Moctesuma Esparza Re-Appointed to the LACERS Board

On June 28, 2006, the Los Angeles City Council approved Moctesuma Esparza's re-appointment by the Mayor to the LACERS Board of Administration for a term ending June 30, 2011.

Mr. Esparza was initially appointed to the Board by Mayor Villaraigosa and confirmed by the City Council on January 24, 2006. He is an award-winning filmmaker, producer, entrepreneur, and community activist. As a partner of Esparza-Katz Productions, he has worked with such notable stars as Robert Redford, Jennifer Lopez, Jimmy Smits, Martin Sheen and Halle Berry. His production credits also include Selena, Gettysburg, The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez, and The Milagro Beanfield War.

In addition, he is a founder and board member of the National Association of Latino Independent Producers and serves on the board of the National Latino Media Council. He is an overseer for the Claremont University Consortium, a trustee of California State University and the American Film Institute, and a member of the Los Angeles County Latino Coalition Against AIDS. He is also the founder and chair of the Marathon Club and the Los Angeles Academy of Arts and Enterprise, a charter school. In the past, Mr. Esparza was the chair founder of the New America Alliance, a national business organization.

Mr. Esparza studied theatre arts, motion pictures and television at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he received a Bachelor of Arts and Masters of Fine Arts.

LACERS staff congratulates Mr. Esparza on his re-appointment to the LACERS Board of Administration.