Y E A R B O O K & A N N U A L R E P O R T W E L C O M E T A B L E of C O N T E N T S
Dear CoachArt Community, thank you for joining us in our mission to create a transformative arts and athletics community for families impacted by childhood chronic illness. This yearbook and annual report is our way of summarizing the accomplishments you made possible in 2019. The positive and mutually rewarding interactions between our volunteer coaches and our students are always the highlights of our year, and we have included a few of those stories in Glossary 2 this report. Other highlights of 2019 included: Board of Directors 4 We launched The UpBeat, a website and podcast featuring helpful tips, resources, Staff 18 and inspirational stories for families impacted by childhood chronic illness. It’s “your guide to thrive”! 2019 Financials and Infographics 20 We launched our San Diego Advisory Council to strengthen our presence in the Our Favorite Stories of 2019 25 region. We had our best-ever Children’s Benefit, raising $946k from generous donors and sponsors as we honored Heart & Humanity Champion Chris Britt and Volunteer of the Year Kendell Hardy. In August, we set a record for the most children to enroll as CoachArt students in a single month. CoachArt lessons were taped for “Making Good,” the series produced by Cosmic Pictures and BYUtv and hosted by Kirby Heyborne, which spotlights non-profits that are touching lives across the U.S.
Please let us know if you have any questions, or if you’d like to know more about the ways in which you can be involved in our work.
Yours sincerely, --The CoachArt Team
1 G L O S S A R Y
Student: A recipient of our services. Must be 5-18 years old and either have a chronic illness that lasts at least 30 months or be the sibling of a child with such an illness. (Never “patient”).
Coach: A volunteer who has completed our training, passed a background check, and provides our services.
Lesson hours: The total time that a student spends participating in an arts or athletics lesson from a coach or group of coaches.
Match: A pairing of a student and coach for a subject-based lesson, usually for 4-8 weeks. May also be the pairing of a group of students with a group of coaches. G L O S S A R Y In-Home-Lesson Match: A one-on-one pairing of a student and coach with eight lessons focused on one activity, usually in the home. At the end of each match, the volunteer and the student/parent have the choice to renew and continue the match.
Club Match: A group of coaches and group of students doing one activity in an appropriate venue.
31 2 35 AMIT AHUJA JAMIE BARRETT ELIZA LURIE BECKER SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
Amit is Vice President of Adobe Jamie is an advertising writer and Eliza taught for 10 years as a first Systems. Before rising to VP, he creative director. In 1990, he joined and second grade teacher in both B O A R D served as the Senior Director of Portland agency Wieden+Kennedy, public and private schools. More Product Management, where he where he created iconic Nike work recently, she led Tinkergarten classes was responsible for leading the for Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, to promote the values of learning strategic direction and execution of Andre Agassi, Charles Barkley, and through play and get kids outside to multiple initiatives. Prior to this role, the Atlanta Olympics. In 1995, he connect and explore the natural world, of Amit spent seven years in Adobe’s was named the lead creative director work creatively to solve problems Corporate Development Group, on the Nike business. In 1998, collaboratively with mixed-aged executing numerous transactions Jamie joined Fallon NY as Partner peers, develop persistence and grit, including acquisitions of Omniture, and Executive Creative Director. and simply have fun. She also taught Scene7, Efficient Frontier, Demdex In 2000, he was named Adweek’s JQuest at Temple Isaiah in Lafayette. and Auditude. Amit joined Adobe “National Creative Director of the She is now actively involved in her D I R E C T O R S via the acquisition of Macromedia, Year.” In 2002, Jamie began a 10-year boys’ elementary school on the Site where he was in the Corporate run at Goodby Silverstein & Partners Council Committee, Coordinating Development Group, focusing on in San Francisco. He was named Council Committee and PTA, as mobile/video. one of the world’s top 50 creative well as helping to edit a friend’s work people by Creativity Magazine three for publication in the world of self- times in that span, and in 2010 regulation. She is also cherishing Goodby Silverstein was honored as time at home with her one-year-old Ad Age’s “Agency of the Decade.” In daughter. 2012, Jamie and his partner Patrick Kelly founded barrettSF. In 2018, Advertising Age named barrettSF “West Coast Small Agency of the Year.”
4 5 LEAH BERNTHAL SEAN BRECKER CHRIS BRITT PETE DISTAD KEN EBBITT MICHAEL FITZPATRICK LOS ANGELES LOS ANGELES SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA CO-FOUNDER Pete has been at Apple for over five- Ken is a Product Manager at Google Michael is currently serving as an Leah is the Founder of Every Sean is Chief Financial Officer Chris is the founder & CEO of and-a-half years and is currently where he has worked on both the Engineering Manager at Apple, Purpose, a strategic consultancy that of Headspace, a global leader in Chime, the leader in US challenger a leader within the Apple Media Cloud and Ads teams. Prior to where he focuses on Siri. Before designs, builds, and executes social meditation and mindfulness with banking that helps members avoid Products group. Prior to Apple, Pete Google, Ken’s career included time in his time at Apple, Michael was the purpose into businesses and brands. nearly 60 million users across 190 fees, save money automatically served as the SVP of Marketing finance (banking and venture capital), President and COO of PullString, Prior to Every Purpose, Leah worked countries. Headquartered in Santa and lead healthier financial lives. & Distribution for Hulu, and led startups (Sunrun and Upwork), and Inc, which provided companies with the Annenberg Foundation to Monica, California, Sean is the From 2007-2012, Chris was Hulu’s content distribution and large tech companies (PayPal and with collaborative tools to rapidly develop and launch AnnenbergTech driving force behind all financial and Chief Product Officer and SVP, customer acquisition/retention Yahoo!). Ken is the founder of The design, prototype, and publish and PledgeLA. She began her career commercial matters, overseeing the Corporate Development at Green efforts as a member of the executive Foundation for Giving HOPE, a non- highly engaging voice applications as a management consultant and growth of the company as it continues Dot. Chris was also a senior product management team. There, he was profit that raises awareness and funds on Amazon Alexa and Google quickly shifted her focus to nonprofit to expand and develop its content. In leader at Visa and one of the first responsible for subscriber acquisition for children suffering from chronic Assistant. Prior to PullString, he co- and philanthropy after co-founding 2019, Headspace expanded its global executives at ComScore. and retention; paid, on-channel, and life-threatening illnesses. Over founded and led ConnectSolutions. CoachArt. Leah has over 20 years of footprint by launching in multiple and brand marketing; distribution the past 18 years The Foundation Earlier in his career, Michael held nonprofit experience in fundraising, markets internationally, offering strategy and partnerships; and for Giving HOPE has raised nearly various management positions program design, strategic growth, meditation as a benefit to employees content marketing. Pete also served $1M to support children’s charities. at Adobe and Macromedia. In board development, event planning, of more than 300 companies, as a Management Consultant at Ken’s other volunteer activities addition to CoachArt, Michael governance, and retreat facilitation. and driving additional strategic McKinsey & Company prior to his include serving as the Board Chair of works with a number of nonprofits She received the President’s partnerships such as the NBA, Nike, time with Hulu. Hidden Villa, an environmental and focused on children and educational Volunteer Service Award and the Amazon, and Apple. In addition, educational non-profit based in Los development. Daily Point of Light Award, is a Sean serves as a board member Altos Hills, and he has been actively strategist for Good Measure, a both at Headspace and CoachArt, involved with Paul Newman’s “Hole NationSwell Council Member, a transformative arts and athletics in the Wall Gang Camp” since high and sits on the Da Vinci Schools community for families impacted school. Ken lives in Los Altos with his Board of Regents. Leah has a BS in by childhood chronic illnesses. Prior wife, Jennie, and four children. On Labor Relations and Organizational to joining Headspace, Sean enjoyed weekends you can typically find him Development from Cornell a 15-year career as a trader and shuttling kids between games, and University. originator at large investment banks coaching Little League. such as JPMorgan, Lehman Brothers, and Citigroup —spanning numerous locations including New York, London and Singapore. He has an MBA in Finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a BA in Mathematics and Economics from Wesleyan University. 