About Us

Foundation Supporters

Ahmanson Foundation
Leo Buscaglia Foundation
Carol and James Collins Foundation
Confidence Foundation
Clippers Foundation
Crail-Johnson Foundation
Carrie Estelle Doheny Foundation
Community Foundation of the Verdugos
Dwight Stuart Youth Foundation
Forest Lawn Foundation
Leonard Green Foundation
William Hannon Foundation
International Paper Foundation
LLWW Foundation
L.A. Breakfast Club Foundation
L.A. Clippers Foundation
Los Angeles Times Family Fund,
    a fund of the McCormick Foundation
B.C. McCabe Foundation
Barry & Wendy Meyer Charitable Foundation
Nestlé USA Foundation
The Kenneth T. and Eileen L. Norris Foundation
Peter Norton Family Foundation
RGK Foundation
Rose Hills Foundation
Roth Family Foundation
S. Mark Taper Foundation
Flora L. Thornton Foundation
J.B. & Emily Van Nuys Charities
Weingart Foundation
Wells Fargo Foundation
WHO (Women Helping Others) Foundation

BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2009-2010

Officers:

Christopher E. Ranieri – President
Director, Corporate Benefits Planning
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.

Tricia Nelson - Secretary
Editorial Consultant

Lone Sorensen - Treasurer
Halferty Development Company, LLC
VP Controller

Rita Henderson - V.P. Book Program
Manager, Community Affairs & Education Programs
Nestlé

Directors:

Brenda Gottfried
Board Member (retired) Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District

Jerlene Hales
Retired School Administrator

Mina Javaherbin
Children’s Book Author

Shae Jordan
Child Life Specialist
Former Director of Disney Studios International Worldwide Services

Jennifer Yuan Kang
Public Relations Consultant

Yvonne King
Writer and Producer

Brian K. Loo
ESI Enterprises, Inc.
Vice President Strategy, Finance and M&A

Jennifer Mallamud
Counsel, Business & Legal Affairs
Overture Films

Bertha Rucal
Director, Marketing & Public Relations
Liberty Tax Service

Daniel P. Sheehy
Founder
Freelanthropy, LLC
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Carol K. Henault (ex officio)
Executive Director
Reading Is Fundamental of Southern California

 

 

Community Partners

Thank you to
Reboot Networks
for donating their time
to keep our computers running

 

 

 

 

We also thank:
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
Altrusa Club of Los Angeles
BookEnds
BookPALS, Screen Actor’s Guild
Commerce Industrial Council
Dangerman
Geffen Playhouse, CREATE
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Library Fairy
Literacy Network of Greater Los Angeles
PEO Sisterhood, Chapter OW
Reach Out and Read
Reading by 9
Ronald McDonald
United Way of America
West Covina Sunrise Rotary
West of Broadway Theater Company