Corporate Citizenship & Giving Guide 2021: Junior Achievement of Southern California

LEADERSHIP
Executive Leadership
Les McCabe, Ph.D.
President and CEO

Board Executive Committee Chairs
Frank McMahon, Board Chair
McMahon Consulting Services

Ben Braun
NBCUniversal Media, LLC

Rhonda Endo
American Honda Finance Corporation

Steve Dolcemaschio
NBCUniversal (ret.)

Maynard Brown
Crenshaw High School

Scott Sauer
Deloitte & Touche LLP

Sam Sheth
Verity Point

David Freitag
CBRE

Tom McCarthy
McCarthy Cook & Co.

Trey Pruitt
Ares Management

Marshall Mathison
Deloitte & Touche LLP (ret.)

For the full list, visit jasocal.org/board

MISSION STATEMENT
To inspire and prepare young people to succeed in a global economy

SERVICE AREA
JA SoCal annually serves more than 54,000 students throughout Los Angeles County, Kern County, Orange County and the Inland Empire. 75% of the students we serve in LA Country are considered socio-economically at-risk with incomes at or below 180% of the Federal poverty rate and 90% come from ethnic minority backgrounds.

FAST FACTS
What is your GuideStar Rating? Guidestar Platinum Seal of Transparency
What percentage of total revenue goes to cause (after operation expenses)? 69.1%
What was your greatest recent community impact?
In partnership with LAUSD, JASoCal launched an innovative learning model, 3DE, at Crenshaw High School. This game-changer in public education reengineers learning and provides equitable access to high-quality education- a lever to economic mobility.

FUNDRAISING EVENTS
• 3DE at Crenshaw High School Case Challenge Partners – ongoing
• JA Men’s Talk: Young Men’s Empowerment event (OC) – 12.8.2021
• JA Career Exploration Summit: Sports & Entertainment – Spring 2022
• JA Young Women’s Empowerment event (LA & OC) – Spring 2022
• 27th Annual JASoCal Golf Classic – 5.16.2022
• JA Stock Market Challenge (OC) – tba

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
• JA Classroom Volunteers (in-class and virtual available)
• JA Finance Park Volunteer: spend a day in JA Finance Park simulations guiding a small group
• JA Career Exploration Summit: Presenters
• JA Job Shadow: introduce a classroom of students to careers in your industry (in-person and virtual)

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