2012 AnnuAl RepoRtJuly 1, 2011 to June 30, 2012

CASA of Los Angeles’s mission is to mobilize community volunteers to advocate for abused and neglected children. It is driven by the belief that all children are entitled to stable, safe, permanent homes, with loving parents—biological or adoptive—or caring guardians.

CASA of Los Angeles recruits, trains, and guides Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASAs) to work with each child individually and make sure they get the support they need by:

• Investigatingthecircumstancesofthechild’slife•Advocatingforthechild’sbestinterestsinthecourtandinthecommunity•Beingavoiceforthechild

CASA of Los Angeles is the only local agency with volunteers appointed by the dependency court to advocate for children. Its vision is a Los Angeles in which every foster child has an advocate and the opportunity to thrive.

ouR mission And vision

It’s often noted that there’s a timeless quality to Court Appointed Special Advocates, or CASAs—that their only interest is in advocating for what’s best for children in the child welfare system. It’s what has made CASA of Los Angeles an indispensable partner not only to those children but also to judges, lawyers, social workers, foster parents, prospective adoptive families, and the larger community for more than 30 years.

But of those 30+ years, a handful stand out as truly extraordinary, as turning points in the history of CASA of Los Angeles and the pursuit of its mission.

One is, of course, 1978, when the organization was founded—it was one of the first CASA programs in the country. Another came in 1983, when a public-private partnership between the court and the nonprofit Friends of Child Advocates was launched; private fundraising would grow the program exponentially in the ensuing decades. And an entirely different kind of turning point took place in 2010 when, overnight, CASA of Los Angeles lost more than half of its staff to cuts in the superior court’s budget. At the time, some worried that the organization might never be the same again.

Then came fiscal year 2012, when, just two years removed from that cataclysm, CASA of Los Angeles didn’t just return to its previous form, it greatly improved upon it. In this very special year, among numerous achievements, CASA of Los Angeles recruited and trained a record number of new volunteers. It nearly doubled support from private donors and exceeded its fundraising goal by more than twenty percent. It launched a new Early Childhood Initiative to make sure the youngest children with complex needs were assigned to CASAs as early as possible. And it increased the total number of children it served by more than ten percent—the biggest margin in seven years.

Indeed, 2012 was the year when a new CASA of Los Angeles came into being, when a new resilience was manifest, and when volunteers, donors, staff members, and partner agencies all revised their expectations of the agency permanently upward.

But for all the growth and success that CASA of Los Angeles experienced in 2012, the year must be understood for what it was in the larger sense: just the beginning. For the most enduring lesson from this period of transition is that success ultimately depends on a commitment to embracing constant change.

Thanks to that commitment—which you have so kindly made along with us—CASA of Los Angeles and the children it serves now enjoy an even brighter future, the evidence of which we look forward to sharing with you for many years to come.

Thank you for your support,

deAR FRiends

dilys tosteson GARciA BRuce HeRRonExecutive Director President, Board of Directors

Of the many things Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASAs) do for kids in the child welfare system, attending “presentation meetings”—where prospective adoptive parents first learn of a child’s medical conditions—is almost never one of them.

But just before one of these meetings, in July 2011, an adoptions worker for the LA. County Department of Children and Family Services approached Janet Blair, then a three-and-a-half-year volunteer for CASA of Los Angeles, about attending on behalf of the fourteen-month-old girl, Justice, to whom Blair had been recently assigned.

“I didn’t realize what a presentation meeting was, so I went in there kind of in the dark,” Blair says. “There were about a dozen people, from social workers to psychologists, and they seated me right next to the physician.”

Blair wasn’t only Justice’s CASA; she had recently retired from a nearly 30-year career as a pediatric occupational therapist in the special education system. She had a deep understanding of early childhood development, and she thought she might be asked to help translate some of the medical jargon into layperson’s terms.

For more than an hour, the doctor read from the little girl’s medical record. Blair kept her eyes on the faces around the table. It wasn’t going well.

“In those meetings, nobody but the physician has anything other than a minor role,” Blair explains. “It’s really about getting to know the medical history of the child, and the doctor was using the most stark, technical terms. Unless you had worked in a neonatal intensive care unit, you would have been terrified by what you heard. I was afraid the parents were going to run for the door.”

Justice had been born prematurely—at just 24 weeks—and, after spending six months in the hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit, she had been transferred to a medical group home for intensive follow-up.

A voice FoR Justice

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One little girl’s move from a medical group

home to a loving adoptive family might not

have happened if a CASA hadn’t spoken up.

Janet Blair, a CASA of Los Angeles volunteer since 2007, had never

been asked to participate in a meeting like the one she attended in July 2011 on behalf of Justice, now known as Sade. She started

by showing pictures she had taken of the girl over the

previous eight months.

