Scott Lee Regberg

Regberg, Scott Lee
August 25, 1950 - July 30, 2010
Scott Regberg, a West Los Angeles businessman and community leader, has died. He was 59.
Regberg died Friday after suffering a heart attack earlier in the week.
Since 1977, Regberg owned Regberg & Associates, an advertising and event planning agency that produced political debates broadcast on ABC, NBC and other stations. He also organized annual business and environmental conferences in Southern California drawing speakers from across the country.
Regberg's clients included the Nielsen EDI, Bank of America, Security Pacific Bank, Head shampoo, the County of Los Angeles, Department of Water and Power and the Association for Corporate Growth.
"Be brief, be brilliant, be gone," Regberg often said, according to his family.
Regberg made a mark on West Los Angeles business and community life as executive director of the Westwood Village Merchants Association, which represented 150 local businesses. He also served as president of the Crestwood Hills Homeowners Association, a neighborhood group.
Regberg was senior class president at Venice High School where he was voted "most likely to succeed," graduating in 1968. He went on to UCLA earning a history degree. In 1972, he published a book called Sweet Illusions. An avid hiker, Regberg wrote a regular column about the outdoors in the Santa Monica Mirror.
Born in Canton, Ohio on August 25, 1950, Regberg is survived by his wife Melanie Miller Regberg, son Hayden, brother Rick Regberg, and late father's wife Lee Regberg.
The funeral was held August 2, 2010, at Hillside Memorial Park and Mortuary in Los Angeles.