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Nathaniel Trives is a family man, married to
his childhood sweetheart Ida and father of the talented linguist,
Dr. Toni Trives, professor of Spanish at Santa Monica College.
Nat has dedicated his life to helping
others and he has come to be known as 'Mr. Santa Monica', a Man of
Many Hats; because of the high number of roles he fills or has filled
in our community.
These roles have included, in his chosen profession,
in the field of Criminal Justice, as a practitioner in Law Enforcement
with the City of Santa Monica; and as an emeritus professor in of
Criminal Justice at California State University, Los Angeles. While
at Cal State LA, Nat also served as a Special Master for the Northern
District Federal Court overseeing the Consent Decree governing the
resolution of race and gender bias issues in the San Francisco Police
Department. He also served as a member of the senior staff at the
Santa Monica Community College District, as Deputy Superintendent
and Chief Government Relations Officer with responsibilities for the
College Foundation and all external relations.
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Nat promoted to the rank of sergeant in the
Santa Monica Police Department, 1965 |
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Nat's five decades of professional work were
also paralleled with an impressive string of volunteer commitments
with scores of national, state and local organizations. He served
on the national boards of both the National Urban League and the National
Conference of Community and Justice (NCCJ); and on national committees
of the National Association of Independent Schools, the International
Association of Chiefs of Police and the National League of Cities.
He was a member and Chair of the California Commission on Peace Officer
Standards and Training; he was a member and Chair of the Los Angeles
Regional Criminal Justice Planning Board. Nat was a member of the
Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) and chaired
its Public Safety committee. He was elected to two terms on the Santa
Monica City Council, where he served as Mayor Pro-Tem and then Mayor.
He has served as a member and Chair of the Personnel Commission for
both the Santa Monica Malibu Unified School District and the Santa
Monica Community College District.
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| Mayor Donna Swink and Councilmember Nat Trives
and City Manager Jim Williams breaking ground at Sea Colony,
1979. |
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Nat is Vice-President of The Rotary Club of
Santa Monica and has been an active member since 1976. Nat is currently
serving as a member of the Board and Past President of the Santa Monica
Family YMCA. He is on the Board of the Santa Monica Historical Society
Museum. He is currently Chair of the Board for Santa Monica Convention
and Visitor's Bureau and Chair-elect of the Santa Monica Chamber of
Commerce for 2004-05, the Installation Dinner will be June 10th. Nat
also enjoyes his role as Chair of the Board of the Center for Healthy
Aging. His dedication to education also included serving as President
& Board Chair of Crossroads School, where he enters his thirtieth
(30th) year of volunteer service. He is the founding Board President
& Chair of the Board of New Visions Foundation, as well as being
the founding
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Professor of Criminal Justice, Nat Trives
counseling student, 1970's. |
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President and Chair of the Board of Trustees
of New Roads School, which will honor Nat at their May 16th Fundraiser
called 'Kaleidoscope'. He is a founding Board member and past Chair
of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Westside Coalition. He is
a member and past President of the Santa Monica Gems, a local philanthropic
scholarship organization providing thousands of dollars to black students
attending Santa Monica area schools and Santa Monica College.
There is more, to find out, Google…..for
Nat Trives.
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