History
In 1925 Mrs. Victor Jacomini (Katherine Thomas), Mrs. Harold Braly (Henriette Janss), and thirty-two other original members formed a group known as the Convalescent Children’s League (CCL). Having researched the community needs, CCL piloted the operation and support of a twelve-bed children’s convalescent home on Ingraham Street, which became part of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. This original founding group was admitted to The Association of Junior Leagues International (AJLI) in 1926 and became the Junior League of Los Angeles (JLLA).
The original founders were:
Mrs. Margarita S. Adams (Margarita Schneider)
Mrs. Leigh McMaster Battson (Lucy Smith Doheny)
Mrs. James S. Bodrero (Eleanor Cole)
Mrs. Harold Braly (Henriette Janss)
Mrs. George C. Brock (Margaret Martin)
Mrs. C. Gardner Bullis (Helen Hanna)
Mrs. Clyde R. Burr (Alice Hicks)
Mrs. Emile de Seville (Hortense McLaughlin)
Mrs. Herbert G. Day (Katherine Phillips)
Mrs. Emmett Doherty (Mary Ellen O’Neill)
Mrs. Daniel J. Donohue, Jr. (Bernadine Murphy)
Mrs. Guy Chaffee Earl Jr. (Eleanor MacGowan)
Mrs. James A. Gibson Jr. (Martha Woolwine)
Mrs. Loren L. Hillman (Doris Collins)
Mrs. Felton S. Hollister (Dorris Braly)
Mrs. Dorothy W. Howard (Dorothy L. Wellborn)
Mrs. Rowena S. Howard (Rowena Schneider)
Mrs. Victor Jacomini (Katherine Thomas)
Mrs. Van Buren Jarvis (Amy Busch)
Mrs. Charles Kerwin (Mary Gray)
Mrs. Alexander King (Elizabeth Brant)
Mrs. Catherine McCahill Lane (Catherine McCahill)
Mrs. Fred LeBlond, Jr. (Ruth Gordon)
Mrs. George Levoy, Jr. (Florence Marsh)
Mrs. Walter Mann (Gertrude Orcutt)
Mrs. Edgar G. Miller (Louise Forve)
Mrs. William A. Milner-Gibson (Mary Forve)
Mrs. Wells Morris (Anita Thomas)
Mrs. James F. Neville (Mary Johnston)
Mrs. Robert Newton (Elizabeth Boyle)
Mrs. Richard T. St. John (Cecile McLaughlin)
Miss Mabel Seeley
Mrs. Frederick J. Toole (Florence Kays)
Mrs. William Welborne (Pauline Schoder)
JLLA Past Events
Past Presidents
1926-1927 Mrs. C. Gardner Bullis
1927-1928 Mrs. Edward L. Doheny, Jr
1928-1929 Miss Mabel Seeley
1929-1930 Miss Mabel Seeley
1930-1931 Mrs. Walter H. Leimert
1931-1932 Mrs. William B. Joyce, Jr
1932-1933 Mrs. William B. Joyce, Jr
1933-1934 Mrs. John B. Winston, Jr
1934-1935 Mrs. John W. Chapple
1935-1936 Mrs. Bradner W. Lee, Jr
1936-1937 Mrs. John M. Schmoele
1937-1938 Mrs. John M. Schmoele
1938-1939 Mrs. Charles S. Thomas
1939-1940 Mrs. Henry Duque
1940-1941 Mrs. Rudolph S. Liebig
1941-1942 Mrs. Aldrich R. Peck
1942-1943 Mrs. Maynard J. Toll
1943-1944 Mrs. Garnet Rainey
1944-1945 Mrs. Charles O. Matcham
1945-1946 Mrs. Larmar Trotti
1946-1947 Mrs. William Malkmus
1947-1948 Mrs. Byron H. Farwell
1948-1949 Mrs. Charles W. Crawford
1949-1950 Mrs. John Mock
1950-1951 Mrs. John Myers
1951-1952 Mrs. John A. Bullis
1952-1953 Mrs. Alexander B. Ripley
1953-1954 Mrs. Joseph C. Shell
1954-1955 Mrs. George W. Vaughan
1955-1956 Mrs. Frank Rhodes Jr.
1956-1957 Mrs. Richard Dillon
1957-1958 Miss Julia S. Dockweiler
1958-1959 Mrs. William H. McWethy
1959-1960 Mrs. John L. Reynolds
1960-1961 Mrs. Fulton Haight
1961-1962 Mrs. William N. Sheller
1962-1963 Mrs. Angus M. McLeod
1963-1964 Mrs. John T. Ragan
1964-1965 Mrs. Willard Z. Carr, Jr.
1965-1966 Mrs. L. Langdon Taylor
1966-1967 Mrs. Charles E. Donnelly, III
1967-1968 Mrs. Richard W. Schuur
1968-1969 Mrs. Gerald E. Porter
1969-1970 Mrs. James J. Stoessel
1970-1971 Mrs. Vilma K. Pallette
1971-1972 Mrs. Ogden Vest
1972-1973 Mrs. Borcherdt LeRoy
1973-1974 Mrs. Anthony E. Liebig
1974-1975 Mrs. Frank D. Boren
1975-1976 Mrs. William A. Greer
1976-1977 Mrs. Joseph D. Vaccaro
1977-1978 Mrs. Steaven K. Jones, Jr.
1978-1979 Mrs. Malcolm G. Smith
1979-1980 Mrs. William L. Horton
1980-1981 Mrs. William A. Masterson
1981-1982 Jeanne Mowlds
1982-1983 Nicole Waller Ruskey
1983-1984 Valerie Holberton
1984-1985 Lea Ann King
1985-1986 Sue Partick
1986-1987 Carolyn Speer
1987-1988 Peggy Jo Clark
1988-1989 Maureen Diekmann
1989-1990 Robin Patterson Nenninger
1990-1991 Janice Kern
1991-1992 Heather Shuemaker
1992-1993 Nickey Sawyer
1993-1994 Ann Zimmerman
1994-1995 Nancy Hindle-Katel
1995-1996 Kimila Williams Ulrich
1996-1997 Beth Quillen Thomas
1997-1998 Bettina Duval
1998-1999 Candace Beaver
1999-2000 Linda D. Small
2000-2001 Melinda Koziol
2001-2002 Dale Harbour Day
2002-2003 Mauria McPoland
2003-2004 Wendi Woods Chandler
2004-2005 Lisa Signe Miller
2005-2006 Julie Guest
2006-2007 Gwyn Dilday
2007-2008 Teresa Weeden
2008-2009 Michelle Kezirian
2009-2010 Minna Taylor
2010-2011 Anika Jackson
2011-2012 Barbara A. Wright
2012-2013 Alexa Bleifer
2013-2014 Sarah Rickert Weerts
2014-2015 Courtney Hunkele Garvin
2015-2016 Denise Snider Perlstein
2016-2017 Ness Okonkwo
2017-2018 Kathryn Young McCullough
2018-2019 Karla Diaz Sayles
2019-2020 Ricci Veran Ramos
2020-2021 Buffany Hunter
2021-2022 Sarah Christian
2022-2023 Joy C. Williams