Our Staff

David Levinson 
Founder and Executive Director

Berenice Katcher 
Senior Director

Beenish Dhanani
Program Director

David McBride
Executive Program Manager

Thor Parker
Senior Program Manager

Naia Mitchell
Program Manager

Nicolo Patungan
Program Coordinator

Vicky Walker
Program Coordinator

Rachel Schwartz
PR & Media

Creative Core/TalentPool Design
Webmaster

Our Board

Alan Bernstein
Chairman, Harper Management 

Matthew Hansen
Treasurer, Live Nation

Kendis Wilbourne 
Secretary, L.A. Unified School District

David Baron
Hulu

Stephanie Berenbaum 
The Gordon Co.

Christine Callahan
Community Activist

Alex Canter
Ordermark

Ina Coleman 
Organizational Development Consultant, Sirenia Partner

Nikki Cotton
Parsons Corp.

Sharon Hauptman 
California United Bank

Hilary Hoffman
NBCUniversal

Victor Joseph
Mercury Insurance

Vince Klaseus
NBC-Universal 

Aliza Lesser
Community Activist

David Levinson
Big Sunday

Albert Litewka 
Winning Entertainment

Dr. Howard Mandel 
FACOG

Zazi Pope 
Warner Bros.

Billy Ray 
Writer-Director

Michael Skloff
Performer-Composer

Tiffany Smith-Anoa’i
ViacomCBS, Global Inclusion

Julio Sobral 
ZooMoo Networks

Raun Thorp
Tichenor & Thorp Architects

Jon Vein
Entrepreneur and Philanthropist

Abby Wolf-Weiss
Interior Designer, Abby Wolf-Weiss Interiors