Blair printed and bound the photos shortly after Justice went to live with Jessica and Michael Alabi. Besides humanizing the child for the court, the photos help fill in gaps in the girl’s personal history.

“She had come into the world very early, yes, but I felt this was only one side of the story,” Blair says. “So at one point I turned to the adoptions worker and asked, ‘Has anyone here besides me seen this child yet?’ She said no, so I said, ‘Well, let me tell you a little bit about this girl.’”

Besides first-hand observations from her visits with Justice, Blair had pictures—lots of them. Because kids under 4 aren’t mandated to be in court, one of the things CASAs do for the youngest children is document through photographs how they are doing developmentally. Blair took photos every two weeks and even tracked down a few pictures from Justice’s time in the hospital.

“I pulled out the photo album and said, ‘Look, I’m growing, I’m thriving, I’m moving along developmentally, and I look really cute. I’m a nice little kid,’” she explains. “My job was to be a voice for Justice, and in this case my role was to balance out the report that the poor doctor was obligated to present. That’s only fair.”

Everyone in the room spent time with the photo album, and by the end of the meeting, the prospective adoptive parents, Michael and Jessica Alabi, agreed to think about it. Within a couple weeks, they had arranged to visit Justice at the group home. And there they immediately expressed an interest in adopting her.

“It’s one thing to hear about a child,” Jessica says, “but when we met her, she was amazing.”

By September 2011, Justice was living with the Alabis, and Blair continued to do the core work of a CASA on her behalf—observing therapeutic sessions, helping Michael and Jessica navigate the complex of service agencies to ensure Justice was receiving the support she needed, and getting to know the Alabis to make sure they would be successful adoptive parents.

Meanwhile, Blair was enrolled in CASA of Los Angeles’s very first Early Childhood Training, which equips CASAs with the knowledge to help all stakeholders see young children’s cases through a developmental lens. (See page 4 for more information about the Early Childhood Initiative.) For all her years in early childhood development, she had spent most of them in physical medicine and rehabilitation, so there was still plenty she could learn, particularly in the area of infant mental health.

“After learning more about that critical window of the first 18 to 24 months, when a child needs to form a secure attachment, suddenly I had a new appreciation of how far Justice had come,” she says. “When I first met her she was extremely serious, very cautious. But when she went to live with the Alabis, her temperament changed from week to week. She just lit up, and this happy, shrieking little toddler emerged.”

Which gives something of a double meaning to the idea that CASAs give a voice to foster children. It could be said that CASAs also give them an audience.

“She’s very proactive and social now,” Michael says. “She loves being listened to.”

Justice’s adoption by the Alabis was finalized in December 2012. Around the same time, they legally changed her first name to Oluwasade, Nigerian for “God made this crown.” They call her Sade for short.

And now Justice is her middle name.

cAsA of los Angeles Advocates for the neediestchildren in the Foster care system

Age birth to 5: 19%Age 6 to 11: 24%Age 12 to 15: 31%Age 16 to 18: 19%18 and above: 7%

African American: 41%Asian/Pacific Islander: 2%Hispanic/Latino: 31%Multi-racial: 10%Native American: 1%Undetermined: 4%White/Non-Latino: 13%

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Sade’s development while living with her adoptive family illustrates why CASA of Los Angeles redoubled its commitment to children ages 0 to 5 in 2012 by launching the Early Childhood Initiative. “She’s very proactive and social now,” Michael says. “She loves being listened to.”

From new people and new programs to better training and better technology, fiscal year 2012* was a turning point in the creation of a new, more entrepreneurial CASA of Los Angeles. Following are examples from across the spectrum of improvements.

stAndout AcHievements FRom 2012

pRovided intensive AdvocAcy seRvices to 632 cHildRen—An 11% incReAsePerhaps no achievement better illustrates what a standout year 2012 was. In the seven previous fiscal years, CASA of Los Angeles had never advocated for as many as 600 children or posted an increase in children servedof10%ormoreannually.Butin2012,it both broke the 600 barrier and advocated for 11% more children than in 2011, while laying the groundwork for more impressive growth in 2013 and beyond. It also provided comfort and encouragement to 6,000 children on the days of their court appearances through Shelter Care, and it helped 350 teenage girls in foster care attend their school proms through the annual Glamour Gowns event, in March.

RecRuited And tRAined 141 new volunteeRs—A 48% incReAseByhostingmoretrainingsatitsownoffices,introducingtrainings at off-site locations, and offering participants daytime, evening, weekend, and online training options, CASA of Los Angeles recruited very nearly 50% more volunteers than in fiscal year 2011. In addition, by halving the attrition rate of existing volunteers, it increased total volunteer enrollment to more than 400 men and women.

