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32ND ANNUAL
BUILDING
THE
DREAM
GALA
A pioneering institutionP cREoSmENmTEitDt BeYd to service, empowerment,
advancement, and the creation of self-sufficiency.
www.TELACU.com
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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
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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
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THANK YOU FOR
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PRESENTING SPONSOR REGENTS CIRCLE
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TOYOTA ALTAMED
BARRETO / REZINAS
LEGACY SPONSOR CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY
CITI FOUNDATION
CITY NATIONAL BANK
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MILLENNIUM PARTNER COUNCILMAN GILBERT A. CEDILLO
WHITE MEMORIAL MEDICAL FAITH COMMUNITY CHURCH
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PARKING COMPANY OF AMERICA
PRESIDENTIAL PARTNER THE LATINO COALITION
PEPSICO
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BENEFACTORS AMERICAN SECURITY FORCE
EDISON INTERNATIONAL AMG & ASSOCIATES
FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS ARTHUR J. GALLAGHER

PURDUE UNIVERSITY-KRANNERT AZUSA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT BBVA COMPASS
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TELACU INDUSTRIES BDO
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CHAIRMAN’S CIRCLE ASSOCIATION
BANK OF AMERICA CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY
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JPMORGAN CHASE CALIFORNIA WATER ASSOCIATION /
G SOCALGAS REGALETTES
SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS
TELACU CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT CORDOBA CORPORATION
TELACU RESIDENTIAL MANAGEMENT EASTCOAST DEVELOPMENT
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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
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ANHEUSER-BUSCH COMPANIES MERUELO GROUP
ANTON VIDEO NRG ENERGY
AT&T OGLETREE DEAKINS
COMERICA OLIVAREZ MADRUGA
COMMUNITY COMMERCE BANK PACIFIC DEVELOPMENT
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MARAVILLA FOUNDATION PYRAMID SERVICES
NEGRETE FAMILY RICHARD HEATH AND ASSOCIATES
SOUTH COAST SHINGLE COMPANY TAMAYO RESTAURANT
VERIZON TIME WARNER CABLE
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TRUSTEES CIRCLE USC LATINO ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
CAPITOL HILL PARTNERS WALMART
CHEVRON
SAN DIEGO GAS & ELECTRIC TELACU FAMILY OF COMPANIES
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FOUNDATION AND
THE VONS FOUNDATION
WHITE MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER /
ADVENTIST HEALTH
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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
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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
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FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 2016
JW MARRIOTT AT L.A. LIVE!
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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,
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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
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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
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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
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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
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institutions are managed to create
access to capital for small business
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owners and hardworking families.
DR. DAVID C. LIZÁRRAGA
DR. MICHAEL LIZÁRRAGA
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community development mission is
GERALD BARHAM
the TELACU Education Foundation,
JAY BELL
established in 1983 to empower Latino
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young people and veterans with the
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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!
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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Rosetta Stone courses.
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