Guy Lipa

Guy Lipa is a founding partner of Parallel Capital, LLC, a vertically integrated real estate investment and development firm focused on repositioning under performing and distressed real assets as well as the development of complex and highly regulated projects, including public-private partnerships and affordable housing.  Previously, Guy served as Chief-Of-Staff of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (the nation’s largest public utility), Chief Deputy to Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, and Legislative Assistant to Congress member and Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee Tom Lantos (the only Holocaust Survivor to ever serve in Congress).  Guy sits on the advisory boards of several companies and was appointed by Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and reconfirmed by Mayor Karen Bass to the Los Angeles Civil Service Commission, for which his fellow Commissioners elected him as President. The grandchild of Holocaust Survivors, Guy has served on the board of Holocaust Museum LA since 2015 and as Board Chair since 2019, where he led a $65M capital campaign, including the construction of a 35,000 square foot education campus expansion to the museum. He holds a B.A. in public policy from The George Washington University and an M.B.A. from The University of Southern California Marshall School of Business. Guy lives in Los Angeles with his two sons and his dog Sandy Koufax Lipa.