summer 2014 Newsletter ALLIANCE VOICE
Building a Bridge to Success 6
Connections for Native American Foster Children 3
New Children’s Justice Council 4
Annual Dinner Raises $1.3 Million 8
Policy Solutions Offer Promise to Children 12
Thank You Donors for Fueling Our Work 14 BOARD OF DIRECTORS AroundAround the the Alliance Alliance
CHAIR Cliff Gilbert-Lurie a message from Ziffren Brittenham LLP
SECRETARY board chair Amy M. Hawkes Ernst & Young LLP TREASURER Cliff gilbert-lurie & New Partnerships Promise Chris B. Walther Activision Blizzard CEO Peter Benedek Stronger Connections United Talent Agency janis spire for Native American children in foster care James P. Clark Chief Deputy Attorney, City of L.A.
Trent Copeland Attorney & Legal News Analyst under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) The Alliance recently launched a partnership with the Juvenile Court to reach Nancy de Brier Attorney & Child Advocate to age 26. ACA now enables young Native American foster children. Judge Amy Pellman presides over the Indian Michael Downer Capital Research & Mgmt. Co. adults to stay on their parents’ Child Welfare Act (ICWA) court, which sees upwards of 200 cases involving Susan F. Friedman insurance plan, but foster youth have Native American youth each year. Our collaboration, made possible by the San NBC News (Retired) no parents making it critical that they Leslie Gilbert-Lurie* Manuel Band of Mission Indians, allows us to meet and screen children coming Writer, Child Advocate, Lawyer access this benefit. The Alliance is through Judge Pellman’s court. In addition to advocating for the children’s Barbara Grushow Barbara Grushow Designs actively enrolling youth, so they have a education, healthcare and financial supports and services, we are also working to Angie Harmon five-year health safety net. identify and build relationships with culturally sensitive community providers. Actress & Advocate Yasmine Delawari Johnson Child Advocate The Alliance has also taken a lead in Like all children in foster care, Native American children need stability, access Jo Kaplan Referee, Juvenile Court ensuring new legislation will close to early and special education, quality medical and mental healthcare, and for Mitchell T. Kaplan This is Cliff Gilbert-Lurie’s first joint the education achievement gap for older youth, mentors, housing and transition services. But this population faces Kaplan Stahler Agency Gwyn Lurie letter as the new Chairman of the California’s more than 60,000 foster additional obstacles, including a shortage of Native American foster homes and Alcove Films Alliance Board of Directors. The youth. Through this reform, schools culturally conscious service providers. While under L.A. County jurisdiction, many Karen Mack Writer & Producer Alliance is thankful for the tremendous (with a large percentage of foster of these youth live in neighboring counties such as San Bernardino and Riverside Steven A. Marenberg* leadership and vision of outgoing youth and other at-risk groups) will where resources can be scarcer and where they are further away from social Irell & Manella LLP Sue Naegle Board Chair Bart Williams. receive additional resources to bolster workers and court-appointed attorneys. Through this collaboration, we advocate Naegle Ink the academic standing of vulnerable for services across county lines. And when children reunify with their birth Kirk Pasich Dickstein Shapiro, LLP We are running on a flood of energy students. Alliance representatives are parents, we will continue to provide the tools they need to be successful at home. Daniel M. Petrocelli on the heels of our incredibly diligently “pounding the pavement” O’Melveny & Myers LLP Harriet S. Posner successful 22nd Annual Dinner to make sure the funds are allocated The Alliance is also working with the United American Indian Involvement Skadden LLP celebration on April 7 and the RIGHT appropriately, so more foster youth (UAII) to identify social service providers and make them more accessible Kevin Reilly FOX Broadcasting Company to LAUGH comedy event on May 29 graduate high school and advance to to Native American families. We are building on an existing Native American Rick Rosen (see pages 8 - 10). The outpouring of college or vocational school. William Morris Endeavor services directory by calling on our partners to join and to participate in cultural Bruce Rosenblum financial and in-kind support we’ve awareness training led by UAII. While Native American youth have always been Legendary Television received from the community will be Every day, your support opens doors a part of Alliance caseloads, we are committed to growing these partnerships so Phillip Rudolph Jack in the Box, Inc. channeled to help local children who of opportunity for disadvantaged more children are poised for long-term success. Susan Saltz Child Advocate face impossible circumstances. children so they can dream big. Thank José F. Sanchez you for helping us to keep those big Sidley Austin LLP The Alliance