Our Members

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ACTIVE MEMBERS 

Rabbi Sarah Hronsky (Council  President)
​President, Board of Rabbis of Southern California
Senior Rabbi, Temple Beth Hillel, Valley Village

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Archbishop Hovnan Derderian (Council Vice President & a past president)
Primate, Western Diocese, Armenian Church
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Canon Robert Williams (Council Secretary)
Canon for Common Life, Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles

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Bishop Brenda Bos, California Southwest Synod
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

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The Venerable Bhante Chao Chu
President, Los Angeles Buddhist Union

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The Reverend Linda Culbertson
General Presbyter, Presbytery of the Pacific,
Presbyterian Church USA

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Mr. Randolph Dobbs
Los Angeles Baha'i Center

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Sister Jacquelyn Dupont-Walker
President, Ward Economic Development Corporation, LA

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Bishop Dottie Escobedo-Frank
Los Angeles Area California-Pacific Conference
United Methodist Church 

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Most Reverend José H. Gomez
Archbishop, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles

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​Bishop Grant J. Hagiya
President ad Interim, Professor of Leadership and Innovation, Claremont School of Theology

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Commissioner Nirinjan Singh Khalsa
California Sikh Council
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Swami Mahayogananda
President, Interreligious Council of Southern California
Monastic, Vedanta Society of Southern California

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Brother Omar Ricci
Spokesperson and Past President, Islamic Center of Southern California

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Pravrajika Saradeshaprana
Monastic, Vedanta Society of Southern California

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Swami Sarvadevananda
Spiritual Leader, Vedanta Society of Southern California

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Right Reverend Alexei Smith
Interreligious and Ecumenical Officer, Archdiocese of LA

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Sister Hedab Tarifi
Past President, Islamic Center of Southern California

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The Right Reverend John Harvey Taylor
Bishop Diocesan, Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles

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Mr. Roy Weinstein
Past President, University Synagogue, Los Angeles

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The Rev. Dr. Allen L. Williams, Sr.
Presiding Elder, Los Angeles North District,
Southern California Conference, A.M.E. Church

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Members Emeritus (list update in process)

The Right Reverend Frederick H. Borsch (deceased; past president)
Retired Bishop Diocesan, Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles

The Right Reverend J. Jon Bruno (deceased, past president 2013-2017)
Retired Bishop Diocesan, Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles

Reverend John Cager (past, president (2017-2023)
Presiding Elder, A.M.E Church; former Pastor, Ward A.M.E. Church, Los Angeles

Rabbi Mark Diamond (past president, two terms)
Retired Executive Director, Board of Rabbis of Southern California

Bishop Paul Egertson (deceased)
Southwest California Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

Bishop Guy Erwin (1971-2003)
California Southwest Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

Rabbi Morley Feinstein (deceased, 2010-2021)
President, Board of Rabbis of Southern California
Senior Rabbi, University Synagogue

Archbishop Vatche Hovsepian (1971-2003)
Armenian Church, Western Diocese

Cardinal Roger Mahony (1985-2010, past president)
Retired Archbishop, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles

Bishop Mary Ann Swenson (1992-2012, past president)
Retired Bishop, California-Pacific Conference, United Methodist Church

Rabbi Lennard R. Thal (1996-2001, past president)
Senior Vice President Emeritus, Union for Reform Judaism

The Rev. Canon Dr. Gwynne Guibord (In  Memoriam)
Founder/President The Guibord Center: Religion Inside Out