SECTION MARKER 32ND ANNUAL BUILDING THE DREAM GALA A pioneering institutionP cREoSmENmTEitDt BeYd to service, empowerment, advancement, and the creation of self-sufficiency. www.TELACU.com 1 SECTION MARKER 32ND ANNUAL A heartfelt to our incredible BUILDING thank you network of committed partners for THE DREAM empowering the academic and professional GALA success of thousands of TELACU Scholars A pioneering institutionP cREoSmENmTEitDt BeYd to service, empowerment, advancement, and the creation of self-sufficiency. over more than three decades. www.TELACU.com 22 33RD ANNUAL BUILDING THE DREAM GALA PRESENTING SPONSOR LEGACY SPONSOR MILLENNIUM PARTNER PRESIDENTIAL PARTNER BENEFACTORS CHAIRMAN’S CIRCLE MAJOR SPONSORS COMMUNITY COMMERCE BANK TRUSTEES CIRCLE Capitol Hill Partners a MARC Associates company 3 THANK YOU FOR B PRESENTING SPONSOR REGENTS CIRCLE U TOYOTA ALTAMED BARRETO / REZINAS LEGACY SPONSOR CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY CITI FOUNDATION CITY NATIONAL BANK I MILLENNIUM PARTNER COUNCILMAN GILBERT A. CEDILLO WHITE MEMORIAL MEDICAL FAITH COMMUNITY CHURCH L CENTER / ADVENTIST HEALTH LOS ANGELES DODGERS PARKING COMPANY OF AMERICA PRESIDENTIAL PARTNER THE LATINO COALITION PEPSICO D CHANCELLORS CIRCLE BENEFACTORS AMERICAN SECURITY FORCE EDISON INTERNATIONAL AMG & ASSOCIATES FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS ARTHUR J. GALLAGHER PURDUE UNIVERSITY-KRANNERT AZUSA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT BBVA COMPASS I TELACU INDUSTRIES BDO T UNION BANK CABRERA CAPITAL N CALIFORNIA CONSUMER FINANCE CHAIRMAN’S CIRCLE ASSOCIATION BANK OF AMERICA CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY H HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, INC. LOS ANGELES JPMORGAN CHASE CALIFORNIA WATER ASSOCIATION / G SOCALGAS REGALETTES SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS TELACU CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT CORDOBA CORPORATION TELACU RESIDENTIAL MANAGEMENT EASTCOAST DEVELOPMENT E TELACU WEATHERIZATION / CORPORATION INTER-CITY ENERGY SYSTEMS EL GALLO GIRO THE COCA-COLA COMPANY HERBALIFE U.S. BANK LA CLINICA DE LOS DOCTORES CASTILLO Y SILVA MAJOR SPONSORS MANATT, PHELPS & PHILLIPS D AETNA MAOF ANHEUSER-BUSCH COMPANIES MERUELO GROUP ANTON VIDEO NRG ENERGY AT&T OGLETREE DEAKINS COMERICA OLIVAREZ MADRUGA COMMUNITY COMMERCE BANK PACIFIC DEVELOPMENT R MARAVILLA FOUNDATION PYRAMID SERVICES NEGRETE FAMILY RICHARD HEATH AND ASSOCIATES SOUTH COAST SHINGLE COMPANY TAMAYO RESTAURANT VERIZON TIME WARNER CABLE E UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE TRUSTEES CIRCLE USC LATINO ALUMNI ASSOCIATION CAPITOL HILL PARTNERS WALMART CHEVRON SAN DIEGO GAS & ELECTRIC TELACU FAMILY OF COMPANIES A THE ALBERTSONS COMPANIES FOUNDATION AND THE VONS FOUNDATION WHITE MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER / ADVENTIST HEALTH M 33RD ANNUASLE CBUTIIOLDNIN MGA TRHKEE DRREAM GALA THE TELACU BOARD OF DIRECTORS • DR. DAVID C. LIZÁRRAGA • DR. MICHAEL LIZÁRRAGA RECEIVING THE 2016 “CREO” AWARD LETICIA AGUILAR REGIONAL PRESIDENT LACC DIVISION, UNION BANK HONORARY CO-CHAIRS HON. ERIC GARCETTI, MAYOR, CITY OF LOS ANGELES HON. KEVIN DE LEÓN, PRESIDENT PRO TEM, CALIFORNIA SENATE — GALA CHAIR LATONDRA NEWTON, TOYOTA CORPORATE CHAIR LISA DELONEY, CITI MILLENNIUM PARTNER JOHN RAFFOUL, WHITE MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER PRESIDENTIAL PARTNER RICHARD MONTAÑEZ, PEPSICO CORPORATE CO-CHAIRS JULIUS ROBINSON, UNION BANK HON. GADDI H. VASQUEZ, EDISON INTERNATIONAL MELINDA WHITE, FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS — FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 2016 JW MARRIOTT AT L.A. LIVE! 6 33RD ANNUAL BUILDING THE DREAM GALA TELACU was established in 1968 as a pioneering institution committed to service, empowerment, advancement, and the creation of self-sufficiency. For the past 48 years, TELACU has worked with people like you who are equally committed to equipping others with tools they need to build their own American Dream. A job that pays a living wage; a new middle and high school students home that is affordable; a loan to and veterans, ensuring through our finance the dream of owning a small highly effective educational programs business; a new school in which a child that these individuals stay in school, A can aspire to greatness; a scholarship graduate and go on to fulfill their to fund a higher education—these are purpose in life. some of the tools all people need to build a life at the highest level. The women and men of TELACU