6 7 RUSS FRADIN CHRISTINA GALLO ALLI GOLDSTEIN JASON HAHN ELENA HALPERT-SCHILT SCOTT HAUG SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA LOS ANGELES LOS ANGELES LOS ANGELES EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TREASURER Russ is a digital media industry Christina completed her Alli is the founder of Cinch PR, a San veteran with more than 25 years of undergraduate studies at the Francisco-based agency specializing Jason is the Head of Strategic Elena is embracing her new role Scott is a Managing Director with experience in the online marketing University of Pennsylvania and in consumer lifestyle brands. Since Initiatives for Activision Blizzard’s as Assistant Executive Director Alvarez and Marsal’s Corporate world. He is co-founder and graduated Magna Cum Laude with a 2006, Cinch PR has carved out Esports division, where he manages Emeritus of the County of Transformation Consulting Practice. Chairman/CEO of Dynamic Signal. Bachelor’s in the Biological Basis of a ‘non-tech’ leadership position, strategy, planning, business Los Angeles Human Relations Previously, he was a Partner at a He co-founded and was CEO of Behavior. She then pursued a Master’s focusing on top travel, destination, development, and analytics. Jason Commission, the county’s designated boutique strategy consulting firm Adify, which was acquired by Cox of Science in occupational therapy food & beverage, and retail brands. has led over $500M of team sales advocate for social justice. She is now focused on the FinTech sector. Scott in 2008, and he also co-founded with the specific intent to work with Alli is the driving force behind Cinch’s transactions, bringing ownership an advisor to the Commission and its was an SVP with MasterCard Advisors SocialShield. Russ was also SVP of children using a neurobiological strategy and oversees its operations, groups from cities around the world partners as they collaborate to build pre/post IPO, a Partner with Ernst Business Development at Wine. approach to therapy. She graduated while serving as a pragmatic advisor to into the world of Esports through fair and equitable practices in Los & Young’s strategy practice, and a com, Executive Vice President from Temple University and Cinch’s portfolio of brands, including Activison’s leagues. Prior to this role, Angeles County. Prior to her service Partner with Cresap/Towers Watson of Corporate Development at earned Temple’s Award for Highest Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts, Hyatt Jason was in the Corporate Strategy with the County Human Relations – where he led the firm’s alliance with comScore, and among the first Academic Achievement. Christina Resorts, AutoCamp, Westfield, JaM and M&A group at Activision, where Commission, she was the Director its Japanese affiliate (a BCG spinoff). employees at Flycast, which was has also completed an advanced Cellars, Squaw Valley, and Blue Bottle he led the acquisitions of King Digital of Engagement and Development at He served on the Boards of Pyramid acquired by CMGi in 2000. He is practice certificate in Infant Parent Coffee. She ensures Cinch delivers and Major League Gaming and built LA Best Babies Network, Executive Autism Center, Growers First, an active angel investor in the digital Mental Health though the University revenue-oriented PR programs at a the business plan for several new Director at MotherNet LA and Laguna Beach SchoolPower and The world and currently sits on a number of Massachusetts Boston. Christina superior level of service with results- operating divisions. Prior to joining Chairperson of the county’s advisory Living Desert. Scott was named one of boards. owns and operates a unique, multi- driven, measurable outcomes. Alli is Activision Blizzard in 2014, Jason was committee on families impacted by of UCLA Anderson’s “100 Most therapist, pediatric therapy clinic in a certified Wish Grantor for Make- a Vice President at JPMorgan in their substance abuse. Currently Elena Influential MBA Alumni” for his work the East Bay, which provides service A-Wish Foundation, trained clinic Entertainment Industries Group in spends as much time as possible around innovation within the non- to about 100 families per week. She escort for Planned Parenthood, and Los Angeles. Originally from New with her grandson. Elena joined the profit space. is an Advanced Mentored Clinician mentor for the Northwestern Alumni York, Jason now lives in Santa Monica CoachArt board over 16 years ago in Sensory Processing Disorder, Association, and served on The Board with his wife and two young children. after her son, Bradley, became a via the STAR Institute. Additional of Directors for Cal Shakes, co- CoachArt student. training/certifications include DIR/ chairing their Youth Advisory efforts. Floortime, therapeutic listening, interactive metronome, Sequential Oral Sensory Approach to feeding, and Brain Gym. She is an exercise enthusiast, and enjoys adventuring, and spending time with her friends and three children.
8 9 CARLYN HENRY ERIC JOHNSON JENNIFER STEFANIE KANE CHRIS KWEI JASON LURIE LOS ANGELES SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA KUPERMAN JOHNSON LOS ANGELES SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA BAY AREA CO-CHAIR SECRETARY Stefanie is the Market Managing Chris is the founder and President of Jason is a Real Estate Attorney with a Carlyn is a Managing Director with Eric is currently CEO of LaneOne. Jennifer is currently the Head of Partner of PwC’s Southwest Region Oakland Kia and Oakland Mitsubishi. focus on leasing, purchase and sale, the The Oxbridge Group, where she has Before transitioning to LaneOne, International Corporate Affairs for responsible for all aspects of PwC’s He has served as the Dealer Principal formation of real estate investment been since 2000. She started with the Eric served as an Executive VP at Alibaba Group. Jennifer is a proven service delivery across Southern since 2002, and has started and companies, property acquisitions and firm’s New York office and opened the CBS and GM of CNET Media Group, international communications leader California, Arizona, Nevada, Colorado sold several dealerships in Northern dispositions, financing, tax deferred Los Angeles office in 2002. Carlyn an online content network within who has spent the last four years and Utah. With almost 30 years of California since then. Chris is also exchanges, and development related began her career in recruiting with a CBS Interactive. Prior to his work leading global communications experience with PwC, including over the founder and managing principal matters. For over 10 years Jason New York-based Investment Banking with CBS and CNET, Eric was the strategy and stakeholder engagement 15 years as a partner, Stefanie has of an Oakland-based real estate was in-house counsel at Reynolds & search firm. Prior to that, she worked President and COO of Wolfgang’s for Alibaba. Prior to Alibaba, Jennifer led the service teams for several of development firm specializing in Brown, a real estate development and in the office of the CEO of Prudential Vault, as well as Vice President at J.P. was Senior Vice President and PwC’s largest clients, with a primary urban infill redevelopments including management company that owns and Securities, managing the Prudential Morgan for over 10 years. Head of Corporate Marketing and focus in the Technology, Media and multi-family, office, retail, and operates a portfolio of industrial, retail, Securities Foundation for Charitable Reputation at Visa Inc., and also Telecommunications (TMT) sector. hospitality. Chris recently broke office, and mixed-use assets. Before Giving. She also spent three years previously served as the Chief of Staff Prior to her role as the Southwest ground on Downtown Oakland’s first that he served as an Associate at both at The Museum of Modern Art in a to Visa’s CEO. Jennifer began her Market Managing Partner, Stefanie hotel project in over 15 years. Foley & Mansfield and Severson & business development and fundraising career as a management consultant held several other senior leadership Werson. capacity. with Accenture. In addition to positions within PwC including CoachArt, Jennifer serves on the having served as PwC’s Global Board of BellRing Brands (NYSE: Media Leader, U.S. TMT Strategy BRBR). Leader, U.S. Entertainment, Media & Communications Assurance Leader and U.S. Assurance Strategy Leader. In addition to her client work, Stefanie is one of PwC’s leading experts on the TMT industry and has also spearheaded several of PwC’s women’s leadership initiatives. Stefanie is a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis. Stefanie and her husband, Bob, live in Los Angeles, have been married for over 20 years and have two teenage sons: Dylan and Jack.
