Board Member - Larry Agran
Mr. Agran has served as Legal Counsel to California State Senate Committee on Health and Welfare. He has taught legislation and public policy at the UCLA School of Law and at the Paul Merage School of Business at UC Irvine. Mr. Agran founded and led a number of non-profit organizations: the Local Elected Officials Project; the Center for Innovative Diplomacy; and CityVote. Mr. Agran was active in working to promote creation of the Orange County Great Park at the former Marine Corps Base at El Toro.
Mr. Agran has served multiple times on the Irvine City Council. He first served on the Irvine City Council from 1978 to 1990, including six years as Mayor. He was again elected to the Council on November 3, 1998. On November 7, 2000 he was elected Mayor of Irvine, and on November 5, 2002 he was re-elected Mayor. After completing two consecutive terms as Mayor, Mr. Agran was elected to a four-year term as an Irvine City Councilmember on November 2, 2004, and was re-elected on November 4, 2008. He was re-elected to a four-year term in November 2010. He was re-elected in November 2020 for a two-year-term and recently won re-election in November 2022 for a four-year term. Mr. Agran resides in Irvine with his wife, Phyllis, who is a pediatrician. They have a son, Ken, married to daughter-in-law Kerrie Mahan, and two grandchildren - Morgan Elizabeth Agran and Benjamin Sawyer Agran.