By Jonathan Friedman
Lookout Staff

July 19, 2010 -- Doug Roscoe of Macerich and Chris Mobley of Community Corporation of Santa Monica joined the Bayside District Board last month after they were elected by Downtown property owners June 10. Five other board members will return, two re-elected by property owners and three appointed by the City Council on June 22.

The seven members will each serve four years on the 13-member board, which oversees a $5 million budget to maintain public spaces, fund the “ambassador program” and market the area. The board also makes policy recommendations to the City Council.

Following are the seven members elected last month:

NEW MEMBERS

Doug Roscoe
Douglas E. Roscoe brings more than three decades of experience in the shopping center industry to the Bayside Board. As the senior manager at Santa Monica Place, the Los Angeles native has helped retool the mall, which will reopen August 6.

“Participating and communicating as a Bayside Board member helps to align our mutual business interests and ensures that we work together cooperatively to preserve and push forward Santa Monica as such a great place to shop, work, dine, live and play,” Roscoe said.

Roscoe’s career began in the mid-1970s with the Hahn Co., where he worked his way up to general manager of Clackamas Town Center in Portland. He returned to Southern California in the early 1980s to take a job as vice president of property management for the Mac Donald Group, a privately held company owning a portfolio of four regional malls and six community centers.

Roscoe was hired by Macerich in July 2008 to run Santa Monica Place. Roscoe and his wife Mary reside in Rancho Palos Verdes. They have two daughters living in Seattle and San Francisco. He is a swimming enthusiast.

Chris Mobley
Chris Mobley is the deputy executive director for Community Corporation of Santa Monica (CCSM), a nonprofit affordable-housing developer and property management company. He joined CCSM in 2004 as its director of property management. Mobley was appointed to his current position in 2008.

“My goals as a Bayside Board member would be to represent the interests of a large Santa Monica tenant base -- approximately 1,500 Downtown Santa Monica households -- and address the needs and potential contributions of nonprofits,” Mobley said.

After receiving his bachelor’s degree in management information systems, Mobley joined a software development firm, moving to Venice to launch a West Coast division. He later managed information systems and technology for Casden Properties in Beverly Hills, before taking landing a job at LINE6 in Culver City. He also has volunteered with a variety of nonprofit groups, including Habitat for Humanity, Human Rights Campaign and Project Angel Food.

“Living in California has fed my interest and enhanced my skill as a community organizer, volunteer and supporter of the arts,” Mobley said. “And I am always looking for new ways to become creatively and directly involved in the betterment of the community.”

RE-ELECTED BY PROPERTY OWNERS

Barbara Tenzer, Tenzer Commercial
A leading Downtown commercial real estate broker for the past two decades, Barbara Tenzer has been active in Downtown Santa Monica since 1984, helping to create the first property owners, retailers, and restaurant associations. As a business activist, Tenzer also has worked to help address the area's homeless issues.

Allan Golad, Douglas Emmet
When not volunteering on the board, Allan Golad oversees the operations of nearly 14 million square feet of properties for Douglas Emmett Management Inc. They include Downtown’s largest commercial and residential complexes -- the 288-unit Pacific Plaza and the 21-story high rise at 100 Wilshire Boulevard.

RE-APPOINTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL

Rob Rader
A member of the Santa Monica College Board of Trustees, Rob Rader has extensive experience helping shape public policy. The Harvard Law School graduate also is an entertainment attorney with extensive knowledge of business affairs and has been active in the Wilshire/Montana Neighborhood Coalition.

Barbara Bryan
As owner of the Interactive Café at 215 Broadway -- a popular hangout that features computer terminals, as well as an extensive menu of coffees and teas -- Barbara Bryan keeps her pulse on issues that are important to Downtown. And her experience as a journalist and film promoter provide a unique perspective on the 13-member board.

Johannes Van Tilburg
A champion of mixed-use housing, Architect Johannes Van Tilburg knows what it takes to see a project through. As principal of the local firm Van Tilburg, Banvard and Soderberg, he’s designed projects throughout the Bayside District, including Janss Court on the Promenade.

“Participating and communicating as a Bayside Board member helps to align our mutual business interests and ensures that we work together cooperatively to preserve and push forward Santa Monica as such a great place to shop, work, dine, live and play,”
   Doug Roscoe

“My goals as a Bayside Board member would be to represent the interests of a large Santa Monica tenant base -- approximately 1,500 Downtown Santa Monica households -- and address the needs and potential contributions of nonprofits,”
    Chris Mobley