Los Angeles businessman and philanthropist Jeffrey Worthe is one of five people nominated by President Joe Biden as U.S. representatives to the 78th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, White House officials announced Sunday.
Worthe is president of Worthe Real Estate Group, a Santa Monica firm that specializes in the development and refurbishment of office properties in Los Angeles. Its recent projects include The Second Century, an 800,000-square-foot office development designed by Frank Gehry that is leased to Warner Bros.; The Post in Beverly Hills, which was leased to Live Nation; and the Ranch Lot in Burbank, a 926,000-square-foot studio lot with 16 new sound stages.
Worthe and his wife Kristin also support charities throughout Los Angeles. He is the most recent chair of the board of directors of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, and is a trustee of both the UC Santa Barbara Foundation and Crossroads School in Santa Monica.
Worthe is a founding board member of the Ziman Center at UCLA and a member of the Core Leadership Group with the LA Sports & Entertainment Commission.
The other people nominated by Biden are:
— Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Oakland;
— Rep. French Hill, R-Little Rock;
— Consultant and University of San Diego graduate Janet Keller;
— Former Georgia state legislator Calvin Smyre, a Democrat who was nominated by Biden to serve as U.S. Ambassador to the Commonwealth of the Bahamas in 2022.