Rolled out tHe eARly cHildHood initiAtive CASA of Los Angeles dramatically expanded its work with children ages 0 to 5 in fiscal year 2012 by launching the Early Childhood Initiative, a comprehensive strategy to help all stakeholders view foster children through a developmental lens and help the youngest kids with complex needs get assigned to CASAsasearlyaspossible.Besidesprovidingin-depthtraining to CASAs in early childhood development,

the initiative provides new protocols for assessment and communication, places Early Childhood Liaisons in select courtrooms to facilitate referrals, and helps judges, lawyers, and social workers recognize developmental red flags in foster children. Though the first training was held more than six months into the fiscal year, referrals of children age 0 to 5 quickly jumped more than 28% from 2011.

RAmped up pRoGRAm evAluAtionWith the help of the USC School of Social Work, CASA of Los Angeles initiated a new long-term process for better evaluating the goals and outcomes of its children’s cases. Early results provided plenty of useful data, including those showing that volunteers most frequently work with their children in three key areas: achieving permanency through adoption or reunification, educational issues, and mental health.

Sade Alabi is one of nearly 120 children ages 0 to 5 who benefited from CASA of Los Angeles’s intensified commitment to

early childhood development in 2012. (See her story on page 2.)

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More than 350 teenage girls attended the annual Glamour Gowns event.

Louis Bieschke, CASA of Los Angeles’s Outreach Manager, conducts a training for new CASAs.

* July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2012

stRenGtHened stAFF expeRtise And impRoved suppoRt oF volunteeRs The creation of a new CASA of Los Angeles gained momentum in fiscal year 2012 with the recruitment of new staff leaders, such as an Operations Director, a Program Director, and an Outreach Manager, as well as the revamping of the Director of Volunteer Services position. And to help fund further investments in expertise and improved productivity, CASA of Los Angeles retained several key fundraising consultants, including an Interim Development Director, an Events Manager, and two Grants Writers.

expAnded outReAcH ActivitiesBythecloseoffiscalyear2012,CASAofLosAngelesaveragedmore than a dozen outreach events per month, from presentations for waiting juries, partner agencies, religious congregations, and civic organizations to tabling at health and resource fairs, ministry events, and cultural festivals. It also made strides toward increasing volunteer diversity by creating new outreach committees, such as the Quarterback Club, which is developing strategies for recruiting and training more male CASAs.

GRew And diveRsiFied tHe BoARd oF diRectoRsCASA of Los Angeles recruited eight new board members in 2012, expanding its professional knowledge and fundraising capability. New members bring expertise and relationships in finance, law, wealth management, education, and technology.

RAised $2.4 million—22% oveR GoAl Against the backdrop of the expiration of its federal earmark grants, CASA of Los Angeles laid the groundwork for a new, more robust fundraising program, nearly doubling private support and raising almost $700,000 more than it did in fiscal year 2011. Foundation grants exceeded $1,000,000 and individual and corporate donations totaled over $600,000, thanks in part to several creative fundraising efforts, including the Mother’s Day Non-Event, which raised $95,000.

AdvAnced A new FlexiBle coAcHinG modelCASA of Los Angeles continued making improvements to volunteer services to achieve higher service levels. Following the example of sister programs that serve more than 1,000 children per year, it recruited seasoned volunteers and trained them as Peer Coordinators to provide additional support to Court Appointed Special Advocates, helping it serve more children without increasing staff.

invested in new tecHnoloGyCASA of Los Angeles launched a comprehensive, three-year program to modernize its technology. It installed a proprietary server, a local area network, an Outlook-based email system, and Skype technology for meetings. In addition, it migrated off the court’s phone system, installing its own, dedicated phone system, and integratedtheMontereyParkandAntelopeValleyoffices’phone and computer systems, which had previously run independently of each other. Next steps include implementing a new document management systemand a new online volunteer management system.

Jason Roach, a CASA of Los Angeles volunteer since 2011, shown in the courtroom of Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Margaret S. Henry, is a Court Appointed Special Advocate, a Peer Coordinator, and a member of the Quarterback Club.

Executive Director Dilys Tosteson Garcia speaks at an event in 2012.

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stAtement oF Activities And cHAnGes in net AssetsFor the years ended June 30, 2012 and June 30, 2011

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A full copy of the Fiscal Year 2012 audit is available at www.casala.org. CASA volunteers donated more than 90,000 hours of service in Fiscal Year 2012, valued at $2,232,000. Including this donated service, 81.6% of CASA’s expenditures were devoted to program activities.

