Partners Inaugural Issue

Highlighting the Friends and Donors of the USC School of Social Work

A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

EDITORIAL Scarlett Powers Osterling Senior Associate Dean, Advancement Cindy Monticue Director, Marketing and Communications Joanna Scott Head of Advancement Communications Maya Meinert Communications Manager ART DIRECTION Brian Goodman Marketing and Brand Manager PHOTOGRAPHY Two Point Pictures Steve Cohn David Gutierrez Brian Goodman Andrew Taylor

Niki and I are pleased to stand with you—the USC School of Social Work’s community—as you formally launch your ambitious fundraising campaign. This campaign will benefit the school in so many important ways, and will secure its future for generations to come.

We hope you take tremendous pride in the school’s already lofty standing. The School of Social Work is our nation’s largest, and consistently ranks among the very best.

It is also one of the profession’s oldest schools, and prepares an exceptional number of individuals for successful careers in social work. In fact, one in 20 of these master’s students is pursuing his or her studies at USC. The school’s renowned faculty is changing how our nation supports groups such as veterans and military families, at-risk children and the homeless. The school is home to a pioneering military social work program that remains the first of its kind at a civilian research university. At the Center for Innovation and Research on Veterans and Military Families, the school reaches out to service members, veterans and their families as they confront their unique challenges, all while infusing a spirit of hope and promise.

The School of Social Work’s students, meanwhile, are truly leading the good fight to transform lives in our society. Each year, as ambassadors of the school’s outreach efforts, its students contribute an astonishing one million service hours to nearly 2,000 community partnerships. To change one life is to change a community, and these remarkable students are changing communities across the country!

These exceptional students—and the school’s larger community— benefit from the dynamic leadership of Dean Marilyn Flynn. Under her guidance, the school is setting the standard for how to effectively assist individuals in building healthy and vibrant lives. Dean Flynn has elevated the school’s stature, raising it to even greater national prominence, while advancing the school’s campaign with tremendous passion and purpose.

At its core, the work of the USC School of Social Work is profoundly humanitarian. It is also unequivocally Trojan. By joining us on the school’s enduring journey—and supporting its visionary campaign—you help us build a singular legacy, one that will better lives all over the world.

C. L. Max Nikias President

A MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN

The well-being of people everywhere has been greatly challenged in the 21st century.

Massive changes in environment, technology and population characteristics have created an urgent need for social problem solving on a large scale.

Social work is the only profession that prepares individuals to understand deeply the context for social change, with a wide lens that includes institutions and behaviors at every level.

The field produces graduates who bring both compassion and science in the search for solutions to human need.

At our best, we build stronger institutions, communities, families, and individuals, which advance the greater good of all people.

It is not surprising that demand for a Master of Social Work degree from USC has never been more robust throughout the country. Highly skilled social workers are essential now in every sector of health and welfare activity, both public and private. Our enrollment has reached 3,500 students who engage with 5,500 field partner agencies in almost every state. We are the largest school of social work in the world. At the same time, we have succeeded in maintaining outstanding quality – the same ‘gold standard’ that alumni through the decades have enjoyed.

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The USC Social Work Initiative is part of the current university-wide campaign for USC. Research and academic preparation are now integrated as never before, requiring the best minds we can find, and we must continue the proud tradition of producing exceptional graduates. As a result, the school’s initiative is focused on three critical areas: student scholarship and support, building faculty and academic leadership, and driving research and innovation.

During the ‘quiet phase’ of this $75 million fundraising initiative, friends and alumni have already stepped forward, generously giving $40 million and placing us over the half-way point of our goal. Now, as we launch the ‘public phase,’ we are reminded that only through the support of our donors are we able to ensure that the highest standard of education and research in this field continues.

Within these pages are inspirational stories, not just of giving, but of a deep commitment to social work and its potential to impact lives, communities and society. They represent the spirit of this initiative and what we as a school believe in. I hope you will help.

Marilyn L. Flynn, PhD 2U Endowed Chair in Educational Innovation and Social Work Dean and Professor of Social Work

INSIDE FEATURES

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Dream Big, Start Small From humble beginnings, Helen Ramirez soared high above cultural expectations, effected real individual and community change, and has now left a legacy for the Latino population.

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A Foundation for Change Expanding the reach of social work through partnerships is Catherine Hutto-Gordon’s mission. Through the Hutto-Patterson Charitable Foundation, she has provided opportunities for interdisciplinary initiatives.

