Corinne Tapia Babcock is a Commissioner of the City of Los Angeles’ Fire Commission. She has served on the Los Angeles Fire and Police Pension board of commissioners since 2014. From 2017 to 2018 she was elected by her peers to serve as board Vice President, and from 2018 to 2019 served as the board’s President. Corinne has been dedicated to her fiduciary responsibility of ensuring the $24B pension fund is one of the of the soundest and highest performing pensions in the United States.
Corinne is the Managing Broker and Owner of Five Heights Realty Corp., an independent real estate brokerage company specializing in residential/commercial sales and acquisitions of real property. Additionally, she is the founder and Principal of Cova Partners, LLC, a certified women, minority, and small business enterprise, providing critical back-office support for companies interested in providing their trade, service, or product on construction projects in the greater Los Angeles area.
Corinne earned a B.A. from Georgetown University, and a certificate in real estate with a concentration in investments from the University of California, Los Angeles. She has also participated in the University of Southern California’s Ross Minority Real Estate Program and the Coro Fellowship in Public Affairs.
Additionally, she serves as founding board member of REĀL – Real Estate Association of Latinx Professionals—the first organization of its kind focused on commercial real estate. Corinne is an avid golfer, and member of the Latina Golfers Association, who awarded her the “Breaking the Glass Ceiling” award for achievements in business on-and-off the golf course. Corinne lives in the Northeast Los Angeles neighborhood of El Sereno.