June 30, 2012 June 30, 2011 Temporarily Temporarily Unrestricted restricted Total Unrestricted restricted TotalSupport and revenue: Support: Contributions, individuals $ 467,708 $ - $ 467,708 $ 202,359 $ 19,183 $ 221,542 Contributions, foundations 392,932 657,850 1,050,782 575,566 5,000 580,566 Contributions, corporations 53,240 - 53,240 36,323 10,750 47,073 Grants, government 789,113 - 789,113 855,723 - 855,723 Donated rent 32,200 - 32,200 32,200 - 32,200 Special events, net of expenses of $20,186 and $16,071, respectively 35,428 17,500 52,928 18,859 - 18,859

Total support 1,770,621 675,350 2,445,971 1,721,030 34,933 1,755,963

Revenue: Interest income - - - 963 - 963 Other income 678 - 678 10,870 - 10,870

Total revenue 678 - 678 11,833 - 11,833

Net assets released from restrictions: Satisfaction of program restrictions 354,576 (354,576) - 70,218 (70,218) -

Total support and revenue 2,125,875 320,774 2,446,649 1,803,081 (35,285) 1,767,796

Expenses: Program services 1,269,157 - 1,269,157 1,146,970 - 1,146,970 Management and general 393,993 - 393,993 278,219 - 278,219 Fundraising 397,496 - 397,496 245,087 - 245,087

Total expenses 2,060,646 - 2,060,646 1,670,276 - 1,670,276

Change in net assets 65,229 320,774 386,003 132,805 (35,285) 97,520

Net assets, beginning of year 391,955 96,816 488,771 259,150 132,101 391,251

Net assets, end of year $ 457,184 $ 417,590 $ 874,774 $ 391,955 $ 96,816 $ 488,771

stAtement oF FinAnciAl positionFor the years ended June 30, 2012 and June 30, 2011

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ASSETS June 30, 2012 2011Current assets: Cash and cash equivalents $ 742,365 $ 408,647 Grants receivable 230,762 206,559 Prepaid expenses 9,177 6,026

Total current assets 982,304 621,232

Furniture and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $54,149 and $52,915, respectively 38,280 -

$ 1,020,584 $ 621,232

LIABILITIESANDNETASSETS

Current liabilities: Accounts payable and accrued expenses $ 121,726 $ 97,089 Accrued vacation 24,084 35,372

Total current liabilities 145,810 132,461

Net assets: Unrestricted 457,184 391,955 Temporarily restricted 417,590 96,816

874,774 488,771

$ 1,020,584 $ 621,232

ouR volunteeRs

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Allison AddanteArcola AikensOlivia “Lee” AlessandraBereniceAlfaroCarol S. AllenScott AllenNatalie Allen-WriggleMichael AlmazarDee Ann AlongiJudith AlvesBrandeeAndersonJim AndersonTina Marie AnguloMindy ApplebaumMay Masako ArakakiAnita AratowRosa ArevaloRobert“Bert”MarleyArgoBarbaraArlowTrudy ArmerSusana ArroyoHeidi AshcraftElena AvilaFranziskaBalcaenBarrieLynnBarashEmmaBarrientosTracyBaumJudithBeckmenChristineBeilinsonDaleScottBeldinMaryAnnBellThomasBellCorinneBennettEllenEisenbergBerlinDeniseBiekerLouiseW.BieschkeRenneBilsonPamelaBinghamPamelaBjorklundJanetBlairRobertaS.BloomMaruzellaBognoliSarahBojorquezDouglasBorsomKarenBowlesLeahBowmanLauraineBraithwaiteSusanBrandlerNancyBrashearsIrmaBreslauerSandyBreuerJanetteR.BriceJayelinBroussardCarolRainesBrownRhondaLeeBrownSusanLynnBrownBarbaraA.BrunerBetsyBurchCarolynBurtchKarenOlsonButlerHeatherAnnMackButterfieldGayleByrne

Margaret(Peggy)ByrnesMarthaByrnesMonicaR.ByrnesLennora “Lynn” CalicaJoyce CampbellSarita CardenGail CarpRosa CarreonValerie CarriganNancy Cadigan CasdenVirginia CasimiroRosalie CauleyRita CazaresJanet CharlinJoan ChlebowskiPek Ean ChongAlfred “Chris” ChristophersenMary E. ChristophersenPaulette ChulackMary Anne CogbillEdward CohanClaire ColemanKim CooperStephen CooperDenise CortesLauren CostaSyndi CroadJoe CruzPatricia CuoccoMartin Natkin DanielKaren DarlingMeghan DaumBlancaFlorDelaoMaria Teresa DelgadoMarie-Helene DemersBarbaraDixonCharles DodsonChelsey DoustLaurie DresslerAmanda DugganDaniel DuncanLesley DunlapTashea Dunn-StevensonRandall DuranKatharine DurhamJulie DwyerCarol EastonSharon R. EllingsenTheresa EmerickBeatriceDale(Bebe)EmermanRosemary EnzerArnold Mike EpsteinLaura EvansBeverley-JoFarzin-NiaSamantha FeldKarinBarterFieldingCarolyn FinkenbeinerShannon FisherBrendaFloresSylvia FoosShirley FordStephen Forstadt

