Board of Directors

Kim Creighton

David Davis served as the curator for "Play by Play: A Century of L. A. Sports Photography, 1889-1989," an exhibit that was displayed at the Los Angeles Central Library in 2004-05. (A companion book was published by Angel City Press.) An award-winning journalist who is currently a contributing writer at Los Angeles Magazine, LAObserved.com, and "SportsLetter," Davis joined the Photo Friends Board in 2005. He lives in Highland Park.

Mark Evans is President, and a founding Board member, of Photo Friends. A lifelong devotee of Los Angeles history, architecture and photography, Mark had an earlier career in law, and now manages an independent record label and consults on graphic design and packaging.

Amy Inouye is a graphic designer specializing in books about Los Angeles. She is "mom" to Chicken Boy, the Statue of Liberty of Los Angeles.

Kathy Kobayashi is a third-generation Japanese American from Texas who has lived in Southern California for almost 30 years. With a background in American social history, she has been a historical consultant with a particular interest in Los Angeles. She was project historian for the Shades of L. A. project, co-author (with Carolyn Kozo Cole) of the Shades of L. A. book, and co-chair of the L. A. Neighborhoods project.

Eric Lynxwiler

Tom Meyer

Cindy Olnick

Joan Renner is a social historian and writer with a particular interest in crime. She is currently organizing a collection of Daily Bulletins for the Los Angeles Police Historical Society. She is a guide for Esotouric, a company specializing in off-beat tours of Los Angeles. In 2010 she will appear in the Turner Classic Movies “Film Fanatics” series, and in the ID Discovery Channel’s series “Deadly Women”.

Library Liaison, Christina Rice, is a librarian in the History and Genealogy Department of the Los Angeles Public Library and currently oversees the LAPL Photo Collection. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Communications from California State University, Fullerton and a Master of Library and Information Science from San Jose State University. She is a former Chair of the Los Angeles Conservancy's Historic Theatres Committee and is currently writing a biography of 1930s/40s film actress Ann Dvorak.