Sean Burton

Sean Burton is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Cityview. Cityview is a real estate firm that has invested institutional capital to build or rehab over 150 multifamily and workforce housing projects throughout the United States. Since 2013, Mr. Burton has served as the President of the Los Angeles Board of Airport Commissioners, which oversees LAX and Van Nuys airports. During this time, the Board oversaw the adoption and implementation of a $16 billion modernization plan to upgrade all terminals, build a new international terminal, develop the largest consolidated rental car facility in the world and connect LAX to public transit via an automated people mover train system. Mr. Burton previously served on the Los Angeles City Planning Commission and is currently a member of the Young Presidents Organization and the Real Estate Roundtable. He also served in the Defense Intelligence Agency and the Commander Third Fleet Units of the United States Navy Reserve. Prior to joining Cityview in 2003, Mr. Burton was an executive in the Corporate Business Development and Strategy Division for Warner Bros., where he was responsible for strategic investments. His other professional experience includes serving as a transactional attorney at O’Melveny & Myers, LLP and in the White House and Democratic National Committee during the Clinton Administration. Mr. Burton is a graduate (cum laude) of the New York University School of Law and the University of California, Irvine. He and his wife, Teresa, live in Los Angeles and have two children, Russell and Grace.