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AIA|LA City Leaders Breakfast Reception w/ Adrin Nazarian – Councilmember, District #2, City of Los Angeles
August 28, 2025 @ 9:00 am - 10:30 am PDT
$15.00 – $25.00
AIA|LA City Leaders Breakfast Reception w/ Adrin Nazarian – Councilmember, District #2, City of Los Angeles
2025 City Leaders Breakfast Series Presented By:
The 2025 AIA|LA City Leaders Breakfast Series allows architects & designers, and other community stakeholders to meet directly with key individuals transforming Los Angeles in a roundtable setting to discuss innovative ideas to ensure a healthy, sustainable, and economically competitive future.
Adrin Nazarian – Councilmember, District #2, City of Los Angeles
Adrin Nazarian (He/Him/His) was born in 1973. In 1981, at the age of 8, political upheaval and war with neighboring Iraq forced Adrin and his family to flee Iran and immigrate to the United States. For years, Adrin’s family remained separated across the globe until finally reuniting and settling in the San Fernando Valley.
Growing up, Adrin excelled academically and worked part-time in local Valley banks to support his education. He attended Pierce College, California State University, Northridge (CSUN), and in 1996 earned a degree in Economics from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
Entering Public Service
During his time in school, Adrin became actively involved in civic engagements. He interned in the office of former Congressman Howard Berman and volunteered for various non-profit organizations focused on youth and civic engagement.
As a founding board member of Generation Next, he dedicated his efforts to mentoring and supporting young individuals facing poverty and other challenges.
Adrin was accepted into the prestigious CORO Fellowship Program, gaining experience in the offices of elected officials such as Congressman Brad Sherman, Governor Gray Davis, and Los Angeles City Councilmember Tom Labonge. He eventually became Chief of Staff to the then Assistant Majority Leader of the California State Assembly, Paul Krekorian.
Service in the California State Assembly
Despite being heavily outspent, Adrin Nazarian won an underdog campaign and was elected to the California State Assembly in November 2012.
For over a decade, until 2022, he proudly represented California’s 46th Assembly District, spearheading key legislative initiatives and securing significant state investments in his district. Including the Hollywood Hills, Lake Balboa, North Hills, North Hollywood, Panorama City, Sherman Oaks, Studio City, Toluca Lake, Valley Glen, Universal City, Van Nuys, and Valley Village. Among Assemblymember Nazarian’s significant accomplishments were streamlining access to senior services, implementing new tenant protections, preserving affordable housing, expanding mass transit access in the Valley, enhancing medical disclosure requirements by doctors, and establishing the largest college savings program in the United States.
s, and overseeing facilities planning and development to ensure our campuses provide the best possible learning environments for students.”
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The 2025 AIA|LA City Leaders Breakfast Series: (CONFIRMED TO DATE)
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- Lori R. Gay – President & CEO, Neighborhood Housing Services of Los Angeles County = Friday, May 9 (8am)
- Laura Friedman – U.S. Congressional Representative, 30th District = Friday, August 8 (8am)
- Lourdes Castro Ramírez – President & CEO, Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA) = Thursday, August 21 (8am)
- Leigh Sata, Ed.D, AIA – Vice Chancellor & Chief Facilities Executive, LACCD = Friday, August 22 (8am)
- Adrin Nazarian – Councilmember, District #2, City of Los Angeles = Thursday, August 28 (9am)* *(9am, not 8am)
- Janisse Quiñones, P.E. – Chief Executive Officer and Chief Engineer, LADWP = Friday, August 29 (8am)
- Michael Baim – VP, Venue Infrastructure (VNI), Energy (NRG), and Look & Sign (LNS), LA 28 = Thursday, September 11 (8am)
- Laura Rubio-Cornejo – General Manager, LADOT = Thursday, September 18 (8am)
- Mark Gonzalez – Assemblymember, District #54, California = Friday, September 19 (8am)
- John L. Reamer, Jr. – Inspector of Public Works & Director, Bureau of Contract Administration, City of Los Angeles = Thursday, October 16 (8am)
- Sade Elharaway – Assemblymember, District #57, California = Friday, October 17 (8am)
- Ysabel Jurado – Councilmember, District #14, City of Los Angeles = Thursday, October 30 (8am)
2025 AIA|LA City Leaders Breakfast Series Presented By:
