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2023 Selection Committee

Each year a Selection Committee comprised of local nonprofit & foundation leaders volunteer their time, thoughtfulness, and expertise to select the award recipients. Below are the Committee members who selected the 2023 recipients, whom comprise Cohort 13.

KRISTINA DEUTSCH

Trustee,

The Carl & Roberta

Deutsch Foundation 

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Program Director,

Weingart Foundation

 

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JEROME GREENING

Chief Executive Officer, PUENTE Learning Center  

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2021 HALO Recipient

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STEPHANIA RAMIREZ

Executive Director, Perenchio Foundation 

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JOHNG HO SONG

Executive Director,  Koreatown Youth and Community Center

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2013 HALO Recipient

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LUIS VASQUEZ

Co-Founder and Managing Director, Rainbow Labs 

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2022 HALO Recipient

SHELBY WILLIAMS-GONZÁLEZ

Chief Executive Officer & President, Inner-City Arts 

Past Selection Committees

 

Individuals are listed along with their organization affiliation and title at the time of their Selection Committee service.  

2022

  • Tony Brown, Executive Director, Heart of Los Angeles (2017 Recipient)

  • Kristina Deutsch, Trustee, The Carl & Roberta Deutsch Foundation 

  • James Herr, Director, National Center For The Preservation Of Democracy at JANM

  • Shawn Kravich, Executive Director, John N. Calley Foundation

  • Elida Ledesma, Executive Director, Arts for Healing and Justice Network

  • Veronica Lewis, Director, Homeless Outreach Program Integrated Care System 

  • Richard Reyes, Executive Director, The PLUS ME Project (2021 Recipient)

2021

  • Suzanne Brown, Former Executive Director for Southern California, First Place for Youth

  • Sue Y. Chi, Managing Director, The Eli & Edythe Broad Foundation

  • Kristina Deutsch, Trustee, The Carl & Roberta Deutsch Foundation 

  • Seyron Foo, Senior Advocacy Officer, Conrad N. Hilton Foundation

  • Drew Furedi, President & CEO, Para Los Niños

  • Debbie Unruh, Executive Director, Elizabeth House (2017 Recipient)

  • Sarah Wilson, Executive Director, Harvest Home (2020 Recipient)

2020

2019

  • Kristina Deutsch, Trustee, The Carl & Roberta Deutsch Foundation 

  • Chris Ko, Managing Director of Homeless & Strategic Initiatives, United Way of Greater Los Angeles

  • Diana Pinto, Executive Director, South Central LAMP

  • Irene Quevedo, Executive Director, Operation Jump Start (2018 Recipient)

  • Mark Supper, President & CEO, Youth Emerging Stronger

  • Keren Taylor, Executive Director, WriteGirl (2017 Recipient)

  • Jennifer Vanore, President & CEO, UniHealth Foundation

2018

  • Patrick Conyers, Executive Director, Pasadena Educational Foundation (2017 Recipient)

  • Kristina Deutsch, Trustee, The Carl & Roberta Deutsch Foundation 

  • Dorothy Fleisher, Program Director, W.M. Keck Foundation

  • Carrie Harlow, Program Officer, The Ahmanson Foundation

  • Chris Hendrikson, Founder & Board Member, Street Poets

  • Gabe Middleton, President & CEO, human-I-T (2016 Recipient)

  • Kara Allen Soldati, President & CEO, United Friends of the Children

2017

  • Liza Bray, Director, Partners for Children South LA 

  • Angel Roberson Daniels, Vice President of Grants, The Angell Foundation

  • Kristina Deutsch, Trustee, The Carl & Roberta Deutsch Foundation 

  • Jeff Kim, Program Director, California Wellness Foundation

  • Simon Lopez, Vice President of Workforce & Career Development

  • John Maceri, CEO, The People Concern (2015 Recipient)

  • Nancy Stiles, Executive Director, Stars (2016 Recipient)

2016

  • Martha Arevalo, Executive Director, CARECEN (2015 Recipient)

  • Kristina Deutsch, Trustee, The Carl & Roberta Deutsch Foundation 

  • Victoria Lanier, Executive Director, Education Through Music Los Angeles

  • Daniel McWhirter, Director of Programs, Bresee Foundation (2013 Recipient)

  • Alex Morales, President & CEO, Children's Bureau of Southern California

  • Sean Ostrovsky, Senior Program Officer, The Rosalinde & Arthur Gilbert Foundation

  • Jennifer Price-Letscher, Senior Program Officer, The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation

2015

  • Lisa Anderson, Veterans Employment Services Manager, The Salvation Army

  • Joseph Castaneda, Executive Director, El Centrito Family Learning Center (2014 Recipient)

  • Kristina Deutsch, Trustee, The Carl & Roberta Deutsch Foundation 

  • Cathy Friedman, Associate Director, Peace Over Violence (2013 Recipient)

  • Samuel Gonzalez, Program Director, Hathway-Sycamores Child & Family Services

  • Joe Womac, Executive Director, Specialty Family Foundation

2014

  • Sam Chan, District Chief, Los Angeles Department of Mental Health

  • Anne Coscarelli, Director, UCLA Simms-Mann Center of Integrative Oncology

  • Kristina Deutsch, Trustee, The Carl & Roberta Deutsch Foundation 

  • Terrie Doizaki, Program Officer, Weingart Foundation

  • Jeff Schaffer, Vice President & Market Leader (Southern California), Enterprise Community Partners

  • Debra Suh, Executive Director, Center for the Pacific Asian Family (2011 Recipient)

  • Mark Wilson, Executive Director, Corporation for Responsible Community Development

2013

  • Liza Bercovici, Executive Director, Gabriella Charter Schools

  • Wendy Chang, Director of Programs, Dwight Stuart Youth Fund

  • Kristina Deutsch, Trustee, The Carl & Roberta Deutsch Foundation 

  • Mark Loranger, Executive Director, Chrysalis, Inc.

  • Andrea Marchetti, Executive Director, Jovenes, Inc.

  • Wende Nichols-Julien, Executive Director, The California Conference for Equality and Justice (2012 Recipient)

  • Bill Pitkin, Director of Domestic Programs, The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation

  • Curtis Shepard, Director, Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Center

2012

  • Kim Pattillo Brownson, Director of Education, Advancement Project

  • Kristina Deutsch, Trustee, The Carl & Roberta Deutsch Foundation 

  • Tahra Goraya, Director (Western Office), Zero to Three

  • Cristina M. Regalado, Vice President of Programs, The California Wellness Foundation

  • Tim Sandoval, Director of Academy of Young Scholars, Bright Prospect

2011

  • Kristina Deutsch, Trustee, The Carl & Roberta Deutsch Foundation 

  • Elizabeth Benson Forer, CEO, Venice Family Clinic

  • Claire Peeps, Executive Director, The Durfee Foundation

  • Margarita Ramirez, Deputy of Grantmaking, Liberty Hill Foundation

  • Kim Thomas-Barrios, Executive Director, USC Leslie & William McMorrow Neighborhood Academic Initiative

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