has taken a lead in dreams alive. Toni M. Schulman* Child Advocate enrolling foster youth for coverage Pamela Soper, ex officio CBS Television Blue Ribbon Commission Roadmap to Change Lives Now Bart H. Williams* Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP 2013 Programs at a Glance Adoption and Los Angeles County’s Blue Ribbon Commission on Child Protection released Adoption Support Noelle Wolf (7,611 children served) its final report on April 18 calling for a transformation of the child protection Child Advocate 1,014 Robert J. Woolway system. This includes creating a single entity responsible for all child welfare Trinity Capital LLC services throughout multiple county agencies. The report calls for better president & Ceo NextStep: Transition Guardianship Age Youth support for foster children who are placed with relatives—an issue the Janis Spire 546 1,950 Alliance is championing statewide (see page 12). The report also calls for chief operating officer Michael House greater transparency, accountability and data sharing as well as improved Education and legal director Early Child Development education stability for foster youth. The County Board of Supervisors adopted Laura Streimer Healthcare 1,494 these reforms, and we look forward to playing a role in their implementation. 521 Director of development Visit blueribboncommissionla.com. Marlene McGuirt
Communications Director Constance Farrell Benefits and Special Other Needs Support Board Member and Vice Chair of the Blue Ribbon * Past Chairs Commission Leslie Gilbert-Lurie speaking at a 1,036 1,050 commission hearing with retired Judge Terry Friedman.
ALLIANCE VOICE | Summer 2014 kids-alliance.org | 3 Pro Bono Spotlight Program Highlights
May was Myths About Teen and Sibling 2014 Children’s AdoptionS Dispelled Foster Care an adoptive father explains the facts Justice Council honoring firms who go above and beyond for impoverished and abused children and youth Month graduations, job skills and career paths for transition-age youth The Alliance is thrilled to recognize firms whose extraordinary pro bono commitment improves the lives of our community’s most vulnerable children. These firms have donated the most hours to the Alliance in addition to building special practices, 1 affecting statewide policy and providing significant resources to sustain our work. We honor these firms as our inaugural Children’s Justice Council, a new distinction to be awarded annually.
Latham also helped develop two new initiatives to assist children. They were the first firm to take on a large volume of 1. Jasmine graduated Gibson has been there for our clients since the beginning. from USC They were instrumental in creating the Alliance’s Adoption special education cases and to advocate for early childhood 2. Junior League of LA Scott and Veronica adopted their daughters, ages 11 Program and helped finalize thousands of foster care development services. They are also piloting a new program cooking workshop and 12, in February 2014. Scott dispels some of the adoptions. Gibson also helps achieve stability for adoptive to obtain child care benefits for children in need. With each 2 common myths about adopting pre-teen siblings. families. They successfully litigated a landmark case so issue, Latham develops extensive internal expertise and adoptive parents receive benefits based on a disabled displays a deep commitment to our practice areas. Myth: teens come with baggage that you child’s needs. In addition, Gibson advocates for education don’t know about. rights. They are working on a first-of-its-kind impact project, FACT: When we adopted the girls, we were given training schools on partial credit laws. For foster youth who their complete history. Through this, we learned their move constantly, this groundwork will make high school 3. Job shadowing needs and ways to include them into our family history. graduation a reality, instead of an impossible dream. Manatt attorneys are true champions for children’s stability with ICM Partners 3 and improvements in public policy. They collaborate to We talk about their time in foster care, and because identify innovative approaches to pro bono advocacy. of that, they can be themselves. Manatt bolstered legislative efforts to better support foster Myth: Adopting babies is an easier way to Latham is a pro bono powerhouse, donating thousands of children raised by relatives, led a 50 state survey of kinship grow your family. hours each year. Latham attorneys create families through benefits and presented the survey findings to the California FACT: Our youngest daughter has cerebral palsy and adoption and guardianship, stabilize families with public Department of Social Services. Their leadership on this issue needs constant care, so we couldn’t parent a young benefits and support children by advocating for education. is poised to improve the lives of thousands of foster children raised by relatives. child. For us, adopting older kids meant we could still grow our family.
