RENATA SIMRIL
President
Play Equity Fund
As president and founder of the Play Equity Fund and president & CEO of the LA84 Foundation, Renata Simril leads a pioneering enterprise model at the intersection of youth development, equity and movement building — built on the conviction that access to play for all youth is a lever for systems change.
Under Simril’s leadership, LA84 invests in research, grants and educational programs guided by the legacy of the 1984 Summer Olympic Games, while the Play Equity Fund expands this impact through policy advocacy, coalition building, and strategic partnerships. Simril is also a leader of LA RISES, a major citywide initiative aligning philanthropy and civic sectors to ensure the diverse neighborhoods of LA equitably benefit from the upcoming wave of global sporting events.
