Meet our team.
Senator Kevin Murray (Ret.) • President & Chief Executive Officer
Senator Kevin Murray (Ret.) is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Weingart Center Association, serving in this position since 2011.
Prior to his current role, Murray founded The Murray Group in 2006, a legal and consulting firm specializing in Public Policy and Entertainment, where he was Managing Partner. Before founding The Murray Group, Murray served as Senior Vice President at the William Morris Agency (WMA), the nation’s longest-running and most diversified talent agency. Murray worked primarily in the company’s corporate consulting division, as well as in the music, television, and film divisions. In 1982, Murray began at WMA as an employee in the mailroom before working his way up to become an agent in the Music Division. After serving 12 years in the California State Legislature, he rejoined the agency in January 2007.
Murray was elected to the California State Assembly in 1994 representing the 47th District, which included Culver City and Los Angeles. In 1998, he was elected to represent the 26th Senate District adding the communities of Hancock Park, Hollywood, and Silverlake to his representation. He retired in 2006 due to term limits
Murray sits on the corporate boards of the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco, California American Water, and Hawaii American Water. He serves on the Board of the Central City Association and is also a member of the California State Bar, the L.A. World Affairs Council, and the Pacific Council on International Relations.
Senator Murray holds a Juris Doctorate from Loyola Law School, a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Loyola Marymount University, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration and Accounting from CSU, Northridge. He is also a California-licensed real estate broker. More Info.
Tonja Boykin • Chief Operating Officer
Tonja Boykin joined the Weingart Center in 2016 to serve as its Chief Operating Officer. Tonja has worked 30 years as a high-performing nonprofit management executive with national and regional expertise in building/optimizing organizational processes, measurement systems, and infrastructure to maximize business results in philanthropy, resident programs, and permanent and affordable housing development industries. She is a skilled strategist who transforms strategic plans into workable solutions and benchmarks performance against key operational targets/goals. Tonja is recognized as a national leader in community organizing, program development, and strategic initiatives focused on the hardest-to-serve populations including families, youth, seniors, and individuals experiencing homelessness or at risk of losing their housing.
Before joining the Weingart Center, Tonja served as the Chief Operating Officer for Skid Row Housing Trust and the Regional Director of Philanthropy for Mercy Housing California. Tonja’s career with Mercy Housing began in 2001 and she served in various regional and national capacities throughout her fourteen-year career there. Her early working life began as a program liaison in Mayor Richard Riordan’s office for L.A.’s Best After-School Enrichment program. She was also a Program Director at the Weingart Urban Center YMCA and a Senior Development Associate at Netzel Associates prior to joining Mercy Housing.
Ms. Boykin’s professional recognitions include 2000 Furthering Financial Education Award, Mercy Housing; 2005 Neighborhood Excellence Initiative Leadership Program Recognition, Bank of America; 2009 Month of the Woman Certificate of Recognition for the CLAER Project, CA Senate; 2013 National Association of Professional Women Award; 2019 Department of Public Social Services Award, County of Los Angeles; 2020 Los Angeles’s 50 Power Women in Real Estate Development, Bisnow; 2020 City of Los Angeles Impact Maker to Watch Award; 2020 Impact Makers to Watch Award, Stratiscope; 2021 SoCal Power Women, Bisnow; 2021 Women’s Leadership Series & Awards Executive of the Year Finalist, Los Angeles Business Journal; and the 2022 SoCal Women Leading Real Estate, Bisnow.
Ben Rosen • Director, Real Estate Development
Ben Rosen joined the Weingart Center in 2018 and manages all aspects of development and financing for Weingart’s permanent supportive housing developments.
Ben has over 15 years of experience in affordable and permanent supportive housing development and has overseen the development of over 1,000 affordable, service enriched units.
Prior to joining Weingart, Ben worked in development management and leadership positions with multiple non-profit affordable housing development companies in Southern and Northern California.
Ben is a LEED for Homes Accredited Professional (LEED AP) and graduated from UC Davis with a B.S. in Community and Regional Development.
Adrianne M. Beasley • Director, Permanent Supportive Housing
Adrianne Beasley joined the Weingart team in June 2022 as the Director of Permanent Supportive Housing. She brings over six years of experience working with the formerly unhoused population in Los Angeles and over a decade of experience advocating for others, including Veterans, women, and children.
Adrianne has managed permanent supportive housing programs at PSH sites, with over 600 residents participating. Prior to joining Weingart, Adrianne worked at other non-profits, including one that provided services for stalking and sexual assault survivors and another that served Veterans.
Adrianne has also worked as a Child Protective Services worker in West Virginia.
She graduated from Marshall University with a B.A. in Criminal Justice, and a Graduate Certificate in Women’s Studies.
General Board of Directors
The Weingart Center Board of Directors is deeply engaged in developing and measuring our agency’s long-term strategy, performance, culture, and values. We believe the Board adds a valuable and diverse set of external perspectives, which helps foster robust discussions about various issues, bringing additional disciplines to major decisions.
Antonio Manning • Board Vice Chair
President & CEO, Affordable Living for the Aging. Serving on the Board since 2015.
Dave Jones • Board Chair
Vice President, Hazen and Sawyer. Serving on the board since 2010.
Kristen Hemenez • Board Treasurer
Senior Vice President, The Capital Group Companies. Serving on the Board since 2015.
Sean Monroe • Board Secretary
Partner, Paul Hastings, LLP. Serving on the Board since 2016.
Lyndsay Harding
Chief Financial Officer, United Talent Agency. Serving on the Board since 2018.
Natsuo Kawada
President, Kawada Company of America, Ltd. Serving on the Board since 1992.
Jonathan Kaye
Executive Vice President, KAYO Clothing Company. Serving on the Board since 1998.
Jeff Small
President and CEO, Amblin Partners. Serving on the Board since 2010.
Alfred Plamann
President, Plamann & Associates, LLC. Serving on the Board since 2000.
Richard Simitian
Audit Partner. Serving on the Board since 2007.
Warren Loui
Philanthropist. Serving on the Board since 2008.
Scott Lange
Partner & Portfolio Manager, Camden Asset Management LLP. Serving on the board since 2014.
Michael Tusing
Senior Vice President, UBS Financial Services, Inc. Serving on the Board since 2004.
Gillian Wagner
Philanthropist. Serving on the Board since 2013.
Aurea Montes-Rodriquez
Executive Vice President, Community Coalition. Serving on the board since 2023.