From Foster Child to Philanthropist Encouraging foster children to succeed is a goal for Lynne Okon Scholnick.

By endowing a new program at USC Telehealth, she will help foster youth through a caring therapeutic relationship.

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Statement from President C. L. Max Nikias At its core, the work of the USC School of Social Work is profoundly humanitarian.

It is also unequivocally Trojan.

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Statement from Dean Marilyn Flynn Social workers shape the course of this nation and the world. Together, we can address the challenges of our time.

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The USC Social Work Initiative The USC School of Social Work will secure $75 million, providing the investment necessary to develop highly trained practitioners and visionary leaders who will shape the 21st century.

California Social Welfare Archives (CSWA) Sue Dworak-Peck is acutely aware of the importance of the California Social Welfare Archives and recently took her patronage to the next level.

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Planned Giving Planned gifts can be an attractive way for donors to give. For David Kuroda, leaving a planned gift to the USC School of Social Work was a very easy decision.

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Yellow Ribbon Opportunities to provide veterans with better jobs and better lives is how Abby and Alan Levy hope to play a role in changing society through philanthropy.

Endowments Through an endowment to the School, Dwight Tate will make a difference in the world well past his lifetime.

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Matching Gifts Mark Spratt has been giving back with an annual, dollar-for-dollar matching gift through his employer’s program.

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Advocates Circle Our philanthropic society offers benefits for donors. Ron Brown enjoys being a member.

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Donor List We thank our generous donors for their gifts during the Campaign for USC.

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THE USC SOCIAL WORK INITIATIVE

The USC School of Social Work will secure $75 million, providing the investment necessary to develop highly trained practitioners and visionary leaders who will shape the future of behavioral health, practice, management, policy and innovation.

Distinction and Diversity of Students Scholarships ensure that able social work students are not denied the opportunity of learning and achieving distinction at the USC School of Social Work because of financial circumstances. Increased scholarship funding will enable the school to provide more substantial support to more students. Today, nearly 90 percent of those who apply to the USC School of Social Work need significant financial assistance.

Faculty and Academic Leadership Faculty of the USC School of Social Work are devoted to their work as educators, mentors and researchers. Attracting visionary professors will ensure the school provides a second-to-none education for new generations of social work practitioners and policymakers, helping ensure new advances in evidence-based research that strengthens the profession and service to individuals, organizations, governments and communities.

Opportunities include:

Opportunities include:

Endowed and Annual Scholarships

Tenured, Mid-Career and Associate Professorships

Dean’s Leadership Scholars

Yellow Ribbon Scholarships for Military Veterans and Spouses Internship Fellowships

Postdoctoral Fellowships

Dean’s Chair

Visiting Professor Fellowships Young Scholar Professorships

Clinical Faculty Professorships

Associate Deans of Faculty, Field Practice and Research Advancement Center and Institute Directorships

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Fundraising Progress and Goals Applied Science, Research and Innovation The school’s research generates fresh ideas, new solutions, important refinements of existing practices and technological innovations. Philanthropic funding expands this groundbreaking work in areas including mental health and resilience of veterans, school violence, homelessness and child welfare, and provides support for exploration. The result will be the acceleration of scientific understanding and applications that affect real world problems and needs.

Opportunities include:

Center for Innovation and Research on Veterans and Military Families Edward R. Roybal Institute on Aging Discovery Funds for research in: Behavior, Health and Society

Child Development and Children’s Services

Homelessness, Housing and Social Environment

Management, Organizations and Policy Transformation Serious Mental Illness Services and Quality of Life

$14M $30M

Distinction & Diversity of Students Raised

$8M

$25M

Faculty & Academic Leadership

$18M $20M

Research & Innovation

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or decades, the Central Valley region of California was home to a significant population of Latino immigrants. It provided an opportunity for farm labor employment and a better life for their families.

Culturally, it was expected that children would attend school until age 16 and then begin work in the fields themselves. They were generally not encouraged to attend college, particularly if they were female. Helen Ramirez’ parents were an exception.

When she reached high school, she took secretarial courses because she had accepted the idea that college was not for women like her and, therefore, at least she would secure a good job after graduation. However, she began to excel at everything, becoming active in the scholarship society, editor of the school newspaper and assistant editor of the yearbook.