Susan ForstadtArlene ForsterMichele FosterMariann FragnerPatricia FranklinBettyFreitagSimone FriedmanLynne GabrielBrianGadinskyLinda GalatiDana GalenKaren GaripayToska GarnerCatherine GarrawayPauline A. GarstkaEileen GatesSuzanne GearyRita Ann GiamaniaroJudy GishBetsyGleijesesPhyllis Elaine GlockSherry GoddardGloria GonzalesJanice Ruth GoodmanGale Lynn GordonMelinda GraceJudith Graham-JohnsonAriel Greenspun-GaleSharonGriffingSandra H. GuerreroLori HaasLauri HaldermanDanielle HannePamela HaringMaithe HarispeSusan“Blair”HarlessAlvin Jay (A.Jay) HarmanRayna HarmanElton HarpsKay HarterDarris HatchIna Haugen

Andrea HeinMarsha HellerSamuel Kevin HerodMichaelBruceHerronLaura HertzKatherine HillBarbaraJeanHodgesAbbe HofsteinPaula Rene HollinsChristine HoodElizabeth HookAlice HorevitzMary Jane HortonMargaret Katherine (Peggy) HuberElla Marie HudsonRosemary HuttonTitus IbehKaren IlichApril JacobsLynn JamesLinda JensonDarlane JespersenDana JohnsonDelphia JonesLinda JonesSallie JonesSheryl JonesPatricia KaplanNirja KapoorDeborah Wick KeenJulie KelleherJacqueline KellerSeema KhanAngie KimNahae Kayden KimLlonald KingNancy KingInta KipperRichard KipperLinda KleinJeffrey Russell KnightWendy KoroSusan A KowalskiGail KriegerSharon KrischerFrances KristofMaria Alejandrina KuJoseph KubanLori KupferKimberly LandisSusan LauJennifer LaughlinSherry LawrenceJoan LeeLinda LevineMichael LevineJanet LichtAshley Williams LoebAdriana LopezSusan LordLise LovatoDiana P. Love

Paula Hollins has been a CASA volunteer since 2009.

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Maureen LucasCharlotte LueyDolores LyonsRebecca LyonsLara MackeyJoan Elizabeth MacLaughlinKathleenMalone-BienerJulie MarcusTeri MariasStacy Marteeny-HausBirdieMartinAmanda MartindaleXiomara MatusCarolyn MazzaNina Stern McCullaughCarolyn McGeeElois McGeheeCatherine McMahonAnissa McNeilMarcus MendezJose Maria MesaJanice McCoy MillerAnne MirischVenezia MojarroLinda MoklerElizabeth Rizzo MooreHitochi MorimotoMelinda MurphyAbby MyersonJudy NagyEunice Elizabeth NashKathy NaumanMartha NeedelmanMaria NelsonDavid NeumanLinda NicholsNadeen NissleyClaude Carlyne NuckolsCarolina OaxacaAmber O’HaraNatalia OlartePaula OlivaresJudith “Judi” OlsonHilarie OrmsbyMichelle OylerDeborah Pack-GarciaKathleen “Kathy” PalenChantel PaniaguaCarmen PaparellaMarsha ParkhillHethie ParmesanoNancy Jo PaulToni PeckRobert PerkinsJohn PetersonPeter Earnest PetzoldMelinda PikeJacquelyn PinderGriselda PinedaBethPinelesKaren PinesLynn PittengerChris PlewaMadeleine PoieszPamela Potts

Ann Ralston PrattCharles Hammoud PrattSandraBurtonPriceNatasha PrimeGayle PrinceCarol PursuitSister Mary QuinnEva RamirezManuel RamirezDonna RamosEllen RandRebecca RankinMarlene RapkinCecilia RaymundoRichard Saintcroix RedmanSue RedmanSusan ReinfordDebbie RichardsonThomas Richardson Jr.Virginia RichieMary Lynn RichmondRoger Alan RidlehooverJason RoachWhinira RobinsonNita Ann RodriguezRonaele RoseJudith RosenKimberly Lund RosenfieldAlissa Okuneff RostonMerle Don RothmanTaryn RudowCarol RushLaura Anne SaadeJerri Lee SafronJune Solnit SaleHelen Louise SchwartzHana Scott-SuhrstedtAlisa ScrafieldRebecca(Becki)SellnowEileen SheiniukAmy ShimAlfred SicardDaniel SilvaLisa-Marie SilverJenny SilvermanRosario SimpsonLoren Michael SingerMarion SnedekerSandra SolisJoanne SolovEdina SomlaiCristina SorianoJaren SorkowChristine SotoRonald SparksMartin Jeffrey SpearCheryl SpencerDavid SteinPhilip Jay SteinMorley Anthony SternMonique StevensRonald Wendell StewartKira StiglichRosemary StocksdaleMarcia Strauss

