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|name = Cynthia McClain-Hill |
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|office1 = [[Department of Water and Power|Department of Water and Power Board Member]] |
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|birth_name = Cynthia McClain |
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|birth_place = [[Los Angeles, California]], U.S. |
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|education = [[University of California Los Angeles]] ([[Bachelor of Political Science|BA]])<br>[[University of California Los Angeles]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]]) |
|education = [[University of California Los Angeles]] ([[Bachelor of Political Science|BA]])<br>[[University of California Los Angeles]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]]) |
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|spouse = Philip Hill (1977–Present) |
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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”.<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 |
'''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> |
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McClain-Hill has served on multiple public and private sector boards and regulatory commissions including |
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> |
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== Biography == |
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| ⚫ | 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> |
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== Education & Career == |
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| ⚫ | 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" /> |
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| ⚫ | McClain-Hill attended the [[University of California Los Angeles]], graduating in 1978 with a Bachelor of Arts [[Political Science]] and completed her [[Juris |
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| ⚫ | 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 |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 |
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|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.”}}<ref>{{cite web |title= |
|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. |
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| ⚫ | 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> |
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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 |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 also, one of five co-chairs for his transition team after his election to office. |
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| ⚫ | 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> |
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| ⚫ | 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"/> |
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| ⚫ | 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> |
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[[File:Cynthia McClain-Hill, Johnnie Cochran, Mark Ridley-Thomas.jpg|thumb|Cynthia McClain-Hill, Johnnie Cochran, Honorary Los Angeles County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, and former Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley are pictured here in the home of Mr. Cochran]] |
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| ⚫ | 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> |
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| ⚫ | 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 | |
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[[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]], [[Ava DuVernay]] and [[Melina Abdullah]] at the showcase Documentary of ‘[[13th]]’ at Nate Holden Performing Arts Center in Los Angeles]] |
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| ⚫ | 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" /> |
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| ⚫ | 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. |
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| ⚫ | McClain-Hill was the 2008 - 2009 National President of the [[National Association of Women Business Owners]] (NAWBO).<ref |
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Cynthia McClain-Hill is married with two children.<ref name=":0" /> |
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Cynthia McClain-Hill is married with two children. <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> |
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Latest revision as of 13:33, 2 January 2024
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| Born | Cynthia McClain November 10, 1957 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Education | University of California Los Angeles (BA) University of California Los Angeles (JD) |
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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Cynthia McClain-Hill is married with two children.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ 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.