4 Myth: It’s hard to bond with siblings BECAUSE they’ve been through so much, and their O’Melveny has a long history of advocating for children bond is only with each other. across many of our programs, including guardianship, FACT: Adopting siblings made our relationship 4. Mirno shadows building process even smoother. Because they have adoption and public benefits. They have successfully fire fighters each other, they never felt isolated or alone. Our litigated numerous benefits cases, ensuring children have 5. Heirloom LA teaches youth relationship added to their relationship. support for basic needs. When family members were denied catering skills the right to care for relative foster children, O’Melveny 5 attorneys filed suit to protect their rights. O’Melveny’s When siblings enter the foster care system, they are action led to the creation of a new state hearing process for separated from their family, and often, from each other. relative caregivers, allowing children to stay with a loving Around 70% of foster children have siblings in care. family member instead of in a foster or group home. Each It’s rare and something to celebrate when a pre-teen year, this system-wide fix helps hundreds of families create sibling set finds a family to love them both. stable homes for their kin.
We thank these firms and all of the other phenomenal CELEBRATE Upcoming Adoption Days attorneys and firms who help make our work possible. August 1 & November 21, National Adoption Day
ALLIANCE VOICE | Summer 2014 kids-alliance.org | 5 Alliance Feature
Building a bridge to success from high school to self-sufficiency Circling Foster Youth in Supports for Success
Growing up in foster care is hard, and increasingly so, as youth get closer to the foster care finish line (age 21). When foster care was extended from 18 to 21 starting in $ 2012, it was monumental. The runway for foster youth was significantly expanded giving them more time to pursue an education and vocational training. But, in order to reduce the number of youth aging out into homelessness, incarceration and poverty, as Sean’s story illustrates, it takes more than an extra three years. It takes planning, knowledge proper training and job readiness to enter the workforce with still a constant challenge, as is ensuring youth take advantage about available resources, life skills, and a focus on high a skill that will earn above minimum wage. And we do this as of the resources available to them, including the benefits school graduation, college and career readiness. early as possible—in Sean’s case, in his last two years of high of extended foster care, priority registration in community
school. What’s important is identifying goals and interests college and credit checks to scan and resolve identity theft Sean entered foster care at age 10 after an abusive and building a bridge to get there while working towards a issues—a common threat to foster youth. beginning. He was placed in the home of his high school diploma and everything along the way. grandmother, but was never assessed for educational Sean stayed in his group home until graduation, delays, his Medi-Cal was terminated and he went without but then, he faced homelessness until we found an treatment for anxiety and depression. Sean was already opening at a transitional housing site. We guided Sean doing poorly in school when his grandmother entered a Only 40% of foster youth graduate high school. through his community college application for mechanic nursing home. He was moved to a group home, forced vocational training and sealed his juvenile record so he to change high schools and fell off track for high school could apply for a part-time job. We also introduced him to graduation. To make matters worse, on a visit with his Before his 18th birthday, we spent a lot of time the school’s guardian scholars program, which will keep father, his dad beat him and a neighbor called the police. exploring Sean’s future. We talked about career him connected on campus. With a place to lay his head, His dad told the police Sean initiated the fight.S ean was options and college. Through these goal-setting classes to be excited about and a clean record, Sean is arrested and entered the juvenile justice system. conversations, we discovered Sean’s love for cars and computers, and talked about a possible career in auto confident and hopeful. He knows he’s not alone when new Exposing youth like Sean to careers, professionals and opportunities helps them set goals obstacles come before him. The domino effect that is caused by abuse, neglect and and get on a path towards self-sufficiency. mechanics. We arranged for Sean to participate in job constant instability is a common scenario for foster youth. training workshops and even shadow the owner of an auto Sean is a youth in transition, but issue after issue disrupts therapeutic treatments. Sean did well in his new school, shop. Sean really enjoyed it—he was able to use his critical his smooth path towards independence. The Alliance stands but after an emotional outburst, he was moved to another thinking and engage with customers. For the first time, Sean Only 3% of foster youth graduate with a four-year alongside