Impact-Makers to Watch

• Nicole àBeckett — Co-Founder & CEO, SameSide
• Ashley Atkinson — City Planner, Los Angeles City Planning
• Elvina Beck — Founder, PodShare
• Tonja Boykin — Chief Operating Officer, Weingart Center
• Kelly Bruno — President and CEO, National Health Foundation
• Deborah Brutchey — Executive Director, L.A. Works
• Isaac Bryan — Director of Public Policy, The Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies
• Lyn MacEwen Cohen — Founder & President, First-In Fire Foundation
• Winnie Fong — Senior Associate, Estolano Advisors
• David Ford — Government Relations Manager, Southern California Edison
• Chanel Frampton — Director of Programs, Greater Los Angeles African American Chamber of Commerce
• Tim Gaspar — CEO, Gaspar Insurance Services
• Christopher Gonzalez — Wellness Advisor & Student
• Dan Halden — Director, HEART of Hollywood
• Aubrey Hicks — Executive Director, Bedrosian Center
• Larry Laboe — Executive Director & Co-Founder, New Filmmakers Los Angeles (NFMLA)
• Catherine Landers — Director for Special Projects, Office of Councilmember David Ryu
• Karen Mack — Founder, LA Commons
• Joan Maltese — Executive Director, Child Development Institute
• Jennifer May — Executive Director, Designmatters, Art Center College of Design
• Kit Miyamoto — President, Miyamoto Relief
• Kerry Morrison — Co-Founder, Heart Forward LA
• Rick Nahmias — Founder & Executive Director, Food Forward
• Brandi Orton — Managing Director, The Los Angeles Aging Advocacy Coalition (LAAAC)
• Addy Gonzalez-Renteria & Erin Stone — Founders, 11:11 A Creative Collective
• Richard Reyes — Executive Director, PLUS ME Project
• Jennifer May — Executive Director, Designmatters, Art Center College of Design
• Meghan Sahli-Wells — Mayor, City of Culver City
• Nathan Sheets — Executive Director, The Center of Hollywood
• Erin Tanenbaum — Senior Managing Director, Southern California Leadership Network
• Elizabeth Timme — Co-Executive Director, LA-Más

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• Richard Ayoub — Executive Director, Project Angel Food
• Nancy Baker Cahill — Artist
• Dyhan Cardona — Client Engagement Specialist, Homeless Health Care
• Francisca Castillo — Gender Equity Director, Recreation and Parks
• Lisa Colicchio — Vice President of Sustainability, CBRE
• Soraya Deen — Interfaith Solidarity Network
• Lenore French — Art Consultant and Organizer
• John Girodo — Vice President of Preservation Issues, Hollywood Heritage
• Russell Greene — Board Member, The Climate Mobilization
• Dr. Astrid Heger — Founder and Executive Director, Violence Intervention Program
• Rev. Stephanie Jaeger — Executive Director, NoHo Home Alliance
• Jeff Kalban — Board Member, Sherman Oaks Neighborhood Council
• Naima Keith — Deputy Director and Chief Curator, California African American Museum
• Chris Ko — Director of Homeless Initiatives, United Way of Greater LA
• William Levewood — Koreatown Youth and Community Center
• Leyna Lightman — Community Organizer
• Tiffany Mayberry — Manager, HBO Legal/West Coast Programming
• Albert Melena — Executive Director, San Fernando Valley Partnership, Inc.
• Marsha Novak — Interfaith Solidarity Network
• Luis Perez — Legal Service Director, CHIRLA
• Tracy Stone — Architect and Community Advocate
• Jeanne Woo — Senior Disaster Program Manager, American Red Cross LA Region
• Kenya Yarbrough — Director of Marketing and Advocacy, Girl Scouts of Greater LA
• Natalie Zappella — Program Director, Sustainable Connected Communities