10 11 ZANDER LURIE KAY MADATI KELLY MERRYMAN ERIK MORENO SEAN MORIARTY JIMMY PITARO SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA LOS ANGELES LOS ANGELES LOS ANGELES CONNECTICUT CO-FOUNDER Zander is CEO of SurveyMonkey Kay is the Global Vice President and Kelly joined YouTube in 2015 and Erik is Executive Vice President, Sean serves as Chief Executive Jimmy was named ESPN president and serves on its board of directors, Head of Content Partnerships at @ serves as Vice President of Content Corporate Development and M&A at Officer and member of the board of and co-chair, Disney Media which he has been a part of since Twitter, Inc. overseeing the company’s Partnerships. In this role, Kelly leads Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE). directors of Leaf Group. Sean was Networks, on March 5, 2018, 2009. Previously, Zander was Senior worldwide efforts to engage with YouTube’s global partnership strategy He is responsible for developing previously the CEO of Saatchi Art, after serving eight years as a top Vice President of Entertainment media and content publishers. He is and management for content growth strategies for the studio, which Leaf Group acquired in August Disney executive. In making the at GoPro; he has served on the responsible for leading the teams that creators across the Americas. Prior identifying potential partnership or 2014, and the President and CEO of announcement, Bob Iger, The company’s board of directors since develop the executional strategies and to YouTube, Kelly served as Vice acquisition prospects, and managing Ticketmaster, where he also served Walt Disney Company chairman 2016. Prior to GoPro, Zander was deals for how partners can extend, President, Content Acquisition at other business opportunities on the board of directors. Sean held and chief executive officer, said SVP of Strategic Development at scale, market, and monetize their Netflix from 2007-2014. Her efforts alongside SPE’s senior executive positions of increasing responsibility “Jimmy’s appointment was the result CBS Corporation, via its acquisition content and programming initiatives. were instrumental in driving the team. Prior to SPE, Erik most during his tenure at Ticketmaster, of more than 20 years spent at the of CNET Networks, where he Outside of work, Kay is a passionate company’s international expansion recently served as EVP and President including EVP, Technology and intersection of technology, sports served as Chief Financial Officer and advocate for youth in underserved across markets including Canada, of Corporate Development, New Chief Operating Officer. Sean has and media.” A visionary leader, Head of Corporate Development. communities. He is a founding Board France, Germany, Latin America, Ventures and Investments at Time, also served as an Entrepreneur in Jimmy has identified and consistently Zander began his career in the Member & Chairman Emeritus of UK, and the Benelux and Nordic Inc. Prior to Time Inc., he has held Residence at Mayfield Fund and he communicated internally and technology investment banking both Brooklyn Excelsior and Atlanta Regions. Kelly also held positions several key Corporate Development began his executive experience as externally four business priorities group at JPMorgan, leading equity Heights Charter Schools. Kay in digital distribution and business roles at Fox Networks Group, eBay EVP, Technology at Citysearch. Sean -- Innovation, Storytelling and transactions and mergers and also serves on the Advisory Board development at Sony Pictures, and Inc., and Level 3 Communications. sits on several private company boards Programming, Audience Expansion acquisitions in the Internet sector. of Harvard University’s Hutchins spent time at both Bain & Company of directors, including Eventbrite and and Direct to Consumer -- to keep Center for African and African and Audax Group, a private equity TuneIn. Sean is also actively involved ESPN poised for future success. American Research, and on the firm in Boston. Kelly is a graduate with the Pat Tillman Foundation. He serves on a variety of industry board of Dallas-based Wingstop Inc. of the University of Texas at Austin and charitable boards in addition In 2014, President Obama appointed and Harvard Business School. to CoachArt, including the NCTA, Kay to the President’s Advisory Kelly also serves on the board of the Paley Center for Media, The V Council on Financial Capability for New Classrooms, a nonprofit on a Foundation, and Pacer. Young Americans. mission to personalize education by redesigning how a classroom works.
