Civic Affairs/public Policy Activism
Hertzberg has stayed involved in policy debates and formulation through his service on numerous boards of public policy committees and several universities, including:
- Board Member, Town Hall Los Angeles
- Member, USC College of Letters, Arts and Sciences Board on History and Culture
- Fellow, USC Keston Institute for Infrastructure
- USC School of Policy, Planning, and Development, Board of Councilors
- Board of Visitors for Pepperdine School of Public Policy, Member
- Robert M. Hertzberg Library and Learning Center at Los Angeles Valley College, Chairman of the Board
- California Historical Society, Trustee to 2007
- National Speaker's Conference, Honorary Member, Executive Committee
- Valley Industry and Commerce Association (VICA), Board of Directors to 2007
- Board Member, Rose Institute of State and Local Government at Claremont McKenna College
- Century Housing Corporation, Board of Directors, 2003–2008
- Member, Executive Committee, Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce
- Member, Council on Foreign Relations
- Center for Governmental Studies, Board Member
- Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF), Board Member to 2008
- Southern California Leadership Council, Board Member
- California Center For Regional Leadership, Board Member
- Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation, Chairman 2004, Executive Committee 2005 to date. In April 2011, Hertzberg was again elected Chairman.
- Los Angeles World Affairs Council, appointed Board Member in 2008.
- California Forward, Leadership Council co-chair (see below).
- Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC), Board Member
- Nominated by Governor Schwarzenegger to serve on Climate Change Strategy Panel(name of panel TBD)
- Metropolitan Water Committee, Blue Ribbon Committee
- In November 2010, Hertzberg was appointed vice chairman at Pacific Capital Group, a Los Angeles investment firm founded by former Global Crossing CEO Gary Winnick.
- In 2011, Hertzberg was elected Chairmain of Palogix International, a world leader in the field of re-usable (and re-cyclable) transportation containers & storage bins.
- Member, Think Long Committee of California, (see below).
- He is also an elected member of the Board of Directors to The China-US Energy Efficiency Alliance, a nonprofit organization working to combat global climate change by promoting industrial energy efficiency in China.
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