H. J. DAVID AMBROZ, ESQ.
(ex-officio)

Mr. Ambroz is the Executive Director of the Los Angeles City College Foundation. In his role as Executive Director, Mr. Ambroz takes the lead in raising scholarship and unrestricted funds through grants, corporate contributions and partnerships, and major gifts, as well as raising the profile of Los Angeles City College through community outreach.

Prior to joining the LACC Foundation, Mr. Ambroz was the Managing Partner of EPG, Inc., Land Use Consulting. He is very familiar with the Hollywood community because of his previous position at the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce as Vice President of Public Policy and Government Affairs.

Mr. Ambroz has stated that his work is designed to advance his key passion—to remember and give back to the communities from which he comes. Since emancipating from foster care at seventeen, Mr. Ambroz has remained intimately involved with foster care reform efforts. He serves as a Gubernatorial/Supreme Court Appointee to the California Child Welfare Council, and as a member of the American Bar Association Commission on Youth at Risk. In addition, he was a founding member of the National Foster Youth Advisory Council (CWLA) and is a member of a SAMHSA Advisory Committee, the CWLA/Lambda Joint Initiative, and the Foster Care Work Group per the Youth Transition Funders Group. Mr. Ambroz is a regular contributor to the Huffington Post website, where he writes extensively about foster care.  

Mr. Ambroz completed his B.A. in Political Science with honors at Vassar College, and received his J.D. from the UCLA School of Law.