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JOHN WENTWORTH, President of the Warfighter Board of Directors
John served in Vietnam, between Tet 1968 and Tet 1969, as an infantry rifleman with the 1st Cavalry Division. He returned a Sergeant.
He was a rock ‘n roll disk jockey at 19 in Baltimore, MD, a film cinematographer and editor, a soldier, a race relations trainer for the Inglewood, CA school district, then, in business, worked in Human Resources at TOSCO Corporation, Carte Blanche and Mattel.
He became a recruiter in 1979. Wentworth Recruiting, one of the most progressive and durable recruiting operations in the country, was created in 1982. He retired in 2018.
He has served as the president of the San Pedro Peninsula Hospital Foundation and the Professionals in Human Resources Association Foundation, served on the board of the Catalina Conservancy Divers and was a presentation and scientific diver for the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, CA, helping to establish the scientific diving program. He was the chair of the Westside Center for Independent Living Computer Training Project Business Advisory Council and a member of the parent organization's Board of Directors.
He served as a founding member of the City of Los Angeles Board of Taxicab Commissioners, after which he served for a year as President of the Board of Harbor Commissioners for the Port of Los Angeles.
John was for three years the President of Infragard-Los Angeles (FBI/private sector partnership) and served on the board of directors of the Bill Duke Media Foundation. He also served as the Chair of the Board of PortTechLA, a maritime industry focused business incubator. He was the President of the Board of the Angels Gate Cultural Center.
He graduated from Boston University with a degree in Communications.
John served in Vietnam, between Tet 1968 and Tet 1969, as an infantry rifleman with the 1st Cavalry Division. He returned a Sergeant.
He was a rock ‘n roll disk jockey at 19 in Baltimore, MD, a film cinematographer and editor, a soldier, a race relations trainer for the Inglewood, CA school district, then, in business, worked in Human Resources at TOSCO Corporation, Carte Blanche and Mattel.
He became a recruiter in 1979. Wentworth Recruiting, one of the most progressive and durable recruiting operations in the country, was created in 1982. He retired in 2018.
He has served as the president of the San Pedro Peninsula Hospital Foundation and the Professionals in Human Resources Association Foundation, served on the board of the Catalina Conservancy Divers and was a presentation and scientific diver for the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, CA, helping to establish the scientific diving program. He was the chair of the Westside Center for Independent Living Computer Training Project Business Advisory Council and a member of the parent organization's Board of Directors.
He served as a founding member of the City of Los Angeles Board of Taxicab Commissioners, after which he served for a year as President of the Board of Harbor Commissioners for the Port of Los Angeles.
John was for three years the President of Infragard-Los Angeles (FBI/private sector partnership) and served on the board of directors of the Bill Duke Media Foundation. He also served as the Chair of the Board of PortTechLA, a maritime industry focused business incubator. He was the President of the Board of the Angels Gate Cultural Center.
He graduated from Boston University with a degree in Communications.
