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Johng Ho Song has spent his entire career at the Koreatown Youth & Community Center (KYCC), beginning as a Mental Health Community Worker in 1985 and now serving as Executive Director. KYCC is one of the nation’s largest Korean American community organizations, serving people of all races and ethnic backgrounds in the diverse Koreatown neighborhood. [...]
Dr. Elisa Nicholas is CEO of The Children’s Clinic, “Serving Children and Their Families” (TCC), a system of community health clinics in Long Beach providing care to low-income families. Elisa has led TCC’s growth from a single-site clinic into a network of health centers, all providing tens of thousands of visits annually to low-income families. [...]
Maria Cabildo was raised by immigrant parents in the same community that she would later serve as Executive Director of the East Los Angeles Community Corporation (ELACC). Under her tenure of over 15 years, ELACC developed and preserved quality affordable single and multi-family housing, organized residents, and provided homebuyer and financial literacy education in a [...]
Linda Dishman is the former Executive Director of the Los Angeles Conservancy, the largest membership-based local preservation organization in the country and the leading institution for historic preservation in Southern California. Established in 1978 in response to community efforts to prevent demolition of the LA Central Library, the Conservancy works to preserve existing architectural resources [...]
Thomas Rhoads founded the Santa Monica Museum of Art (now the Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles) in 1988 as an international, artist-driven, multidisciplinary art center. Located in a 10,000-square-foot space at Santa Monica’s Bergamot Station, the museum was dedicated to presenting exhibitions of contemporary art and served as an active laboratory that encouraged creativity [...]
Connie Watson served as Executive Director of People Who Care Youth Center (PWC) for more than 25 years. The organization was founded in 1974 by local residents concerned with the lack of positive outlets for youth in their community. PWC provided an urban haven where young people could receive mentoring and tutoring, as well as [...]
Bruce Saito is the former Executive Director of the Los Angeles Conservation Corps (LACC), the largest nonprofit youth corps in the nation. LACC provides young adults and school-aged youth with job training, education, and work experience in conservation and community service projects such as tree planting, trail restoration, and graffiti removal. Bruce has also served [...]
Neal Dudovitz is the former Executive Director of Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County (NLSLA), a role he assumed in 1993 following a distinguished career as an advocate for low-income communities. The organization is one of California’s largest public interest law firms, providing legal assistance to residents in the San Fernando, San Gabriel, and [...]
Roy Hong is the Founder and former Executive Director of Korean Immigrant Workers Advocates (KIWA). Founded in response to the 1992 civil unrest in Los Angeles and situated in the heart of the city’s Koreatown, KIWA organizes workers to hold employers accountable in disputes over wages and working conditions. The organization also provides activist training [...]
Kazue Shibata is the Founder and Executive Director of Asian Pacific Health Care Venture, Inc. (APHCV), a full-service health center serving low-income Asian Pacific Islanders in the Metro Los Angeles-Hollywood area. The organization offers basic medical care, immunizations, health services for seniors and children, family planning, women’s care, and HIV testing and counseling. Kazue began [...]