consider it a great privilege to work The TELACU model for community each day to create the tools people B development produces these tools. need in our communities—communities Each and every business TELACU we build with partners like you. owns and operates supports a double bottom line—profitability O that is inseparable from social impact. New community assets in the form of industrial parks, schools, infrastructure, shopping centers, and municipal facilities are built, creating BOARD OF DIRECTORS well-paying jobs for local residents. HECTOR V. BARRETO U Quality, affordable homes are JAY CANDELARIA developed for first-time homeowners. JOSE ELIZONDO Beautiful residential complexes are JAMES L. HODGES constructed and operated to provide DR. MICHAEL LIZÁRRAGA safe environments for families and BRIAN O’NEILL T senior citizens. Responsive financial CARMEN O. PEREZ T ALEX SOTOMAYOR institutions are managed to create access to capital for small business SENIOR EXECUTIVE STAFF owners and hardworking families. DR. DAVID C. LIZÁRRAGA DR. MICHAEL LIZÁRRAGA E At the forefront of TELACU’s PAUL SAMUEL community development mission is GERALD BARHAM the TELACU Education Foundation, JAY BELL established in 1983 to empower Latino JASMINE BORREGO young people and veterans with the L JOHN CLEM most vital tool of all—an education. VELMA DE LA ROSA ANA GONZALEZ In partnership with friends of PRISCILLA LIZÁRRAGA TELACU—donors, corporate sponsors, TOM PROVENCIO A and our network of colleges and JOSE VILLALOBOS universities—the Foundation provides scholarships and comprehensive support services to hundreds of college students each year. Virtually C all of these TELACU Scholars, most of whom are first-generation young people from low-income families, earn their college degree. The Foundation also annually serves more than 1,600 U 7 WE ARE HONORED TO WELCOME YOU TO TELACU’S 33RD ANNUAL BUILDING THE DREAM GALA, PRESENTED BY TOYOTA Just a few short weeks ago, the TELACU Corporate Team had the opportunity to celebrate the 75th birthday of the Founder and Chairman of the TELACU Education Foundation, Dr. David C. Lizárraga. STANDING ON THE FUTURE SITE OF THE TELACU CENTER, 1976 As we gathered in our boardroom on that special day to pay tribute to David, we were profoundly reminded of this eternal truth: those of us who have accomplished much have done so by standing on the shoulders of giants. For some of us, that giant in our lives is a parent. For others, it may be a teacher. For others, it is a hero, a mentor, or a great community leader. For the fortunate few like me, it is all of the above. For more than three decades, giants like you have made it possible for thousands of TELACU Scholars to stand on your shoulders. Your willingness to provide that kind of support to a young person of our community makes it possible for them to reach higher than they ever could have imagined without you. Your life, and all that it represents and produces, has provided the platform upon which other human beings have been enabled to reach for and obtain what for them was once unobtainable. In that context, it is with the deepest sense of APRIL 25, 2016 gratitude that the women and men of TELACU thank you for your presence here this evening. And just as we thank David for providing the strong shoulders upon which this generation of TELACU Team Members now stands, we thank all of you even more for allowing every TELACU Scholar to stand upon your shoulders as well. Welcome! Dr. Michael Lizárraga President & CEO, TELACU 8 33RD ANNUAL BUILDING THE DREAM GALA Each year, the TELACU Education Foundation impacts the lives of more than 2,000 first-generation students, including veterans, and their families who live in underserved communities. For more than three decades we have been Our Workforce Academy provides Scholars with transforming academic and professional the training, tools and personal coaching that outcomes for Latino youth—our nation’s prepare them to launch into rewarding careers largest and fastest-growing demographic—by post-graduation. This includes matching Scholars continually pioneering solutions that shatter with internship and employment opportunities barriers to their success. created with Foundation Partners and other major corporations. Our Continuum of Education, a dynamic model created by the Foundation and comprised At TELACU, we believe that the true measure primarily of the College Readiness and College of success is not the number of young people Success Programs, propels students from middle who