Frank V. Zerunyan

Frank V. Zerunyan, his wife Jody, children Daniel (18) and Nicole (15) are long time residents of the City of Rolling Hills Estates. In his role as a public servant, after serving as Chair of the Planning Commission in Rolling Hills Estates [http://www.ci.rolling-hills-estates.ca.us/] , Mr. Zerunyan was elected to the City Council in 2003 and re-elected in 2007. He currently serves as Mayor and on the boards of Regional Law Enforcement and County Sanitation South Bay District. He previously served as Chair of the City's Traffic and Safety Committee, Equestrian Committee and as the City's representative on the board of the Palos Verdes Peninsula Transit Authority. Mr. Zerunyan served on California Contract Cities Association (“CCCA”) [http://contractcities.org/] , Southern California Association of Governments ("SCAG") and League of California Cities ("LCC") policy committees over the last 5 years. Mayor Zerunyan was installed as the 51st President of CCCA on May 31, 2008. He was selected by the LCC to participate in the 2007 class of LCC's prestigious California Civic Leadership Institute. As the appointee of the Board of Supervisors, he is an advisor to the Business Technology Center of the County of Los Angeles.

On October 19, 2006, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed Mr. Zerunyan to the Division of Medical Quality of the Medical Board of California [http://mbc.ca.gov/board/members/zerunyan.html] ("MBC"). He was unanimously confirmed by the California Senate in May of 2007. He serves on the International Medical Education, Strategic Planning, Physician Recognition and Access to Care Committees of the MBC.

Mr. Zerunyan’s career demonstrates distinguished service in both the public and private sectors. In the private sector, Mr. Zerunyan is Principal and General Counsel to Public-Private Community Development LLC [http://www.publicprivatecd.com/] , a policy driven Redevelopment Company, in the cutting edge of Public Private Partnerships focusing on rebuilding California’s infrastructure. Mr. Zerunyan was honored as one of Southern California Magazine’s Super Lawyers since 2004 and Marquis’ Who’s Who in America and American Law for the last five consecutive years and is a recognized authority on real estate and development law as well as all phases of corporate restructuring law. In 2007, Mr. Zerunyan was re-elected as chairman of the Board of Governors of the worldwide Armenian Bar Association [http://armenianbar.org/] for 2007/2008. Mr. Zerunyan has been active in the southern California business, civic, political, charitable and cultural arenas since1980. His energy, experience and accomplishments have inspired him to focus on an agenda that can have the greatest impact on improving the long-term health and safety of local communities in the state of California.

Mr. Zerunyan earned his juris doctor degree from Western State University College of Law and his bachelor of arts from California State University, Long Beach. He also completed his advanced legal studies in Corporate Taxation at the University of Southern California Law Center.