youth like Sean to remove these barriers, whether group home and school. felt like he was good at something and could see a path for college degree. it be advocating for the classroom over juvenile hall, his future. And, he does because he graduated high school reinstating health insurance or ensuring they get into safe after working hard, attending summer school and meeting and stable housing. The Alliance recovers academic credits for all of regularly with a tutor, but he needed someone there every The Alliance’s programs work to support youth so they don’t step of the way. The Alliance matched Sean with a mentor its students when they change schools. become another alarming statistic. With advocacy, the right to help overcome everyday barriers that come his way. services, a support system and a high school diploma, foster Foster youth move schools an average of six youth like Sean can move past their past and with the ability to forge a future that is all their own. times while in care. Preparing youth for a successful future requires serious transition planning, from life skills and academics to stable 75% of Alliance high school clients are on track housing and mental health services—youth need these bare for graduation. The Alliance met Sean when he exited juvenile hall necessities and the guidance parent-like advocacy provides. The Alliance builds bridges so youth can achieve after months of being out of school. We worked with Getting youth to graduate high school and move on to success in college, the workforce and beyond. three school districts to calculate all of Sean’s lost school higher education or vocational training is an essential goal. High school graduation and college is a huge accomplishment Learn more at kids-alliance.org. credits and advocated to get him into a special school College may not be a viable option for all young people, and a feat for many, but it isn’t the end of the road. Finding with onsite housing where he could focus and get needed and so we meet youth where they are. We connect them to housing for transition-age youth and for college graduates is
ALLIANCE VOICE | Summer 2014 kids-alliance.org | 7 Annual Dinner
Denise Richards Willie Garson, Nathen Garson, Selena Gomez and Anne Sweeney $1.3 Million Raised at
22nd Annual Dinner
Tom Bergeron, Willie Garson, Anne Sweeney and Jimmy Kimmel Rick Rosen, Leslie Gilbert-Lurie and Sue Naegle
Matt Bomer and Tim DeKay Cliff Gilbert-Lurie and Dick Wolf
Selena Gomez and Jake T. Austin Board Member and Dinner Chair The Alliance’s 22nd Annual Dinner on Monday, April 7, honored Anne Sweeney, Toni M. Schulman with John Schulman Russell Goldsmith, Matt Johnson and Ellen and Ken Ziffren Les Firestein, Pamela Soper and Ben Sherwood president, Disney/ABC Television Group, as the National Champion for Children. Jimmy Kimmel paid tribute to Anne before Maria Shriver presented her with the award for her dedication to children and family.
Actor Willie Garson was honored with the Francis M. Wheat Community Service Award for his tireless advocacy as a spokesperson for foster care adoption. Willie adopted his son Nathen, 12, from foster care in 2010. Nathen sweetly presented his dad with the award after sharing his adoption experience with the nearly 1,000 guests at the Beverly Hilton. Kelly Zajfen, Crispin and Danika Charity, Emily Lynch and Yasmine Delawari Johnson Alliance client Sarah Rachel Betsy Brandt and Malin Akerman The evening program highlighted the Alliance’s work on behalf of relative foster families and teens who struggle to graduate high school while moving around in Maria Shriver, Anne Sweeney and Jesse Tyler Ferguson the foster care system.
The dinner was co-chaired by Board Members Susan Friedman, Leslie and Cliff Gilbert-Lurie, Sue Naegle, Rick Rosen and Toni M. Schulman. Honorary Co-Chairs Mark Gordon, Nancy Josephson, Shonda Rhimes and Maria Shriver set the stage for a very successful event. Thank you to our generous sponsors, supporters and guests for an extraordinary evening to celebrate and support our programs.
Board Member Chris Walther and Activision guests
Board Members Jim Clark, Amy Hawkes and Trent Copeland Board Member Noelle Wolf with Dick Wolf
ALLIANCE VOICE | Summer 2014 kids-alliance.org | 9 Past Events Upcoming Events
A night full of laughter upcoming events at the 5th Annual the RIGHT to LAUGH
16th Annual Event committee (partial list, L-R): Jeff Meyerson, Jon Moonves, Wendy Steinhoff, Gene Stein, Alix Jaffe, Wendi Trilling, Amy Landecker, Katie Bond, Alex Schwartz, Tennis for Tots | September 20, 2014 Sarah and Bill Odenkirk, Rachelle Carson-Begley, Keith Cox, Marlene McGuirt, Kymberly Marciano-Strauss, Bradley Glenn, Jay Gassner, Peter Benedek and Karey Burke
Join us at the Los Angeles Tennis Club for a fun afternoon on the courts. Tennis for Tots has raised more than $1 million for Los Angeles’ children—all while enjoying delicious barbeque and a round robin doubles tournament. The event is generously hosted by Board Member Mitch Kaplan of the Kaplan Stahler Agency and his agency partner, Elliot Stahler. The tournament is held in memory of David and Lynn Angell—a couple committed to uplifting children, who tragically died on September 11, 2001.