• Tom Bagamane — Founder, The Giving Spirit
• Joon Bang — Executive Director, Korean American Coalition
• Kim Biddle — Executive Director, Saving Innocence
• Darlynn Childress — Co-Founder, Suburban Women’s Advocacy Network (SWAN)
• Debbie Decker — Executive Director & CEO, West Valley Food Pantry
• Azusena Favela — Director of Programs & Operations, LURN
• Kari Garcia — Miracle Mile Residential Association
• Harry Grammer — Founder & President, New Earth
• Amy Inouye — President, Photo Friends
• Dr. Jackie Filla — Associate Professor of Political Science, Mount St. Mary’s University
• Don Larson — President & CEO, Northridge Beautification
  Genevieve Liang — Executive Director, Cardborigami
• Lynda Moran — Executive Director & Founder, New Image
• Niki Okuk — RCO2 Material Reuse
• Nancy Olson — Executive Director, Southern California Leadership Network
• Omar Perich — Pastor, Victory Outreach
• Kelly Perkins — Miracle Mile Residential Association
• Shane Phillips — Director of Public Policy, Central City Association
• Eddie Sanders — Associate Director of Grants, Northeast Valley Health Corp.
• Danielle Walsmith — Co-Founder, Suburban Women’s Advocacy Network (SWAN)
• Brenda Wilson — Executive Director & Founder, New Image

• Karina Acorda — Private Citizen Advocate: League of Women Voters, Center for Inquiry, Online Open Government and Civic Tech Group, and Karma Rescue
• Betty Avila — Associate Director, Self Help Graphics & Art
• Omar Brownson — Executive Director, River LA
• Jennifer Cohen — Director of Government Affairs, LADOT
• Mike Dennis — Director of Community Organizing, East LA Community Corporation
• Lydia Floyd — Executive Director, Hands 4 Hope
• Lloyd Hitt — Co-Chair, Tuna Canyon Detention Station Coalition Board
• Marlene Hitt — Co-Chair, Tuna Canyon Detention Station Coalition Board
• Kathleen Johnson — Silver Lake Neighborhood Council, Silver Lake Reservoir Conservatory
• Dylan Jones — Architect, AIA and AIBC
• Jessica Lall — Executive Director, Central City Association
• Robert Larmore — Chief Operating Officer, Jive Live Entertainment
• Molly Larson — Director of Operations, Chrysalis Enterprises
• Chad Maender — Executive Director, Mid Valley YMCA
• Cyndi McAuley — Executive Director, Therapeutic Living Center for the Blind
• Jessica Meaney — Executive Director, Investing In Place
• Heddy Nam — Director, SLATE-Z
• Stephanie Ramirez — Associate State Director, Advocacy, AARP
• Anthony Ruffin — Case Worker, Housing Works
• Scott Sanders — Feeding Ministry
• Pamela Sanders — Feeding Ministry
• Lori Shapiro — Rabbi/Artistic Director/Founder, Open Temple
• Jeanne Roe Smith — Campus Minister/Executive Director, Wesley Foundation Serving UCLA
• Zaneta Smith — Associate Director, Clinical and Student Services at LAK
• Chris Stanton — Watch Captain, Lakeview Terrace Eagles Neighborhood Watch
• Wade Trimmer – Director, San Fernando Valley Rescue Mission
• Doug Walker — President, East Hollywood-Los Feliz Homeless Coalition
• Steven Wynbrandt — Founder, Wynbrandt Farms

• Pierre Arreola — Co-Founder, The Gr818ers
• Tafarai Bayne — Principal, EMH Creative Group; Commissioner, Los Angeles Department of Transportation
• Austin Beutner — Vision to Learn
• Donna Bojarsky — Co-Founder, LA Works; Founder, New Leaders Project, Jewish Federation of Los Angeles; Los Angeles County Human Relations Commission; California Volunteers State Commission; Founder, Future of Cities: Leading in LA; Director, Foreign Policy Roundtable
• Sue Bruno — Executive Administrator, The Greig Smith LAPD Devonshire Youth Center
• Rick Cole — City Manager, City of Santa Monica
• Leigh Collier — EVP Development, bBooth
• Colleen Corcoran — Designer, Designed By Colleen; Board Member, CicLAvia; Steering Committee Member, Los Angeles Walk
• Nat Gale — Program Director, Great Streets Studio, Office of Mayor Eric Garcetti
• Peter Marx — Chief Technology Officer, Los Angeles City Mayor’s Office
• Michelle Miranda — Executive Director, RUTH YouthBuild
• Luis Oliart — Chair, North Hollywood Interfaith Food Pantry
• Alberto Retana — Community Organizer, South Los Angeles
• Christina Rice — Senior Librarian, Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
• Isabel Rojas Williams — Executive Director, Mural Conservancy of Los Angeles
• Rachel Torres — Organizer & Research Analyst, UNITE/HERE Local 11
• Jenny Vinopal — Program Director, California Youth Connection
• Valerie Watson — Transportation Planning Associate, Active Transportation Division, Los Angeles Department of Transportation
• Jeff Zarrinnam — Vice President, East Hollywood Business Improvement District