
The Coalition on Economic Resiliency was created in September 2019 by the Social Change Institute at Community Health Councils. In our first convening, we invited 100 leaders from Los Angeles to dialogue on ten different topics:
- Mutuality
- Debt Alleviation and Wealth Building
- Building an Intellectual Property Pipeline
- Future of Work
- Reparations in Advancing Resiliency
- Global Perspectives – South Johannesburg and Los Angeles
- What Happened to Charity?
- Disaster and Trauma Informed Community Planning
- Philanthropic Investment Portfolios
- Small Business and Entrepreneur Resiliency.

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Dr Chris Benner
Professor at UC Santa Cruz

Tracy Gray
Managing Partner at 22 Fund

Carmen Palafox
Partner at MiLA Capital

Allison Dollar
CEO at ITV Alliance

Dwayne Hall
CTO at VIVE

Tayde Aburto
CEO at Hispanic Chamber of e-Commerce

Wil Dog Abers
Musician at Ozomatli

Veronica Flores
CEO at Community Health Councils

Len Lanzi
Executive Director at Los Angeles Venture Association (LAVA)

Adam Lichtl PhD
Principal Data Scientist at Pacific Data Science

Barbara Ferrer
CEO at Department of Public Health

Shannon Parry
Deputy Sustainability Officer at the City of Santa Monica

Delphine Pruitt
VP Business Development at Bank of the West

John Wagner
EVP at First 5 LA

Steven Chapparo
Design Strategist at Studio META

Avis Ridley Thomas
Co-Director at the Institute for Non-Violence in LA

Arabian Prince
Founder at Inov8 Next

Austin Clements
Managing Partner at OPV

Mary Jane Puffer
ED at LA’s Trust for Children’s Health

Derek Hall
VP at JP Morgan Chase

Walker Wells
Principal at Raimi & Associates

Michelle Burton
Chief Strategy Officer at Community Health Councils

Charlie Echeverry
Founder at Black/Brown Collective

Reid Meadows
County Systems Strategist at First 5 LA

Lara Jeremko
Founder at Beyond Ventures

John Baackes
CEO at LA Care Health Plan

Silvia Flint
Partner at Monarch Information Systems

Tim Silman
Design Team at XPrize

Leila Towry
Sr Director Business Development at Primary Care Dev Corp

Gustavo Herrera
ED at Arts for LA

Kori Kanayama
Principal at Kanayama Consulting

Matt Horton
Associate Director at Milken Institute

Pedro Noguera
Director at UCLA

Sadio Woods
Strategy Manager at Community Health Councils

Tunua Thrash-Ntuk
ED at LISC LA

Warren Harris
SVP at Luther Burbank Savings

Sandra McNeill
Principal at Sandra McNeill Consulting

Tomás Durán
President at Concerned Capital

Christopher Garcia
VP CRA, Banc of California

Norma Almaguer
GM at Concerned Capital

Tanya Tull
President & CEO at Parenting for Change

Damián Mazzotta
Founder at Zero Gravity Management

Pastor Kelvin Sauls
Network Strategist at Community Health Councils

Lisa Salazar
Chief at City of Los Angeles

Roland Palencia
Community Benefits Director at LA Care Health Plan

Pastor Eddie Anderson
Pastor at McCarty Memorial Church

Kecia Washington
Director of Innovation at LADWP

Marcia Choo
VP Community Relations at Wells Fargo

Liliana Aide Monge
CEO at Sabio

Andy Downer
Founder at Global Connections

Eric Gurna
President & CEO at LA’s Best

Dr Rebecca Rodríguez
Medical Director at Westside Family Health Center

Hyepin Im
President & CEO at FACE

Maggie Lane
Director of Strategic Partnerships at Reality Code

Cynthia Buiza
CEO at CA Immigrant Policy

Sonya Vasquez
Chief Transformation Officer at Community Health Councils

Ed Foster Simeon
President & CEO at US Soccer Federation

Jeff Malin
Director of Business Development at Skid Row Housing Trust

Rose Rodríguez
Director Community Engagement at Kaiser Permanente

MacKenzie Grow
Project Administrator at Social Change Institute

Matthew Haas
VP Investor Relations at Riverside Capital

Suzanne Markoe-Hayes
Director of Evaluation at VOALA

Alon Stivi
CEO at GoWare

Anita Dharapuram
VP Community Relations at BBVA

Bill Pitkin
Board of Directors at Funders Together to End Homelessness

Marguerite Avé-Womack
Senior Director at YPI

Alisa Orduna
Senior Advisor to the City of Santa Monica

Rebecca Ratzkin
Director of Policy & Research at Community Health Councils

Manal Aboelata
Deputy ED at Prevention Institute

Lisa Richter
Managing Partner at Avivar Capital

Bruce Dobb
Partner at Concerned Capital

Jesús Chávez
CEO at Vertical Networks

Gisele Fong
Program Manager at the CA Endowment

Shimica Gaskins
CEO at CDF

David Greco
President & CEO at Social Sector Partners

George Hernandez
AVP CRA at East West Bank

James Rojas
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Tim Souris
Founder at The Fountain

Anita Foster Washington
Analyst at Avivar Capital

Tara Westman
Sr Program Manager at the CA Endowment

Louise McCarthy
President & CEO at CCALAC

Joselyn Cousins
District Manager at Federal Reserve

Richard Duarte
Vice President

Claire Fox
ED at LA Food Policy Council

Paul Hernandez
Chief Strategy Officer at Fenton

Beatriz Acevedo
Co-Founder at mitú

Ami Pascual Spear
Regional Director at Mercy Housing

Beatriz Solis
Program Director at the CA Endowment

Kim Belshe
Agency Director at CA Health and Human Services

Todd Terrazas
President at AI LA

Pamela Stephens
Researcher at UCLA

Maicol Parker Chavez
Business Designer at EmSprint

Rachel Parker Chavez
Social Impact Strategist at Defining: Good