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The California Hope, Opportunity, Perseverance, and Empowerment for Children Trust Account Program

Role: Administrator
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Jaime L. Lee, J.D.

An individual with investment expertise appointed by the Speaker of the assembly

Jaime Lee is a commercial real estate executive and longtime civic and non-profit board member. She is the Chief Executive Officer of the Jamison group of companies, one of the largest office landlords and apartment developers in Los Angeles for the past twenty-five years, and controls over 20 million square feet of office, retail, medical, and multifamily properties throughout Southern California.

Jaime served the City of Los Angeles as an appointed commissioner for thirteen years across three mayoral administrations. From 2018-2023 she was President of the Board of Harbor Commissioners for the Port of Los Angeles, the largest container port by trade volume in the western hemisphere. She currently serves on the Mayor’s International Advisory Council and as co-chair of the public-private partnership non-profit Global LA. She previously served for four years as President of the Los Angeles City Employees’ Retirement System Board of Administration, which oversees the City’s $22 billion employee pension fund, and on the boards for the Industrial Development Authority and the Quality and Productivity Commission. She served the State of California for five years as Vice Chair of the California Film Commission and previously spent seven years as a commissioner on the Speech Language Pathology, Audiology & Hearing Aid Dispensers Board. Jaime is active in the community as a board member of the Los Angeles Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games 2028 and the Korean American Foundation Advisory Board.

Earning both BA and JD degrees from the University of Southern California, the Los Angeles native currently sits on the USC Board of Trustees and is also a member of the Board of Councilors for the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences and an Executive Committee member of the USC Lusk Center for Real Estate.

CEO Jamison Group of Companies