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Manatt partner George Kieffer confirmed as UC Regent

By Richard Binder

Last week the California Senate confirmed the appointment of George Kieffer to the University of California Board of Regents.  Kieffer is a partner in the Los Angeles office of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP.

He has also served served as President of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges for two years, and co-founded the California Community College Foundation. Over the years, Kieffer has been called upon to undertake various significant civic and public assignments, including successfully chairing the commission charged with rewriting the Los Angeles City Charter. The new City Charter, the first full revision in 75 years, was adopted in 1999. Following the events of 9/11, he was asked by Mayor James Hahn to chair the Los Angeles Economic Impact Task Force, which was charged with examining the impact of 9/11 on the Los Angeles economy and made recommendations to combat that impact and stimulate economy of Los Angeles. He served as Chair of the Board of Directors of the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce from 2003 to 2005, during a period when the organization saw both expanded membership and reach.

Kieffer is a graduate of the University of California Santa Barbara, where he served as Chair of the Board of the Alumni Association, Alumni Regent and Chair of the University?s Foundation board. He is a graduate of University of California Los Angeles School of Law.

The Board of Regents provides oversight and sets policy for the University of California?s ten campuses and more than 220,000 students, three U.S. Department of Energy national laboratories, and five medical centers that support the clinical teaching programs of the University's medical and health sciences schools and handle more than three million patient visits each year.

Full post as published by Legal Pad | LA on May 10, 2010 (boomark / email).