11th Annual Shahidah Omar, J.B. Smoove, David Tafari Gonzalez-Aird with Koechner, and Bill and Kristen Bellamy Terre Jacobs and Jeff Ruds SOLOW CEO Sarah Siegel Magness with Colin King Ray Romano “All-In” for Kids Celebrity Poker Tournament | October 19, 2014
Give Los Angeles’ kids the upper hand at the 11th Annual “All-In” for Kids Celebrity Poker Tournament sponsored by City National Bank at Commerce Casino. Enjoy an afternoon at the tables alongside celebrity participants so that the Alliance can continue to go “all-in” for Los Angeles’ vulnerable young people. We hope to see you there!
For more information on these events Maxwell McGuirt, co-chair Gene Stein, Toto’s Steve Porcaro, Chaz Ebert and Toto’s Steve Lukather On Thursday, May 29, we held our 5th Annual the RIGHT to and more, visit kids-alliance.org. LAUGH comedy event presented by SOLOW, at the Avalon Hollywood. The night was a huge success, raising nearly $350,000. More than 500 guests packed the house and enjoyed the night of hilarious laughs from the unstoppable Ray Romano, Brad Garrett, Bill Bellamy, Rob Riggle, David Koechner, Cameron Esposito and host, J.B. Smoove. We Change for Children: A Campaign for Kids Helping Kids sincerely appreciate all of the comedians who generously participated in our event and gave vulnerable children a We live in an era where giving back is a family affair. To continue to foster this reason to laugh again. spirit of giving, the Alliance is launching “Change for Children (C4C),” a fundraising initiative that can take many forms for children and teens. Teens Board members Chris Walther, Phil Rudolph and Peter Benedek with Toks Olagundoye Attendees truly blew us away with their generous seeking leadership and community giving experience can sign up to champion contributions during our silent and FOREVER hoodie a C4C coin drive or fundraising campaign at their school. Children can host auctions. We also want to thank our sponsors The Gary birthday parties where donations are made in lieu of gifts, and other events like Magness Foundation, CBS, UTA, City National Bank, bake sales and car washes to support the Alliance’s work. It’s incredible how Kymberly Marciano-Strauss & Evan Strauss, Del Shaw much young people can do to make a big difference for abused and neglected Moonves Tanaka Finkelstein & Lezcano, Dianna & Jon children. For more information and to learn how other kids participated, visit Moonves, Felker Toczek Suddleson LLP and our other kids-alliance.org/c4c or email [email protected] to get involved. generous sponsors and donors. We couldn’t have done it without our amazing committee and co-chairs! To learn more and to see additional photos, visit kids-alliance.org.
ALLIANCE VOICE | Summer 2014 kids-alliance.org | 11 Policy Update Around the Alliance
Policy Solutions for Children two new efforts to protect children and improve education
Step Up Coalition: Solving Inequities for Foster Children Living with Relatives
In the last Alliance Voice, our cover story focused on the disparity in support for foster children who are raised by relatives. The Alliance is leading a coalition called Step Up—a statewide call to action for policy makers to ensure foster children living with relatives have the same financial support and services as children placed with non-relatives. Step Up is pursuing two strategies to put an end to this longstanding injustice.
Budget Request: Step Up asked the Governor and legislature to budget state money to equitably support all foster children raised by relatives just as they do for non-relatives. The CA State Assembly voted to include this in its budget, but the Senate did not. As we go to print, the proposal is pending before a committee responsible for reconciling the differences between the two houses. Step Up is urging the Governor’s backing if the proposal makes it into the final budget AB 1882 (Cooley): If the budget request is unsuccessful, passed by the Legislature. AB 1882 would secure some additional support for children by requiring social workers to garner CalWORKs funding for children in relative care. The onus is currently on families to apply for this basic support. AB 1882 passed through the Assembly Appropriations Committee on May 23.
With California’s first surplus in years, this an opportune time to ensure relatives have the support they need to give kids a happy, healthy childhood.
