Board of Directors

Kim Creighton is a librarian at the Los Angeles Public Library and oversees the cataloging of the library's Photo Collection. A southern California native with a professional background in archives and local history, she wrote "Mt. Baldy," published by Arcadia Publishing, in 2008.

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.

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.

J. Eric Lynxwiler is a southern California native and the co-author of "Wilshire Boulevard: Grand Concourse of Los Angeles" and "Knott's Preserved: From Boysenberry to Theme Park, the History of Knott's Berry Farm." As an urban anthropologist, he leads tours for the Los Angeles Conservancy, the Art Deco Society Los Angeles, and guides the Museum of Neon Art's nighttime Neon Cruises.

Tom Meyer

Cindy Olnick is communications director for the Los Angeles Conservancy, a historic preservation organization serving all of L.A. County. She has written about preservation for publications including Looking at Los Angeles, CA-Modern, and LA Architect. A native of Georgia and longtime resident of Boston, she moved with her husband to Los Angeles in 2000, largely to live among unparalleled modernist architecture and the people who love it.

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”.

Tom Zimmerman

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.