LEADERS WHO IMPACT + INSPIRE
Formally nominated, rigorously vetted and annually reviewed, City Scholars® Foundation Fellows inspire us with their passion and commitment to helping each other and the education nonprofits they lead positively transform the lives of more than 48,000 predominantly low-income youth each year.
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This is the most powerful learning community for taking strategic leadership to the next level. By utilizing what I’m learning, we now serve 29% more girls, having expanded our Girl Scouts Beyond Bars program to include incarcerated girls, caregivers and foster youth; and, we have a more engaged board and higher-quality, more stable staff and volunteers.
Cynthia Breunig, CEO
Girls Scouts of San Gorgonio Council
City Scholars® Foundation Fellow
12,078 youth served/year (67% low-income)
Riverside & San Bernardino Counties
MEET OUR FELLOWS
Betty LaMarr
CEO/Founder
EmpowHer Institute
325 youth served/year
(95% low-income)
South Los Angeles
Bill Thompson
Executive Director
Young Storytellers
2,200 youth served/year
(91% low-income)
Los Angeles County
Caroline Kim Palacios
Executive Director
Spark Los Angeles
500 youth served/year
(90% low-income)
Los Angeles County
Cesar Navarrete
Executive Director
Child Advocates of San Bernardino County (CASA)
196 youth served/year
(100% low-income)
San Bernardino County
Cynthia Harnisch Breunig
President & CEO
Girl Scouts of San Gorgonio
12,442 youth served/year
(70% low-income)
Riverside & San Bernardino Counties
Franco Vega
Executive Director/Founder
The Right Way Foundation
105 low-income youth served/year
(100% low-income)
East & South Los Angeles
Jan Marholin
CEO
Boys & Girls Club of Santa Clara Valley
1,650 youth served/year
(100% low-income)
Santa Paula, Fillmore, Piru
Jennifer Jovanovic
Executive Director
GrowingGreat
15,000 youth served/year
(65% low-income)
Greater Los Angeles
Lindsay Elliot, Esq.
Executive Director
Happy Trails for Kids
323 youth served/year
(95% low-income)
Los Angeles County
Matthew Nelson
CEO
Boys & Girls Club of Santa Clarita Valley
1,631 youth served/year
(60% low-income)
Santa Clarita Valley
Melissa Denton
Executive Director
The Unusual Suspects Theatre Company
1,238 youth served/year
(100% low-income)
Los Angeles County
Michelle Freridge, Esq.
Executive Director
Asian Youth Center
1,967 youth served/year
(82% low-income)
Greater Los Angeles, Antelope Valley
San Fernando Valley
Patricia Siquieros
Executive Director
Variety Boys & Girls Club
2,500 youth served/year
(95% low-income)
East Los Angeles
Roberto Martinez
CEO
Boys & Girls Club of Camarillo
1,0183 youth served/year
(64% low-income)
Ventura County
Scott Mosher
CEO
Boys & Girls Club of Moorpark
1,893 youth served/year
(62% low-income)
Moorpark
Seth Eklund
Executive Director
Bresee Foundation
1,000 youth served/year
(100% low-income)
LA County
Shimica Gaskins, Esq.
Executive Director
Children’s Defense Fund-CA
1,300 youth served/year
(65% low-income)
Los Angeles County
Tige Charity
Executive Director
Kids in the Spotlight
75 youth served/year
(100% low-income)
Los Angeles & Pasadena
OUR IMPACT DEMOGRAPHICS
Together, our Foundation Fellows lead 18 out-of-school time and school-based nonprofits that each year help 48,426 predominantly low-income, pre-K to college, ethnically diverse youth succeed in school and in life.
Youth served by Foundation Fellows are 51% Latino, 21% Black, 15% White, 7% Multiracial, 4% Asian, 1% American Indian/Alaska Native, 1% Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander; and, more than 73% qualify for the subsidized public school lunch program and/or attend Title I public schools in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino or Ventura County.
47% of Foundation Fellows lead nonprofits with annual revenues less than $1 million.
37% of Foundation Fellows have served as a CEO less than 5 years; and, 21% have served as a CEO more than 15 years.
I love the amazing community of people involved with the City Scholars® Fellowship. I look forward to each session knowing that I get to network with these individuals, brainstorm and come back with new ideas. The energy in the room is huge.
Jan Marholin, CEO
Boys & Girls Club Santa Clara Valley
City Scholars® Foundation Fellow
1,927 youth served/year (100% low-income)
Santa Paula, Fillmore, Piru