12 13 BOB ROBACK JAMIE SAUNDERS REGAN SCOVIC DR. KARA ALLEN SOLDATI ERIKA SPITZER RICH SULLIVAN LOS ANGELES SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA CHICAGO LOS ANGELES LOS ANGELES EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CHAIR Currently serving as the CEO of Jamie serves as Managing Principal Regan is a licensed realtor at Compass Ingrooves Music Group (a Universal for Cresa’s San Francisco office, and with an emphasis on residential Kara believes in the brilliance of Erika joined Leonard Green & Rich is currently the VP of Finance Music Group company), Bob is a leads the San Francisco downtown investment and rehab projects. young people and adults who uplift Partners (“LGP”) in 2011 and leads (FP&A) at Twitter. Before Twitter, he pioneer in the digital music arena, practice group. Prior to joining Regan also worked at Google for them. She’s focused on equity and the Firm’s marketing, investor served as the Chief Operating Officer joining with longtime partner Dave Cresa, Jamie was a Vice President over eight years where she served in family with good sneakers and green relations, public relations, and of STX Digital, and initially served as Goldberg in 1994 to found LAUNCH at Jones Lang LaSalle and one of the a number of roles including Head of tea. limited partner co-investment the company’s CFO when joining STX Media, one of the world’s first digital founders of the Technology/High Strategic Partnerships for Home & activities. Investors in the LGP in 2014. Prior to joining STX, Rich was music enterprises. After a highly Growth practice group, working with Health, Vertical Lead for Publisher funds include a diverse group of a senior executive at DreamWorks successful run, the company was a number of Bay Area technology Platforms & Monetization, and global sovereign wealth funds, Animation where he most recently acquired by Yahoo! Inc. in 2001. As and media companies. Jamie has Global Account Director. Before her pension funds, endowments, served as the company’s Deputy part of the sale, Bob became Head of specific expertise in tenant-focused time with Google, she was a Wealth foundations, insurance companies, Chief Financial Officer. Over his Music at Yahoo!, overseeing its global strategic planning and extensive Management Associate at Presidio financial institutions, and family tenure, his areas of responsibility music operations until 2007. Most market knowledge of San Francisco’s Financial Partners. In addition to offices. Prior to LGP, Erika was with included Corporate Finance, Treasury, recently, Bob was President of Fender Financial and South of Market her professional work, Regan is also Centerbridge Partners, a private Investor Relations, and Corporate Musical Instruments Corporation districts, which house some of the the co-founder of East Bay Impact equity and credit investment firm, Strategy. Prior to DreamWorks, where he remains a member of its largest technology companies in the Group, a local giving circle focused and Renaissance Technologies, a Rich served as the Vice President of board of directors. Prior to that, he area. on fundraising for small 501c3’s quantitative hedge fund firm, both Investor Relations for AT&T Corp and served as Co- Founder and CEO of providing services for women, based in New York. She began was a member of AT&T’s Corporate Dashbox, a workflow management children and families in Contra Costa her career at PwC working with Mergers and Acquisitions team. system and marketplace for music County. financial services clients. Erika licensing. earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Wellesley College cum laude and is a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA). She is past president of the Wellesley Club of Los Angeles and a member of the Wellesley Business Leadership Council, and she serves on the Southern California Education Committee of 100 Women in Finance.
