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Event Honoree:
- Ken McNeely, President – AT&T California
Celebrity Entertainment
- Hosted by Natasha Leggero
- Comedic Performance by Nate Bargatze
- Live Auction with Melissa Peterman
Musical Entertainment
- Musical Performance by Saint Motel
- Musical Performance by Magnolia Memoir
Host Committee:
- Phil Angelides – President, Riverview Capital Investments and former California State Treasurer
- Labid Aziz – Partner/Producer, Mucho Mas Media
- Dusty Baker -Former MLB Player, MLB Manager, and ESPN Analyst
- Canard Barnes – Principal and Founder of Barnes & Company Investment Counsel
- Jennifer Barnes – Vice President, Sales and Account Development at Prime Focus Technologies
- Ed Begley Jr. – Actor, Producer, Director: “Blunt Talk,” “Portlandia,” “Arrested Development,” “Living with Ed”
- Rachelle Carson-Begley – Actress, Producer: “Living with Ed”
- Bruce Bochy – Manager, San Francisco Giants
- Tim Brown – Former NFL Los Angeles/Oakland Raiders Wide Receiver and 2015 Pro Football Hall of Fame Inductee, FSN co-host and WRDI sports-talk show host
- Jaime Camil – Actor: “Jane the Virgin”
- Javier Chapa – Partner/Producer, Mucho Mas Media
- Aaron Cooley – Producer/Head of Development at Joel Schumacher Productions; Screenwriter and Novelist: “Four Seats” & “Shaken, Not Stirred”
- Keith Crutchfield – Founder and CEO of Flaregun
- Bill Devine – Vice President, Legislative Affairs at AT&T
- David Dickerson – Co-Founder/Co-Owner, Kitchen24 Restaurant
- Tim Dowling – Screenwriter: “Pixels”, “Role Models”
- Keith Fay – Director at Cartoon Network
- John Garcia – Vice President of Government Relations at Kaiser Permanente
- Glenn Gritzner – Managing Director at Mercury Public Affairs
- Dwight Hicks – Former NFL San Franciso 49ers Defensive Captain and 2x Super Bowl Champion, Actor
- Dawn Holliday-Mack – VP, Audience Strategy & Insights, El Rey Network
- Rick Jacobs – Executive Vice Mayor and Deputy Chief of Staff to Mayor Eric Garcetti
- Scott Karol – Head of Business and Legal Affairs at Cinelou Films, Partner at Karol/Williams
- Leandra McPartlan-Karol – Model, Marketing & PR Consultant; Member, Avant Garde, LACMA
- Jason Kramer – DJ and On-Air Personality for KCRW 89.9
- Tony La Russa – Former MLB Player, MLB Manager, Chief Baseball Officer and Hall of Fame Inductee
- Jodi Lieberman – Talent Manager, Producer; Co-Founder and Head of Production, Comedy Gives Back and Co-President of JLC Entertainment Group
- Robin Lippin – Casting Director
- Ronnie Lott – Former NFL San Francisco 49ers Safety and 4x Super Bowl Champion, PAC-12 TV Broadcast Sports Analyst
- Magnolia Memoir – Mela Lee & Alexander Burke
- Charles Papert – Director of Photography: “Key & Peele”, “Playing House”
- Susan Rovner – Exec. Vice President, Warner Bros. TV, Co-President, Warner Horizon Television
- Michael Rubio – Head of Government Affairs at Chevron Corporation and Former State Senator
- Shannon Shryne – Vice President of Business Development at ALS Therapy Development Institute
Event Sponsors:
Platinum Engine Company Sponsor – $25,000
Gold Engine Company Sponsor – $10,000
Silver Engine Company Sponsor – $5,000
The Foundation Thanks the following participating artists:
Tables were curated by Bryan “Birdman” Meir and materials donated by Blick Art Materials. Every guest will receive one piece of take-home, fire-themed original piece of art from the following LA Artists:
Van Arno, Anthony Ausgang, Vyal, Darcy Yates, Birdman, Risk, Luke Chueh, Mear One, BumbleBee, Leba, Steve Martinez, MadMan,Thrashbird, Clinton Bopp, Teacher, Cali Killa, Sonny Boy, Hufr, Brett Crawford, MarCel, Jeff Frost, Jake Merten, Steiner, Jennifer Korsen, and Septerhed.
Food/Beverage Sponsors:
