Cynthia McClain-Hill Becomes President-Elect of National Association of Women Business Owners - Los Angeles -- NAWBO-LA.News & Business Editors LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 29, 2002 Cynthia McClain-Hill, Managing Partner of McClain-Hill Associates, Attorneys-at-Law; a member of the California Coastal Commission The California Coastal Commission is a state agency in the U.S. state of California with quasi-judicial regulatory influence over land use and public access in the California coastal zone. with a strong legal affairs and political background, has been named President-Elect of the National Association of Women Business Owners The National Association of Women's Business Owners (NAWBO) is an organization in the United States founded in 1975 that has the purpose of networking the approximately 10. , Los Angeles Chapter (NAWBO-LA). She becomes NAWBO-LA president in the fall of next year. The current president is Renee White Fraser. NAWBO-LA is the leading membership organization devoted to women entrepreneurs with nearly 500 members. Attorney McClain-Hill, past Co-Chair of Governor Gray Davis' Transition Team and the only African American female to serve on the Coastal Commission, brings to NAWBO-LA the prestige of her relationships with the Governor, key members of the State Legislature and Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. . "I am flattered that my colleagues In NAWBO-LA have honored me with this position and pledge myself to moving this organization forward in a way that takes advantage of its dynamic membership," McClain-Hill said. Ms. McClain-Hill began her practice in Los Angeles at the law firm of Fine Perzik and Friedman, spent four years at the Federal Communications Commission Federal Communications Commission (FCC), independent executive agency of the U.S. government established in 1934 to regulate interstate and foreign communications in the public interest. (FCC) in Washington, D.C., and several years as a Vice President in the Los Angeles Office of New York-based CS First Boston, a municipal finance firm. In private practice, Ms. McClain-Hill has successfully represented clients in privatization efforts, served as counsel to municipalities on a range of issues including California Environmental Quality Act The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) is a California law (California Public Resources Code section 21000 et seq.) passed in 1970, shortly after the Federal Government passed the National Environmental Policy Act. (CEQA CEQA California Environmental Quality Act of 1970 ) compliance and political reform act matters. She has also provided counsel to clients seeking to craft legislative or other governmental solutions to particular problems, and assisted public and private bodies in their efforts to comply with specific government mandates, regulations and recently adopted statutory schemes such as energy deregulation. Additionally, Cynthia McClain-Hill supervises her firm's transactional law practice. Ms. McClain-Hill's legal expertise has been greatly enhanced by her service on a number of public boards and commissions, including the California Coastal Commission. Ms. McClain-Hill previously served on the California Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC FPPC Fair Political Practices Commission (California) FPPC Fédération du Personnel Professionnel des Collèges FPPC Fieldpoint Petroleum Corporation (stock symbol) FPPC Farm Pilot Project Coordination, Inc. ) and the Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA See Community Reinvestment Act. ). Ms. McClain-Hill is admitted to practice law in the State of California and the U.S. District Court, Central District. |
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