14 15 MANOJ VERMA BRENT WEINSTEIN JOHN WHITE JAMES WILLIAMS NOAH WINTROUB SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA LOS ANGELES SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA LOS ANGELES SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA BAY AREA CO-CHAIR James is the founder of James Noah joined the former Hambrecht Manoj is the Co-Founder and Chief Brent is a Partner and Chief John is a Founder and Partner at Williams Consulting, a specialty & Quist (now J.P. Morgan) in 1999. Revenue Officer at TabaPay. While Innovation Officer at United Talent Moorgate Capital Partners. Prior to communications marketing practice. Noah was a founder of J.P. Morgan’s he was a Fin-Tech EIR at Crosslink Agency, where he oversees the founding Moorgate, John spent 20 As a PR professional, he has lead Internet and Digital Media group and Capital, he conceptualized and Digital Talent, Emerging Platforms, years advising, financing and investing teams at firms in Los Angeles, New helped build it into the world’s leading incubated the initial market fit and Events & Experiences, and in media and technology companies York, DC and Chicago. In addition franchise globally. Today, Noah is use cases that led to TabaPay’s Ventures divisions. Alongside UTA both domestically and internationally. to his consulting work, James also a Vice Chairman of J.P. Morgan funding. Prior to that Manoj Co-President David Kramer he John previously ran the Media and serves as a Co-Chair of the Board responsible for helping the company was a Senior Business Leader at also oversees UTA IQ, the agency’s Communications Group at J.P. of Directors for Point Foundation, a and its clients navigate and succeed MasterCard, where he built the new integrated research, insights, Morgan Chase Securities in the U.S. National LGBQT Scholarship Fund. in a period of massive disruption and West Coast Office focusing on BD and strategy team, and alongside and the Chase Manhattan Media and innovation fueled by technology and & Partnerships in the Digital Sector. UTA Co-President Jay Sures he Communications Group in London. creativity. Noah graduated Phi Beta Other career highlights include co-manages the agency’s News & John also sat on the J.P. Morgan Kappa, Magna Cum Laude from investment banking with Lehman Broadcast division. He also advises Chase Client Executive Council. Colgate University with a B.A. in Brothers and a BD and Corp Dev large corporations including Delta John currently sits on the boards of History and a minor in Religion. Noah Executive at Amazon, Yahoo! and Air Lines and Amazon.com, and Telescope.TV, ITC Services Group and his wife Carey live with their IAC. the producers of large-scale events and Modern Media Acquisition Corp. three daughters and dog Wrigley in including Consumer Electronics San Francisco. In addition to serving Show and VidCon. Brent also works on the board of CoachArt, Noah closely with UTA’s Venture portfolio; serves on the board of Congregation advised UTA client Brian Robbins in Emanuel and the advisory board of the creation of AwesomenessTV Yad Hanadiv. (and its subsequent sale to Dreamworks Animation); partnered with Atria Books to launch Keywords Press; and most recently helped launch Raze, a Latin-focused media company.
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GREG HARRELL-EDGE SARAH HUIZAR VICTORIA GAVIA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OPERATIONS MANAGER OPERATIONS ASSOCIATE
PROGRAMS TEAM MARKETING TEAM DEVELOPMENT TEAM
JESSICA ILLESCAS COLTON ALEXIO MOLLY DIRR, M.S. MARKETING MANAGER ASSOCIATE DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR DEPUTY DIRECTOR
BEN CARLSON JEAN-LUC RIVERA DOROTHY CHOU EMILY COLDIRON ERICK RODRIGUEZ LIZZIE NEFF DESIREE BROWN PUBLIC RELATIONS AMBASSADOR CHAPTER DEVELOPMENT EVENTS SENIOR PROGRAM SENIOR PROGRAM SENIOR PROGRAM PROGRAM MANAGER - MANAGER - ATL MANAGER MANAGER - SD MANAGER - LA MANAGER - LA BA
MARCI ROSENBLUM MAIA VILLA ASHLEIGH CORREA JESSICA WYNN JASMIN IRAHETA BYRON SWAIN SOCIAL MEDIA DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE SPORTS SPECIALIST PROGRAM ASSISTANT PROGRAM ASSISTANT PROGRAM ASSISTANT - BA 18 MANAGEMENT 19 R E V E N U E 2 0 1 9
Contributed Services $336,472 Corporate $44,323 Foundation & Other $124,920 Individual Contributions $144,992 Special Events $1,531,865
2 0 1 9 TOTAL REVENUE: $2,182,572 F I N A N C I A L S CORPORATE CONTRIBUTED 2% SERVICES 15% & FOUNDATION & OTHER 6% I N F O G R A P H I C S INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTIONS SPECIAL EVENTS 7% 70%
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The Numbers 309 Students Onboarded 434 Volunteers Onboarded 2,270 New Matches 12,963 Total Lesson Hours
Registered Students - 1,180
SAN DIEGO 45 6%
BAY AREA 26%
LOS ANGELES 68%
Volunteers - 1,386 Parents - 798
SAN DIEGO SAN DIEGO 58 525 4% 4%
BAY AREA BAY AREA 384 243 28% 30%
LOS ANGELES LOS ANGELES 525 944 66% 68%
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Coach Derek was born prematurely with an atrial septal defect (a hole between two chambers in his heart). While recovering after heart surgery as a child, he spent time mastering the trick of turning a penny into a dime.
