-* '''Certificate of Achievement and Excellence''', Office of the California State Controller, 2000
-* '''Certificate of Recognition''', California State Assembly, 2000
-* '''Certificate of Recognition''', City of Los Angeles, 1995
-* '''Member''', Black Women Lawyers
-* '''Member''', National Association of Securities Professionals
-* '''Member''', AFTRA
-== Personal Life ==
-McClain-Hill is married to orthopedic surgeon, Philip Hill, since 1977. She has two children, daughter, MacKenzie McClain-Hill and son, Gregory Hill.
-'''AND MORE PERSONAL LIFE NOTES (ABOUT HER CHARACTER, HER LIFE EXPERIENCES, QUOTES OR PEOPLE WHO INSPIRE HERE)'''
-== References ==
-<references />