However, that road to academic achievement was rocky from the start.

She enrolled at Fresno State, originally intending to major in journalism, but at an orientation was introduced to social work. “I think I was really looking to change the world in a more hands-on way. I was very idealistic; I still am,” she said. “My parents instilled in us the idea of helping others as much as you could, so social work made sense to me.”

“Teachers took an interest in me and told me that I should go to college,” she said. “My parents were “My father had to quit school in the sixth grade to help the supportive and they always talked up education. I’m family, and my mother did not even remember going that forever grateful because the old cliché that it ‘opened up far,” Helen recalls. “But they were both convinced and doors of opportunity’ is really true. Education made the supportive that all five of their children should finish high most significant difference in my life, where I ended up school. They really pushed us, against cultural expectation.” and what I was able to achieve.”

As a young child, Helen was aware there was a prejudice against Latinos, particularly against those who worked in the fields like her father. When she started school, she was one of the only Latino children in attendance.

Just based on her last name, she was placed in the “slow learner” class. Eventually, she had to be moved as her test scores were the highest.

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She remembered times when her family needed assistance, even though her father was working.

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They would receive clothing and food from Catholic charities. She knew what it felt like to be helped.

Helen secured her first job out of college at the Department of Public Welfare in Fresno County, but became disillusioned. It was difficult to see three generations of a family need help for the same issues.

She felt she was not making a difference. If she was able to convince one of the children to finish school and break the cycle, it was rare. Filled with self-doubt about whether social work was right for her, she teetered on the edge of walking away. Her supervisor at the time fervently disagreed.

“I’m forever grateful that USC pointed me in the right direction,” she said. “You never know how much you are absorbing, but later on, working with clients, I would often have moments when I thought, ‘Oh, that’s what they were talking about!’”

EDUCATION HAS MADE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN MY LIFE, WHERE I ENDED UP AND WHAT I WAS ABLE TO ACHIEVE.

Ramirez and her family celebrate her induction into the California Social Work Hall of Distinction in 2014.

“She told me what I needed was graduate school because I really had a lot to offer. I was accepted to USC. I felt their program matched the practical side of helping people, and I definitely wanted more practical education as opposed to analytical.”

Today, Latino students comprise one-third of the enrollment at the USC School of Social Work. When Helen arrived in the late 1950s, she was one of only three Latino social work students, and the only female.

She was part of an early grassroots organization called Trabajadores de la Raza, which met periodically with the deans to push for more diversity.

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Her MSW secured her a position with the Los Angeles County Department of Adoptions, where she eventually became director in 1978. Helen developed many new programs that met specific needs in the community.

Some became nationally recognized for their outcomes.

She advocated for Latino babies to be placed with Latino families and created the first all bilingual, bi-cultural unit amid opposition from colleagues who failed to understand it did not negate anything they were doing; it simply enhanced what could be done.

“I really believe in the quality of life. It’s so important that if you see a need, you advocate for it and create

something to support it. I didn’t ‘change the world’ in a broad sense, but on an individual basis, the field of child welfare and adoptions gave me an opportunity to really make a difference in the lives of families,” she said.

When Helen initially made a gift to her alma mater, she could not offer very much. Regardless, her parents had taught her to give back when you can.

“As a child, I remember that people would come to our door asking for money, and as poor as we were – and we were poor – my dad would always give them something.

Usually just some change, but something. So I sent a little bit, then as the years went on and I could give a little more, I did.”

For 30 years, she made her annual gift, whatever she could afford. In 2013, she was ready to make a contribution that would benefit both the school and the Latino community.

“I had always intended to leave a larger gift in my will,” she said. “Then I learned the school was interested in establishing a professorship specifically targeting the Latino community, and I thought this would be such a wonderful way to honor my parents and their support of education.

If I did not do it, I might miss an opportunity.”

Hence, the Cleofas and Victor Ramirez Professor of Practice, Policy, Research and Advocacy for the Latino Population was created. The professorship provides a dedicated capacity within the faculty to focus on issues relevant to Latinos.

“Social work remains the voice that reminds people of basic needs. You cannot allow society or policymakers to decide what is less important.”

From humble beginnings, Helen soared high above cultural expectations, effected real individual and community change, and has now left a legacy for the Latino population.

“You never know who will influence you, or who you will influence,” she said. “I’ve had people thank me for being a role model for them, for showing them that it could be done. It’s not just the people you meet along the way, but the people who help you and who you help.”

“THIS PROFESSORSHIP WILL SEE AN ARC OF TALENTED PEOPLE WHO WILL DO TREMENDOUSLY POWERFUL WORK THAT HAS IMPACT.”

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illiam “Bill” Vega serves as provost professor with appointments in social work, preventative medicine, psychiatry, family medicine, psychology and gerontology. He also serves as executive director of the USC Edward R. Roybal Institute on Aging at the USC School of Social Work.

Bill is honored to be named the founding appointee of the professorship established by Helen Ramirez in honor of her parents. “This professorship will see an arc of talented people who will do powerful work that has impact,” he said. “It’s designed to address populations who are underserved, have been marginalized and are trying to generate the same outcome represented by the family of the person who funded this professorship.”

With Latinos predicted to be the majority in California by 2020, focused advocacy for this community has never been more critical. For Bill, it is an opportunity to effect real change within the system in a way that develops consciousness and awareness. “I think it is very unique and a major coup for USC and social work.”

WILLIAM VEGA, PHD Cleofas and Victor Ramirez Professor of Practice, Policy, Research and Advocacy for the Latino Population

“I’VE ALWAYS FELT THAT POLICIES SHOULD COME FROM THE COMMUNITY ITSELF.”

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ursuing a career advocating for Latinos was a priority for Vanessa Ceceña.

The daughter of immigrants from Tijuana, she grew up five miles from the U.S.-Mexico border. “In Spanish, the term is ‘transfronteriza,’ you identify with both countries,” said Vanessa. “Graduate school gave me a way to specifically focus my interests.”

As a Latina, she contributes to social work from a different perspective and her career has focused on supporting immigrants in the legal realm. “Latinos are often taken advantage of so they are very wary of ‘outsiders.’ Having that commonality, even just pronouncing their names correctly, makes for a very different type of trust when providing services,” she said.

A professorship at the USC School of Social Work dedicated to Latino issues is heartening for Vanessa. “It is a milestone for the school.

I’ve always felt policies or programs should come from the community itself. I’m excited to see what Bill Vega will do,” she said. “I feel that Latinos have a lot more to contribute to social work.”

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GIVING OPPORTUNITY

California Social Welfare Archives (CSWA)

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n 1979, pioneering social worker Frances Feldman was concerned that decades of social work history, theory and knowledge could be lost if a system was not put in place to preserve it for future generations of scholars and advocates. Thus, the California Social Welfare Archives (CSWA) was born and is now the largest collection of documents, records, photographs and oral histories chronicling the development of social welfare in the state.

CSWA is housed in USC Doheny Memorial Library, with volunteer social workers, librarians and archivists responsible for the continued collection and cataloging of its contents. This historical information regularly serves as original source material for students, faculty, academic and community researchers, and social policy analysts.

The archive also maintains the California Social Work Hall of Distinction, created in 2002 to honor the contributions of the state’s most innovative leaders and their impact on the profession.

When you make a gift to CSWA, you advance the future of social work by securing its past.

SUE DWORAK-PECK As an alumna, member of the USC School of Social Work Board of Councilors and dedicated clinical social worker, Sue Dworak-Peck is acutely aware of the importance of the California Social Welfare Archives.

“I recognize that if we don’t preserve our history, it simply will be lost for many: future students, for teaching, the public’s understanding of what we do, and also understanding of clients’ needs and services they require,” she said. “This is how we learn – from leaders in the profession.”

A long-time supporter of CSWA, Dworak-Peck recently took her patronage to the next level by providing a challenge grant, pledging to match dollar-for-dollar all donations to CSWA during a certain time period, up to a specified amount.

“The purpose was to encourage contributions from a broad base,” she said. “It’s fine to get the big donations, but we really wanted the support of the field and those who believed in this, and were successful in generating the full amount for

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the match. We tend to think of matching gifts as being associated with corporations or through employers, so this was a different spin on it.”

Dworak-Peck hopes her commitment inspires others, and also encourages alumni and social workers to support the school and CSWA in whatever way is comfortable for them.

“In social work, we talk about ‘starting where the client is,’” she said. “So, with fundraising we’re ‘starting where the social worker is.’”

For more information on the California Social Welfare Archives, please visit www.usc.edu/cswa.

