Gina Zapanta has been an advocate for employees and injured people her entire career. As an appointed trustee on the Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association’s Board of Retirement (LACERA), she has adjudicated injured worker’s claims and made our community a better place. She has expertise in contracting, healthcare management, and personal-injury strategic partnership development between physicians and attorneys. Gina currently serves on the board of trustees at Loyola Law School, White Memorial Hospital and Monterey Park Hospital and is a co-founder of ZAGives, a 501(c)(3) charity devoted to community outreach.

Her notable accomplishments include:

• Admitted to the California State Bar
• Judicial externship with Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Teresa Sanchez-Gordon
• JD, Loyola Law School
• Bachelor’s Degree, University of Southern California, double major in Psychology and International Relations, minor in Spanish
• Board Member – Children’s Hospital LA
• Board Member – LA Latino Chamber of Commerce
• Mother to three young children