lkosmont@kosmont.com
Larry Kosmont is the founder and President/ CEO of Kosmont Partners. He is a nationally recognized real estate and economic development expert, specializing in matching private sector real estate opportunities with public sector land use policies, regulations, and financing/incentive programs. Larry has assisted hundreds of local government agencies in navigating business decisions ranging from large-scale economic development to city-specific Internet strategies. He has guided over one thousand projects for public agencies and private sector clients in obtaining approvals and financing. Between 1975 and 1986, Larry served as City Manager and Director of various departments and agencies including redevelopment, planning, housing, and transportation for several Southern California cities. As a member of the private sector servicing government agencies, Larry has developed an acute understanding of what the private sector needs in order to conduct frictionless transactions with government. In 1999, he founded and served as President/CEO of eCitydeals, a company that enabled public agencies to come together on the Internet to conduct business transactions. Larry is currently a Commissioner of the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board, appointed by Governor Gray Davis. He served on the MWD Board for 4 years, as an appointee of Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan, and was Chairman of the MWD Strategic Plan Committee for 2 years. Since 1999, Larry has served as President of the widely respected Institute for a Better California (www.ibcalif.org), a non-profit organization which supports economic development, redevelopment, and public/private project activities, reuse analysis, affordable housing development, redevelopment, revitalization studies, and transportation economics.