LA5 Club Meeting - 7/10/26: Richard Frank

Location: City Club LA 

What does Lawry’s - the prime rib mecca, the Van de Kamp’s Bakery empire, The Crippled Children’s Society of Los Angeles and The Los Angeles Rotary all have in common? On July 10^th, Richard Frank is going to tell us.

Richard Frank is the Chairman of the Board at Lawry’s Restaurants. Frank, a third-generation restaurateur, leads Lawry’s Restaurants, Inc., which owns and operates the legacy American restaurants, Lawry’s the Prime Rib. The company was founded by Frank’s grandfather, Lawrence L. Frank, in 1922.

In addition to his responsibilities at Lawry’s, Richard Frank is an active community volunteer. He has served as Board Chair at AbilityFirst, a non-profit organization that helps people with disabilities transition from childhood to adult life; is a past Chairman of Hathaway-Sycamores, which provides a wide variety of support and services to youth and families in Southern California; a past Chairman of the San Gabriel Chapter of the Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO), which is an active, global association of chief executives; a member of the Chief Executives Organization; and a past Director of the Harvard Business School Association of Southern California and of the Los Angeles Convention and Visitor’s Bureau.