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Carl A. Ballton
Senior Vice President & Deputy Group Head of the Corporate Social Responsibility Group of Union Bank; President and Chief Operating Officer
Union Bank Foundation
Carl A. Ballton is responsible for implementing the charitable contribution policies and initiatives of both Union Bank and the Union Bank Foundation. In 2010, Union Bank contributed more than $10 million as part of its commitment to reinvest at least 6.5 percent of assets back into the community. Grants made by the Foundation are focused primarily on community economic development, affordable housing, education and the environment. |
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Magdalena Beltrán-del Olmo
Vice President of Communications
The California Wellness Foundation
As vice president of communications at The California Wellness Foundation, Magdalena Beltrán-del Olmo oversees all communications and public education efforts for the Foundation, which is nationally recognized in the field of philanthropy for its grants to improve the health of the people of California through education, disease prevention and other health programs. Beltrán-del Olmo has also served as director of public affairs and communications with Kaiser Permanente and vice president of the social marketing firm Coronado Communications.
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Edmund J. Cain
Vice President, Grant Programs
Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
Edmund J. Cain oversees all domestic and international grant programming at the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, including overall responsibility for the Foundation's strategic planning. Prior to joining the Foundation, he served for five years as director of The Carter Center’s Global Development Initiative. A senior member of The Carter Center’s Peace Program team, he advised President Carter on global development issues and participated in election monitoring missions.
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R. Christine Hershey
President and Founder
Hershey|Cause
Individual philanthropist R. Christine Hershey is the founder and catalyst for Hershey|Cause, guiding its overall strategic and creative vision. She consults regularly with CEOs and senior executives throughout the country, advising on positioning, identity and strategy. Her experience in both the corporate and philanthropic sectors includes such Fortune 500 companies as Disney, Wells Fargo and AT&T (Cingular) as well as the World Health Organization, the Institute of Medicine and The Nature Conservancy.
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Cathy Hession
President and Executive Director
The Carol and James Collins Foundation
Cathy Hession is president and executive director of The Carol and James Collins Foundation, where she has served since 1998. The Foundation is a family foundation that does grantmaking in Los Angeles County in a variety of areas, with a special interest in education and youth services.
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Rachel Levin
Associate Director
Righteous Persons Foundation
Rachel Levin is associate director of the Righteous Persons Foundation, which she helped establish with Steven Spielberg in 1994. The Foundation has made grants totaling almost $75 million to strengthen and revitalize Jewish life in the United States as well as the Foundation's recent Fund for Co-Existence. Previously, she worked in the California political scene. Levin is also a co-founder of Reboot and Joshua Venture: A fellowship for Jewish Social Entrepreneurs.
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Deborah Marrow
Director
The Getty Foundation
Dr. Deborah Marrow is director of The Getty Foundation, which fulfills the philanthropic mission of the J. Paul Getty Trust by advancing the understanding and preservation of the visual arts locally and around the world. She has also held a variety of key positions within the Trust, including interim president and chief executive officer, dean for external relations and interim director of the Getty Research Institute.
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Sylia Obagi
Director of Operations
The Annenberg Foundation
Sylia Obagi serves as the director of operations for the Annenberg Foundation, one of the largest private family foundations in the United States. In her role as director of operations, her portfolio of responsibilities includes overseeing the Foundation’s Los Angeles program staff and strategic grantmaking, capacity building initiatives, finance, information technology, operations and business administration, human resources and the new Annenberg Space for Photography.
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Mary Odell
President
UniHealth Foundation
Mary Odell is president of the UniHealth Foundation. Established in 1998, the UniHealth Foundation is a private health care foundation that aims to support activities that significantly improve the health and well being of individuals and communities in Southern California. Prior to joining UniHealth, Ms. Odell served for eight years as president of The Riordan Foundation and its associated public foundation, Rx for Reading.
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Hugh J. Ralston
President and Chief Executive Officer
Ventura County Community Foundation
Hugh Ralston serves as president and chief executive officer of the Ventura County Community Foundation, and brings extensive nonprofit and private sector experience to his leadership role. Ralston serves on the Boards of the San Francisco Theological Seminary, Scripps College, the Community Arts Music Association in Santa Barbara, the Workforce Investment Board of Ventura County, the Community Foundations National Standards Board and as treasurer of the League of California Community Foundations.
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Trent Stamp
Executive Director
The Eisner Foundation
Trent Stamp joined The Eisner Foundation as executive director in 2008. In that role, he directs and manages all aspects of the Foundation's operations and represents the organization externally to various community audiences. Prior to joining The Eisner Foundation, Stamp was the founding president of Charity Navigator. Earlier in his career he served as vice-president, communications for the national nonprofit Teach For America.
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