Youth Policy Institute Senior Staff

Executive Director Dixon Slingerland

Chief Financial Officer/Chief Operating Officer Eugene D. Straub

Chief of Staff Iris Zuniga-Corona

Director of Valley Operations Mario Matute

Honorees

Los Angeles City Council President Eric Garcetti

California State Senator Gloria Romero

Los Angeles Unified School District Board President Mónica García

Los Angeles Unified School District Board Vice President Yolie Flores

Special Guests

U.S. Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education
Thelma Meléndez de Santa Ana

Director, White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans
Juan Sepúlveda

L.A. City Councilmember Jose Huizar

Sponsors

Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP

Bryan Cave LLP

First Wind

Andrew Bogen

Weingart Foundation

CDW

McGraw-Hill

MCS Rehabilitation Inc.

SEIU 721

Vanderford & Ruiz LLP

SEA Charter Schools

Time Warner Cable

Testimonial

Bert Corona Middle School 6th Grade Student
Dora Cazares

Auctioneering by Larry Zucker The Gavel Group

Wine donated in part by San Antonio Winery

Audio visual by All American Audio Visual

Music by Calé

Professional videography and photography by A Picture Forever

Floral arrangements donated in part by Oaks Florist

Accommodations and service by SLS Hotel at Beverly Hills