begin college, but rather, the number who school through graduate studies while preparing graduate prepared to enter the professional them for successful entry into the competitive world. Since 1983, TELACU Scholars have built a 21st Century workforce. Commensurate with stellar legacy. Historically, approximately 99% of their academic level, Scholars receive crucial our high school students graduate and almost financial resources, participate in highly effective without exception pursue higher education; programs, and benefit from a comprehensive more than 99% of our college Scholars earn at support system. minimum a Bachelor’s degree, with an increasing number going on to seek advanced degrees. To meet our nation’s increasing demand for a highly educated and skilled technical workforce, our STEM and Business Initiative promotes pursuit of these careers and provides the support needed to attain degrees in these rigorous disciplines. Over 80% of TELACU Scholars are graduating with degrees in these disciplines, prepared to innovate and engineer a brighter future! 9 TELACU EDUCATION FOUNDATION MIDDLE SCHOOL POST-GRAD This is the launching point into the In today’s increasingly competitive Continuum of Education for first- and technical global workforce, generation students beginning the need for advanced degrees to dream about their future. The continues to rise. With few sources of Foundation introduces them to an financial assistance available for grad unknown world of possibilities and school, students from underserved encourages them to explore areas communities are left at a distinct of interest they had never before disadvantage. In partnership with considered or thought possible—from TOYOTA and Purdue’s Krannert School the sciences and business to public of Management, the Foundation policy and law. Students learn the vital mitigates this disparity by offering A role higher education will play in their scholarships and a full complement ability to realize their dreams. Through of resources that empower them to coaching, mentoring and academic earn Master’s, JDs and even PhDs support, they strike out on what will be from some of the most prestigious an exciting academic journey, armed universities in the nation. B with the confidence and knowledge F that they can and will succeed. HEALTH CAREERS For students interested in the nursing HIGH SCHOOL profession, the Foundation created Students on the path to becoming the a specialized track that provides O O first in their family to attend college financial resources to cover tuition need ongoing academic and personal and living expenses as well as a support to ensure they are taking the full complement of personal and right courses to graduate from high academic services. This includes school equipped to succeed in college. training that equips them to deliver U U Campus tours and even residency at culturally sensitive patient care in the a local college helps strengthen their language understood by our local resolve, while the intense support underserved Latino community— they receive navigating the complex Spanish. Participants graduate with application process poises them to an offer of employment from a N T confidently take that next big leap into partnering hospital, and many rejoin college life. the Continuum of Education to attain the advanced degrees that poise them COLLEGE to achieve positions of leadership and At this stage in their journey, financial influence. resources often make the critical D difference between a student staying VETERANS PROGRAM T in school or having to drop out. But The Foundation empowers men and financial resources alone, as important women who have sacrificially served as they are, are insufficient to ensure our nation in the military to more that students are able to make the effectively transition into college. A H difficult transition from high school to Veterans receive personalized support college and ultimately graduation. The and comprehensive services, including Foundation provides students with the advisement and guidance on GI Bill comprehensive support system and benefits, as well as the complex T services—from academic advisement college admissions and application E and career guidance to leadership processes. They have access to free development and mentoring—that college preparatory courses—from empower them to achieve personal the basics to computer science and professional success. and typing—taught by experienced I instructors, and have access to Rosetta Stone courses. O N 10