Frank's career demonstrates distinguished service in both the
public and private sectors. He serves in elected and appointed
offices in the state of California. He is a Council Member in the
City of Rolling Hills Estates and served as Mayor in 2007-2008. He
has or continues to serve on various local and regional public
boards such as Palos Verdes Transit Authority, Regional Law
Enforcement, Southern California Association of Governments Energy
and Environment and County Sanitation South Bay District.
In May of 2008, he was elected as the 49th President of the
California Contract Cities Association; the second largest municipal
organization in the state of California. As the appointee of the
Board of Supervisors, he is an advisor to the Business Technology
Center of the County of Los Angeles. On October 19, 2006, Gov.
Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed Frank to the Division of Medical
Quality of the Medical Board of California. He was unanimously
confirmed by the California Senate in May of 2007. He serves on the
Executive, International Medical Education, Strategic Planning,
Physician Recognition and Access to Care Committees of the Medical
Board of California. In November of 2008, he was elected by the
Board to serve as its Vice President and on July 20, 2010, Gov.
Schwarzenegger re-appointed Frank to the Medical Board of
California.
Frank has been honored as one of Southern California Magazine’s
Super Lawyers since 2004 and Marquis’ Who’s Who in America and
American Law for five consecutive years. He is a recognized
authority on real estate, public policy and development law as well
as all phases of corporate restructuring law. As an adjunct
associate professor, he passes on this knowledge to graduate
students at the University of Southern California School of Policy,
Planning and Development.
Frank is also an active volunteer. In 2007, he was re-elected as
chairman of the Board of Governors of the worldwide Armenian Bar
Association. He also chaired the Daniel Freeman Hospitals Foundation
in 2001-2002 and oversaw the successful distribution of $8 million
in gifts. In 2009 Frank founded the Zerunyan Center for Business,
Entrepreneurship and Community Development at the Palos Verdes
Peninsula Library District; the first center of its kind in a public
library. Frank has been active in the Southern California business,
civic, political, charitable and cultural arenas since 1980. His
energy, experience and accomplishments have inspired him to focus on
an agenda that can have the greatest impact on improving the long
term health and safety of local communities and the State of
California.
Frank earned his Juris Doctor degree from Western State University
College of Law and his Bachelor of Arts degree from California State
University, Long Beach. He also completed his advanced legal studies
in Corporate Taxation at the University of Southern California Law
Center.