Virginia StringerElizabeth SturgeonJoyce Angeline SutedjaJudith A. SweetArmin SzatmarySandra Joy TamkinVanessa TaylorJanice TecimerMary Jo ThatcherSue ThompsonVictoria ThompsonKatherine ToddJanet TodosychukTobhiyah (Tobi) TommaneyKenneth TopolskyChrista ToroKaren Joan TravisReva M. Trevino-MartinezRobert TurbinRaymond TurchinKimberly TurnerRichard UrJennifer Valentine SperberKay Van HornJane Van StedumCheryl VanDenbergMichelle Estrada VasquezTamara VegosClaudia VidesCeleste VosMary Lou WalberghPhil WardLinda WeberJudith R. WeinsteinCharles WeldeCindy WexlerSheila WhalenMaureen WhartonKatalina WhitmanAnn-Jeanette (Angie) WhitmarshAlison S. WilcoxBillWillenKristine WilliamsMelanie WilliamsSusan M. WilliamsTania WilliamsJean Ann WilsonPatricia WintersLeina WongNancy WrightCarol Younger-LewisJean YoungquistJudy ZaidnerMaryam ZandHarriet ZaretskyMarie ZondlerBettyJ.ZupancicTami Zussman

Jennifer Parker-Stanton, ChairMichaela Pereira, Co-ChairKarenBraverman-FreemanKristen DeLeoCarolyn Dessert-LauterioBrendaGallowayStacy HornSue MarshallTracee MaxwellSandiRomero-BoadaJoanne SolovLauren TobinCortez WilksChristine Yick

GlAmouR Gowns committee

African American: 10%Asian/Pacific Islander: 3%Hispanic/Latino: 10%Multi-racial: 5%Native American: <1%Undetermined: 6%White/Non-Latino: 65%

21-29: 5%30-39: 10%40-49: 14%50-59: 20%60+: 48%Undertermined: 3%

Female: 84%Male: 16%

volunteeR demoGRApHics

$100,000 and overThe Ahmanson FoundationRalph M. Parsons FoundationU.S. Department of JusticeAnonymous

$25,000 - $99,999AdministrativeOfficeoftheCourts/ Judicial Council of CaliforniaAtlas Family FoundationBCMFoundationCarl & Roberta Deutsch FoundationLiza&BernardGivenThe Mark Hughes FoundationLos Angeles Superior Court, Juror DonationsMaureen & Robert LucasBowenH.&JaniceArthurMcCoy Charitable FoundationRose Hills FoundationSHARE, Inc.Anonymous

$10,000 - $24,999Crail-Johnson FoundationTama & Paul DeitchCarrie Estelle Doheny FoundationFederal Deposit Insurance CorporationGreater Los Angeles Association of Legal AdministratorsThe Green FoundationWilliam H. Hurt FoundationJ.B.&EmilyVanNuysCharitiesChildren’s Court Parking Revenue Trust FundMcMillen Family FoundationMelinda Lerner Powell & John PowellKyle Rudow Memorial FundSacchi FoundationTracy Seretean

$5,000 - $9,999Hon.MichaelD.Antonovich/LosAngelesCountyBoardofSupervisorsFrances&BenjaminBenenson Foundation Inc.KathryneBeynonFoundationAlbert&ElaineBorchardFoundation,IncRhea Perlman & Daniel M. DeVitoWinifred & Paul DooleyFrandzelRobinsBloom&CsatoLCSusanF.&MichaelBruceHerronKappa Alpha Theta - Loyola Marymount University Zeta Omega ChapterKappa Alpha Theta - USC Omicron ChapterLori Stockton Kozak & Gerald KozakAnna & Raymond P. RandallJames M. Rishwain Jr.Marilyn&StevenN.BloomJudith A. SweetValley Community Legal Foundation of San FernandoLinda WeberFrederick R. Weisman Philanthropic FoundationStephen Henry & Harriet Zaretsky

$2,500 - $4,999Allison & Frank AddanteBarbaraArlow&GeraldPeaseCharlesJeffBiedermanBrentwoodPresbyterianChurchPaulette & Christopher ChulackCathleen M. CobbJeremy DaviesMary DekernionJacquie&PeterB.DolanRachel DworkinThe Elizabeth Foundation

Rhonda Fleming FoundationJane & Jeffrey GaleDilys Tosteson Garcia & Lola JacksonDeborah GreavesAriel Greenspun-GaleAndrea HeinIn-N-OutBurgerFoundationKappa Alpha Theta - Pepperdine Zeta Phi ChapterKLM FoundationPamela Kung Nabel & Dan D. NabelNancy & Michael E. PappasCristine ReynaertFrances H. & Roger RidlehooverAlissa Okuneff RostonMarcie RothmanDr. Daniel RovnerJerri Lee & Marshal SafronDr. June Solnit & Samuel SaleNadya ScottIris & Dr. Anthony ShawDaniel SilvaLeonard & Ethel Smith Charitable Foundation IncJoanne & Lessing C. SolovBradleyThomasPatricia Y. & Hon. Anthony TrendacostaRalph WalterWella CorporationNancy & Al WrightJean & Robert Youngquist

$1,000 - $2,499AngelsBaseballFoundationJudith&ThomasBeckmenChristine&MarcBeilinsonRenne&BruceBilsonRobertaS.&RonaldA.Bloom

ouR donoRs

Inta and Richard Kipper are CASA of Los Angeles donors; they’ve

also been volunteers since 2009.

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BobbiBuffingtonElsie & Lyle CripeMadeline R. CripeDr. Areta & Dr. Clarence R. CrowellLynn Hopton-Davis & Greg DavisJanet & Edgar DavisEva & Terrence D. DibbleKarinBarterFielding&JonathanE.FieldingBetty&ThomasFreitagBetsyGleijesesMarti Reeder Hedge & Robert J. HedgeMichele M. & Jeffrey E. HillandNancy Stark & Stanley IezmanMargaret JohnsonW. M. Keck FoundationLaw Advocates of Los AngelesBonnie&JohnLedyardAaron LeonJoan & Frances MacLaughlinSusan & Dr. Clifford MarshallLaurie & Thomas E. McCarthyThe Claire & Theodore Morse FoundationMichelle Murphy & Robert PerkinsMartha NeedelmanDr. Hethie & Phillip ParmesanoNancy Jo & Jeffrey W. PaulSimone & Patrick PurcellMarlene & Michael RapkinLois RosenRotary Club of Lancaster WestRobynSamuels&Dr.BruceA.ShraggSolvay Pharmaceuticals Settlement FundSouthern California MG Owners ClubVictoria & James SpaderChristine SpagnoliAnneli & Mark StoneJanice & Timur TecimerSue TsaoWatson Land CompanyCindy & Robert WexlerWomen’s Canadian Club of Los AngelesElizabeth Goldsmith ZaillianAnonymous

$500 - $999BerleH.AdamsFoundationThe Allstate FoundationJeffreyBeckmenJane&WilliamBemisJoyce & David CampbellIrene & Carl CarandeZoanne S. & David G. CarneyCars 4 CausesSusan & Peter CsatoJoan DorenAnn DuPuy

Rose-MarieBrowning & Michael G. FletcherFord & Serviss, LLPGreenberg TraurigJoanne HoffmanHoffman, Sabban & WatenmakerKirk Austin Hornbeck, Jr.Hunton & WilliamsInta & Richard KipperRichard KurlandGayle&JamesB.McKennaJonathan MillerA. Peta & Christopher M. NoblePam & Gerald OffsayEleane & John PangChar & Daniel J. PartelowJudith E. & John G. Peetz, Jr.BrucePoltrockKarl PrimmSuzette Ramirez-CarrJeffrey RichmondWarren RileyRoll Giving & Paramount Community GivingAlfred SicardPatricia & Richard SinaikoLinda Jeanne SmithKaren Stephenson & Laurence G. SolovSpelling CommunicationsState Farm Companies FoundationSusan R. StockelCarol VernonMary Lou & Richard WalberghWescom Credit UnionRosalieAnn&JohnB.WiderAlisonS.&BrianWilcoxDr. Tony WuMarie YusemMark Zarem

$250 - $499Linda & Andrew K. AlperJoan & Marshall J. AugustAlineBakewellBradBeckerJoni&MilesBenickesBruceD.BertzDeniseBiekerFern&MorrisJ.BloomJayI.BloomClaudiaBrightRaquelBrigham&QuentinBrownPamela CarterRita CreggMarion & Scott DarlingRon DeFrees