The San Francisco Chronicle and Los Angeles Times editorial boards have both called on the state to address this issue. Read the articles and learn more on the new Step Up website (shown above) at stepupforkin.org. The Alliance is a gift to families Education Reform is an Opportunity to Close the Achievement Gap for Foster Youth “ navigating the foster/adopt system.
The Alliance is working with Los Angeles’ education leaders and advocates to guarantee that a new school financial reform Because of their knowledge and makes a considerable dent in improving education outcomes for foster youth. The reform is called the Local Control Funding Formula under which schools serving foster youth, low-income students and English learners are targeted to receive additional care, our children’s lives are funding for support services aimed at helping more vulnerable students graduate high school. To ensure the reform lives up forever changed. to its promise, the Alliance and the Coalition for Educational Equity for Foster Youth, a multi-agency collaborative, drafted a ” plan to help school districts effectively invest in vulnerable foster students who face the worst education outcomes over any -John Rigsby other at-risk student population. We are actively working with school districts and county agencies to offer recommendations, trainings and the tools necessary to make sure this additional support reaches foster youth.
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Schwartz Jared Heinke Charles Zatzkin Home Box Office Jo Kaplan and Larry Feldman Steve Bardwil Emily and David Lynch Tony Denison Marc M. Seltzer John Hennigan Jennifer Zepralka ICM Partners Joseph Kibre, Esq. Renée Becnel Carrie Mandel Gary Deutschman Janice Sendejas Stephen J. Howard, D.D.S. In-N-Out Burger Foundation Robert Klieger Peter M. and Barbara Benedek Joel Mandel Dr. and Ms. Bruce Dobkin Joel Shackelford Patrick J. Hynes Special thanks to our Irell & Manella, LLP Maurice La Marche Robert Beyer Vicki Marmorstein Lenore and Andrew Douglas Judith and David Shore Michelle Issa generous in-kind donors: Jack in the Box Inc. Legendary Entertainment Hillary Bibicoff Jordan McCollum Nora Doyle J.K. Simmons James R. Jackoway, Esq. Crafted Communications Marilyn Jones and Mitchell T. Kaplan Nadine and Michael J. Levitt Jodie Blum Jeffrey McFarland Terri Durham Mark Small T. Warren Jackson, Esq. Hugh Williams Photography Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP Annette and Robert Lichtenstein Matt Bomer Laverne McKinnon and Charles Swenson Elizabeth F. Edlow Victoria L. Smith Leah Jackson LH7 Management/July Moon Productions Gary D. Magness Family Foundation Richard and Melanie Lundquist Mrs. Harriet Rossetto and Jonathan Mead David Eilenberg Sue L. Himmelrich, Esq. and Kenny Johnson The Lippin Group Kymberly Marciano-Strauss and Joyce J. Mack Rabbi Mark Borovitz Metzger Law Group Caroline Elkin Michael E. Soloff, Esq. Kristina and Alan Johnson Liquid Theory Evan Strauss Bill Maher Bostwick Law Janice Min Laura Ullman Epstein and Mark H. Epstein Autumn Strier Karen W. Jones Michael Brannigan Photography Alison M. Whalen and Steve A. Marenberg Mayer Brown, LLP Kevin Brockman Momentous Insurance Brokerage, Inc. Norman B. Epstein Richard Suckle Katharine M. Jones Simon & Schuster Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP McDermott, Will & Emery, LLP George Brown Sean Morris Jack Eskenazi Joseph H. Sugerman, M.D. Barry Julien Zeno Group Pfaffinger Foundation McGuireWoods, LLP Melanie and Alan Brunswick Murchison & Cumming Mary Pat Faley Lawren Sunderland Sherman Kaplan Dawn E. and Phillip H. Rudolph, Esq. The Barry and Wendy Meyer Foundation James Burrows Peter Norman Jewelers Carol Fenelon Lawrence Szabo Cynthia Karl A special thank you for Toni M. and John Schulman Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp, LLP Jenell and John Cabrinha Matthew Olmstead Anna