Culpepper’s commitment to helping to shape the community, he says, goes beyond his role as interim president. He aspires to serve in the position permanently and believes the skills he has gained over the last thirty-years will “contribute to the success of Southwest.”
The Los Angeles Urban League announced today that noted attorney and civic leader Michael Lawson has accepted the position as Interim President and CEO of the famed civil rights organizations Los Angeles Branch. Michael Lawson is not new to the Los Angeles Community and is well respected throughout both the business, political, philanthropic community here in Los Angeles and throughout the nation. Michael Lawson served as a partner at the international law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flori, LLP in their New York and Los Angeles offices until he retired in 2011.
Cal State Dominguez Hills President Willie J. Hagan, who has been leading the university since June 2012, announced Tuesday he will retire next year.
The NAACP has named Derrick Johnson, the vice chairman of their board of directors, the organization’s interim president.