Delta Prime Management ConsultingDiane DinowBarbaraRoss&AllenL.DrapkinDorothy A. DunnNoel EllmanEmployees Community Fund of the BoeingCompanyShirley & William FordFraternal Order of EaglesLinda Gach RayRobert GonzalesDebra GrayMaureen & Lawrence S. GrosbergLinna HansonShelli HermanElona HessWillmore HolbrowKelly HuDanica JamisonLinda JensonDr. Toni Cavanagh JohnsonSallie JonesConnie & Stephen KempKrogerKaron & Thomas R. LarmoreJoan & Roger LeeTricia LegittinoLinda LevensonCynthia LynnMarge Colyear MacLaughlin & Hon. William A. MacLaughlin John MavredakisAnneB.McCoyPatrick MeyersEileen Susan MillerDr. Marilynn W. MooreMyrtle NelsonJoyce PattonPincus Communications, Inc.Jack RidlehooverRita & Terrence RobertsPauline & Thomas Robins IIIWendy & Kenneth A. RubyMariette T. & Alexander SawchukPhillippa ScottKaren SeabrookRachel & Todd Phillip SlavkinPhyllis SpiererMarcia & Sheldon StraussThird Street Investment CompanyCatherine ToberKay & Richard Van HornRobin & James WaltherRachel & Eric WardAndrew WattsLisa & Craig WelinPatricia & William J. Young

FIscAL YEAr 2012 BoArD oF DIrEctors

Michael Bruce Herron, PresidentRoger Alan Ridlehoover, President-ElectPatricia Y. Trendacosta, Past PresidentRalph Walter, TreasurerJoanne Solov, SecretaryMichael E. Pappas, Governance ChairFrank AddanteCharles Jeff BiedermanSteve BloomCathleen M. CobbDeborah GreavesLynn JamesSue MarshallAnissa McNeilRaymond P. RandallCristine ReynaertJames M. Rishwain Jr.Daniel SilvaAnneli StoneJean YoungquistJacquie Dolan, Founding PresidentJennifer Parker-Stanton, Glamour Gowns ChairDilys Garcia, Executive Director, ex officio

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Rosa Arevalo, Senior Program CoordinatorLouise Bieschke, Outreach ManagerLesley Bois, Senior Program CoordinatorSarita Carden, Program DirectorJohn Charnay, Development DirectorYesenia Collier, Program AssistantLynne Gabriel, Volunteer Services DirectorDilys Tosteson Garcia, Executive DirectorYael Gittleman, Development CoordinatorLauri Halderman, Senior Program CoordinatorDanica Hartshorn, Volunteer Services CoordinatorElizabeth Hook, Senior Program CoordinatorDana Johnson, Senior Program CoordinatorLinda Jones, Senior Program CoordinatorAdriana Lopez, Program and Volunteer Services AssistantJasmine McClendon, Senior Program CoordinatorCarolyn McGee, Senior Program CoordinatorMelvy Murguia, Business ManagerMelinda Murphy, Program SupervisorJohanna Neumann, AmeriCorps VolunteerRuth Paniagua, Volunteer Services AssociateLorena Parra, Development CoordinatorAngela Penaredondo, Program AssistantJaren Sorkow, Volunteer Services DirectorMonique Stevens, Assistant Program DirectorKurt Swanson, Operations DirectorTania Williams, Administrative Assistant to the Executive Director

Ralph Walter is Treasurer of the Board of Directors and has been a board member since 2009.

• Make CASA of Los Angeles’s life-changing work part of your legacy through a planned gift. Include CASA of Los Angeles in your will or trust or name it as a beneficiary of your retirement account or life insurance policy.

• Multiply your donation by taking advantage of— or starting—your employer’s matching-gift program. Check with your human resources department.

• Save on capital gains taxes by making a gift of stock. Instructions for making a stock donation are on the CASA website, or call the Development Department for assistance.

• Honor special people and special occasions with tributes and memorial gifts. Your donation will be acknowledged with a CASA card sent to your honoree or their loved ones.

• Help meet CASA children’s basic needs by making anin-kindgiftofdental/medical/legalservices,school supplies, books, toys or gift cards. The CASA of Los Angelesofficealsogratefullyacceptsdonationsof officesupplies,newcomputers,andauctionitems.

Donate online at www.casala.org, by phone at 323.859.2888, or by mailing a check to CASA of Los Angeles, Development Department, 201 Centre Plaza Drive, Suite 1100, Monterey Park, CA 91754-2142.

CASA of Los Angeles is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. All gifts are tax deductible. CASA’s Tax ID number is 95-3890446.

step up youR suppoRt oF cAsA oF los AnGelesConsider the many ways that you, your friends and relatives, and your employer can help CASA of Los Angeles achieve its vision of providing an advocate to every child who needs one.

mAin oFFiceCASA of Los Angeles201 Centre Plaza Drive, Suite 1100Monterey Park, CA 91754-2142Phone: 323.859.2888Fax: 323.264.5020For more information about CASA volunteering in Los Angeles email volunteer@casala.org.

Antelope vAlley oFFiceCASA of Los Angeles1040 West Avenue J, Room 1153Lancaster, CA 93534-3329Phone: 661.723.CASA(2272)Fax: 661.723.2219For more information about CASA volunteering in the Antelope Valley email volunteerAV@casala.org.

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