History

The Building Owners and Managers Association of Greater Los Angeles (BOMA/GLA) was established in 1915 to serve both the commercial real estate industry and the community.

BOMA/GLA is federated with BOMA International and BOMA California, the voices of the commercial real estate industry in Sacramento and Washington, D.C.

BOMA International was founded in 1907 and today represents 92 local associations throughout the United States and twelve international affiliates in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Finland, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Mexico, the Philippines, Russia and South Africa. BOMA's 16,500-plus members own or manage more than nine billion square feet of commercial properties in North America.

BOMA International is a primary source of information on office building development, leasing, building operating costs, energy consumption patterns, local and national building codes, legislation, occupancy statistics and technological developments.

BOMA International's goal has always focused on actively and responsibly representing and promoting the interests of the commercial real estate industry through effective leadership and advocacy, through the collection, analysis and dissemination of information and through professional development.

Today BOMA/GLA is one of the largest local BOMA organizations throughout the U.S. and Canada and represents over 144 million square feet of real estate in the Greater Los Angeles area.

Mission

Goals & Objectives

• Serve as an effective voice in advocating the industry’s interests with important stakeholders. 
• Effectively communicate with members to ensure thorough dialogue between the association and the membership.
• Be a flexible and interactive association to increase our value to members in a changing industry.
• Educate our members to increase their knowledge and competency in building management.
• Represent the majority of building owners and managers through growth of the association by actively seeking all qualified buildings and professionals for membership.

Past Board of Directors Chairmen

1915 - 1916	Dean Mason		1967 - 1968	Henry E. Blaesing
1917 - 1920	Roy C. Seeley		1969	Rollin C. Parsons
1921 - 1922	James R. Martin		1970 - 1973	Louis W. Jones Jr.
1923	A. G. Bartlett		1974	J. E. Gibbons
1923 - 1925	Shirley C. Ward		1975	John J. Palermo
1926	J. Edgar Brown		1976	Floyd W. O'Brien
1927 - 1929	A. L. Lathrop		1977 - 1978	Bernard L. Probert
1930	J. B. Van Nuys		1979 - 1980	Charles S. Allio
1931 - 1932	Eugene P. Clark		1981 - 1982	David V. Adams
1933 - 1934	P. D. Mason		1983 - 1984	J. Randall Moore
1935 - 1936	Frank F. Kern		1985 - 1986	Barbara S. Harris
1937	Harry B. Ziegler		1987 - 1988	G. A. Julin III
1938	D. W. Pontius		1989 - 1990	Richard P. Welles
1939 - 1940	John S. Ward		1991 - 1992	Lyle C. Randles
1941	H. B. Ziegler		1993 - 1994	James C. Ewing
1942	Carl E. Galli		1995 - 1996	Michael M. McClune
1943	George C. Brush		1997 - 1998	Mary A. Marx
1943	Kenneth V. Gragg		1999 - 2000	Bruce Megowan
1945 - 1947	Lane D. Webber		2001 - 2002	Christine Morendo
1948	Gray Phelps		2003 - 2004	Richard P. Welles
1949 - 1952	Walter P. Story		2005 - 2006	Pamela L. Westhoff
1953	Claiborn A. Saint		2007 - 2008	Joseph W. Markling
1954 - 1955	William B. Stringfellow
1956 - 1957	John H. Williams
1958 - 1959	William A. Jack
1960 - 1961	A. J. Danz
1962 - 1963	Robert E. Sheehan
1964	William R. Black
1965	Harold H. Tracy
1966	James C. Hill