“When I performed it for adults, they were blown away, and this was so empowering for a kid,” Derek recalls. “It gave me a sense of identity.”
This sense of identity and wave of empowerment was passed along to Bodie that night, as he beamed and waved his magician’s cape. His sister Sierra applauded and laughed on stage as she witnessed her brother, formerly vexed by stage fright, discover his confidence and joy.
Bodie, age 9, of Los Angeles was born with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome and needed three open-heart surgeries in his first year of life. His parents were given little hope he would survive, yet he pulled through against all odds.
At the 2019 Gala of Champions, Bodie and his sister Sierra, age 12, were paired with Derek Hughes (stand-up magician and top-10 contestant on America’s Got Talent) for a magic act during which they chopped honoree Sean Brecker in half! (Don’t worry, he’s okay.)
“I think this might be the best day of my life,” said Bodie, just before taking the stage. The team later went on to perform a second act of the evening in which Bodie led a disappearing bottle trick. In keeping with the Gala’s theme of “Linking LA,” these magic acts exemplified the life-changing link between children served by CoachArt and their volunteer coaches.
2826 27 R O A N and N O M I B R I A N Brian, age 9, of San Diego lost most of his vision in January 2019 due to a progressive brain Roan, age 17, of Oakland and Nomi, age 16, tumor. Brian was dismayed that he couldn’t participate in activities he used to love, like soccer. of El Sobrante have both been CoachArt His mom tried to enroll him in various sports programs but was told that they couldn’t accept students for over 6 years. In May 2019, they blind students. were the first student co-hosts of our annual San Francisco Benefit. In April 2019, Brian’s family joined CoachArt. Thanks to In-Home Lessons with Coach Nick, Brian is able to enjoy soccer and basketball again, using balls with bells inside them. “Yes, we’re two teenage, female cancer survivors hosting a charity event for kids with Brian and his two older brothers are quickly becoming power-users of CoachArt. All three chronic illnesses — so if you don’t laugh at our have continued In-Home Lessons with various coaches, have participated in six One-Day jokes tonight, you’re a real jerk-wad,” said Roan Group Lessons, and had fun making grilled cheese sandwiches at our debut Cooking Club in during their fabulously funny introduction. The San Diego. duo’s unabashed confidence and charm shined on stage, as they made the audience laugh Brian has completed about 44 hours of lessons with CoachArt — and counting! He is now while sharing the positive impact CoachArt has matched with Coach Konstance who is teaching him Acting/Theatre In-Home Lessons. had on their lives. Konstance says that with the space to express himself creatively, Brian has become very talkative and is a joy to work with.
“CoachArt has given me many great As Brian undergoes a difficult period of treatment, surgeries, and fluctuating vision, his mom opportunities. It was a place where I didn’t have is grateful that CoachArt has become a community where he can play again and grow more to think about my cancer or treatment. I could comfortable navigating new spaces and experiences. just do what I loved since I had missed out on so much,” shared Nomi.
Roan and Nomi both discovered theatre through clubs with CoachArt at around ten years old, and advocate for using creative expression as an outlet for people battling chronic illness.
Thanks to their experiences with CoachArt, Roan now attends Oakland School of the Arts and plans to be a Theatre/Film major in college, and Nomi was cast in a play at the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco.
Nomi is also featured in The UpBeat podcast episode, “The Healing Powers of Art and Creativity,” where she shares insights on her journey using art as a tool for looking at her illness from a different perspective.
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