Here are the bios for our 2022 board nominees, listed in alphabetical order. Voting will take place at the year-end meeting on December 5.

Carter Bravmann

I am currently a member of the DSPNA Board of Directors and have agreed to serve for another two-year term. 

As an Architect, I am doing so because I feel strongly about the need to provide a voice to the DSPNA and the Board as a licensed Architect who understand the ways of the Building Department, who knows our neighborhood and City quite well and who has designed well over one hundred homes, most of them in Los Angeles and many in the Hollywood Hills.

I know well the history and design of our neighborhood, and the City of Los Angeles at large. I have developed a strong familiarity with the workings of the Building Department and all of multitude of Byzantine dysfunctions.  To date, we have reviewed over twenty proposed projects, and in many cases, successfully negotiated favorable design changes for the benefit of the immediate neighbors and our entire Neighborhood Association.

My husband and I built our house in 2002, and we had a daughter, Ryder, in 2004. We have now lived in our neighborhood for over 19 years, having added onto our house during that period, instead of moving due to our commitment to the neighborhood.

I received my undergraduate and Master of Architecture degree from Berkeley and have lived in Los Angeles since the early 1990’s after graduation.

Hollace Brown

I have lived on Queens Road for over 40 years with my husband and we cherish this serene,

bucolic hillside “escape” smack in the middle of Los Angeles. In my opinion, the Doheny Sunset Plaza Neighborhood Association has made a big difference and does a wonderful job working on our behalf. I started attending meetings a few years ago because I think it’s important to be involved, and help preserve what we love about our neighborhood. My involvement deepened and I recently worked with Lisa Tornedon to produce DSPNA’s new 3-panel flyer, and the quarterly “Snacks for Our Heroes” program for our local police and firemen.

I grew up in Long Island, New York. After college in Boston and work in NYC, I moved here in 1973. I am retired. My professional career consisted of corporate management jobs in publicity, advertising, and marketing for entertainment and consumer goods companies. These included Vidal Sassoon Inc., MGM Records, Max Factor & Co, and Paramount Home Video, where I worked for 17 years on the Paramount Pictures lot (Sr. VP Advertising & Sales Promotion).

The DSPNA board is a hardworking, enthusiastic group of people and I’d like to continue working with them.

Ellen Evans

I have served as President of DSPNA since 2017, when we banded together to protect our community.  I’m proud of what we’ve built and hope to continue to grow the organization and to influence policy and practice in LA in ways that benefit the safety and serenity of our community. 

I’ve lived on Doheny with my wife for over a decade, and our two kids have recently flown the coop and gone off to college. I have educational backgrounds in creative writing and in public policy.

Aaron Kamin

I am a native Los Angeleno, and have lived in the DSP community since 2003. You can often see me walking Kings Road with my wife, our daughter, and our bulldog! I want the best for my neighborhood, my neighbors, and my family, and I am pursuing this board position as a way to further that ambition. I believe my experience and drive can contribute to DSPNA's growth, strength, and success. As a new voice, I bring a fresh perspective on matters brought before the board and I hope to work on increasing membership to and awareness of the Association. 

I am a Songwriter and Music Producer, as well as a Managing Member of Skyhouse Capital, a bespoke California Registered Investment Advisory Firm. I am also a member of the Recording Academy and a founding Board Member of Rosie’s Foundation (a local non profit whose mission is to create employment and learning opportunities for people with disabilities).

James Murray

From May of 2017 to the present, I have served as a Board Member, Treasurer and Controller for DSPNA. I am also a member of our PLUM Committee and the Bel-Air Beverly Crest Neighborhood Council’s ad hoc Committee on Home Sharing and Party House Activity and Enforcement. Given my prior accounting background in the non-profit sector, it was apparent to me that I would be of most value to our newly formed organization by managing the bookkeeping and finances. It has and continues to be a gratifying experience to have been a part of the creation of DSPNA from its inception and to finally see a burgeoning Neighborhood Association flourish in our area.

Lynn Roth

Writer/Director/Producer.

Currently serving as a board member and was involved in the founding of the DSPNA. 

This past year have dedicated most of my time to:

• Spearheading the Saturday morning  enforcement committee making sure rules are being enforced:  that there is no construction on Saturdays and no work any days  before 8 am.  We’re making progress in these areas.

• Being a member of the security patrol committee and seeing progress there too in terms of numbers of people who have joined,  a collective fight against party houses and a sense of more protection in the neighborhood.

Also was extremely satisfied in working to get the disruptive and dangerous Sunday morning car show on Sunset cancelled.

I’d much rather put in effort to help create change than to complain and do nothing!!

Lisa Torneden

My husband Roger and I have lived in the Bird Streets for nearly 30 years and appreciate the uniqueness of this very special area as well as its residents.

I’ve had the pleasure of serving on DSPNA’s board since inception in 2017 and leading the marketing and outreach efforts which leverage my marketing experience in the financial services industry. The team’s many accomplishments include designing our logo, launching dspna.org, hosting numerous virtual and in-person events, and creating marketing collateral.

I look forward to supporting DSPNA in this capacity as we (hopefully) return to pre-Covid normalcy.