and Tommy Finkelstein Olivier Taillieu Michelle Katz cy pres funds directed by: Sidley Austin, LLP Jonathan & Dianne Moonves Maria Calabrese Eleanor and Glenn Padnick Brenda and Paul D. First, M.D. Mansour Tannourji Loretta Kaufman South Los Angeles Child Welfare Initiative Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP Tom & Ellen Calcaterra Tom C. and Carol Patchett Heather Fischer Shirley and Donald Taylor Nancy Mette and Barnet K. Kellman Ahdoot & Wolfson, PC Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. Morrison & Foerster Foundation Carl E. Wynn Foundation Carolyn Martin and Mark A. Pedowitz Bette and Arthur Frankel Sarah Bowman and William D. Temko Jeanette King Susan Stockton and Chris B. Walther Sue Naegle Maytal and Gil Charash Kelly Pena Shelley Freeman The Neel Foundation Steven Kleinman Warner Bros. Sarah and Bill Odenkirk Danika and Xander Charity Julie Pernworth Friday5.Org Melanie Thomas Christopher H. Knauf, Esq. This list represents gifts of $275 or William Morris Endeavor Entertainment Paul Hastings, LLP Chernin Entertainment Susan Duffy and Steven Peterman Pamela Fryman-Grossbard and Suzanne Todd Claire Kupchak more received between May 1, 2013 and Nadine N. Bell and Bart H. Williams Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP Deborah and Daniel Clark Harriet S. Posner, Esq. Alan D. Grossbard Stacy and AJ M. Valencia Mildred J. Laneuville-Hatch and April 30, 2014. Although we cannot list Reed Smith, LLP Erin and Trent Copeland Jess Ravich Andrea Funk Candice Vaughn Eric Laneuville everyone, we are grateful for all of your Defenders Rick Rosen Jonathan Congdon Phyllis and Steven Rich Brad Garrett Kimball Wasick Julie S. Leff generous donations and assure you that 3 Arts Entertainment Michael Stubbs and William Resnick Tim Connolly Beth Roberts and Warren B. Smith Janet G. Garrison and Michael Swanson Richard Webby Julie and Crispin Leyser every dollar counts. Angell Foundation Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, LLP Emily Culbertson Fawn Rogers Jack Giarraputo Barry L. Weiss Carol Li Anonymous Stella and William H. Robinson John Cummings Nancy Stephens and Rick Rosenthal Kristine Belson and Paul Golding Brett Weitz Daniel M. Limerick, Jr. Arnold & Porter, LLP Susan Saltz Janet and Robert E. Daily Richard Ross Goldman Sachs & Co. Bridget and Marcus Wiley Stephen Madsen Bold Films Elisa Fernandez and Jose F. Sanchez Jules Daly Terry Rowland Randy Gordon Henry Winkler Loretta and John P. Mahon James L. Brooks Hon. Nicole Avant and Ted Sarandos Elizabeth Lott and Rajeev Dassani Lawrence Rudolph Susannah Grant and Michael and Cassie Witham Deena Margolis and Andrew Cowan Yasmine Delawari Johnson and Seyfarth Shaw, LLP Sam Delug Elizabeth Gottainer and David Sadkin Christopher S. Henrikson Michael Wolf Aline and Aline McKenna Matthew Johnson Riva R. Slifka Dawn DeNoon Kelli Williams and Ajay Sahgal Jay Gruska James Wong William McLucas Entertainment Industry Foundation Sudesh Sood Elisabeth Deutschman Genny C. Salamon Jason Gudrc Harriet Zaretsky Kenneth Meersand Ernst & Young, LLP Sullivan & Cromwell, LLP Nannette Diacovo Hani Salehi-Had Amber and Eric W. Hagen, Esq. Suzanne Tanner and Mr. Gary J. Meisel Patty and Billy Gardell Nadine Tilley DLA Piper, LLP (US) Gary Satin Jill and Marty Handlesman Friends Sally Melvin-Pick Greenberg Traurig, LLP UCLA Anderson School of Management Scott A. Edelman, Esq. Adina Savin Betsy Heimann Courthouse News Service Edith Mendoza and George Alva Guess? Foundation, Inc. University of Southern California School Megan Edner Chris Schmidt Martha Henderson Donate For Charity Gregory V. Metchikian Amy M. Hawkes, Esq. of Social Work Estelle and Philip L. Elkus Deborah Pines and Tony Schwartz Chris Hewish Cathy D. Adams Margaret J. Miller Alan Epstein Lynne Segall Daniel Hirth Keith Addis Theodore N. Miller
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