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Planned Giving DAVID KURODA “Well, you know, it’s easier to give money after you’re dead,” David Kuroda mused with a hearty laugh.

“My thinking was that I could afford to give more after I was gone than now, and I wanted to acknowledge those organizations and institutions that made my life what it has been,” he said, joking aside. “It’s a way of expressing gratitude while I am still doing well, with my eyes wide open and my heart full.”

Yet another prestigious alumnus of the school, David received his MSW in the early 1970s, and giving full credit to his USC degree, he held positions with the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health, Children’s Hospital and the Los Angeles County Superior Court.

David’s planned gift is designated for the California Social Welfare Archives (CSWA), for which he has served as a board member for several years. “The mission of CSWA is to gather and record all the contributions social workers have made in the field to advance social welfare policy,” he said.

“We often hear quotes

that we need to learn from our history because otherwise we make the same mistakes.”

CSWA also houses the Hall of Distinction, which is like a hall of fame for social workers in the state. Every year the organization hosts an event to recognize leaders in the field.

“It’s probably one of the proudest moments of the year for me, to know that what I’m doing as a social worker has made and will make a difference,” he said.

For David, leaving a planned gift to the USC School of Social Work was a very easy decision. “That education ended up changing my life,” he said. “I think when gratitude is expressed in very concrete ways it helps everyone, including the donor.”

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lanned gifts are an attractive way for donors to give, providing support for the school while also fulfilling personal financial planning objectives. Whether the gift is made in a will, a trust or other tax-advantaged options, your generosity will be recognized not only by the school but also by membership in the university’s USC Trojan Legacy Circle.

Benefits of making a planned gift include:

• Enjoying significant tax savings

• Avoiding capital gains taxes on appreciated assets • Reducing estate taxes (if applicable)

• Generating a lifetime stream of income

• Creating a permanent legacy at USC and the USC School of Social Work

Planned giving options can include:

• Bequests through wills and living trusts

• Life income gifts through charitable gift annuities or charitable remainder trusts

• Retained life estates through real estate (your primary residence)

• Successor beneficiary designations for retirement plans and insurance policies

The USC Office of Gift Planning offers a team of experts with a wide range of experience in charitable gift planning, and is happy to provide guidance and support to anyone interested in making a planned gift.

For further information or a confidential consultation on arranging a planned gift to the USC School of Social Work, please contact Asha Jayasinghe, senior director of advancement, at 213.740.2020 or ajayasin@usc.edu or contact the USC Office of Gift Planning directly at 213.740.2682.

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s a child growing up in Green Bay, Wisconsin, Catherine Hutto-Gordon developed an early sense of community – a value reflected in the

city’s collective ownership of its national league football team, which the

family proudly participated in. Her parents were always involved in one supportive project or another, and the professions of the two figures who

influenced her most were rooted in helping others: her grandfather was a dentist and her father a school teacher.

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Education was highly valued in the family, but it was her father’s quest for an advanced degree that left an indelible impression. “My father was able to go back to school, and I saw how it changed his life,” recalls Catherine. “It enhanced his career and he could do more in his field by having additional education.” He moved the family from Green Bay to Berkeley, California, and eventually south when he became a professor of elementary education at California State University, Los Angeles.

She often watched her father teach, but although she admired the profession she could not picture herself in front of a classroom. “I was always interested in understanding what motivated people,” she said. Her natural curiosity led her to study sociology and psychology at Pasadena City College. When she transferred to the University of California, Berkeley, she discovered social welfare and thought, “I could actually make a living doing this, as well as being interested in it!”

That ideal would be short-lived at first. Armed with an undergraduate degree in social work from Berkeley, she was employed for a period at Napa State Hospital before making a profound career decision.

“I graduated in 1973, and in those days everybody wanted to be in a profession where they could make a difference, and the clinical field for social work was in its infancy. The pay was very low and opportunities were tight. I wanted to be financially independent from my family, and the only way I could do this was to work in business,” she said.

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After a successful 20-year career in banking and office management, she once again made a substantial vocational move, returning to her roots in social work. In 1993, a less wide-eyed and more worldly student enrolled in the MSW program at USC, subsequently completing the requisite 3,000 hours to obtain her master’s degree.

Hired by Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in its psychiatric hospital, following an internship where she trained in child therapy for special needs children, she helped families with premature babies at risk for special needs obtain the correct services; assessed foster care placements and taught parenting techniques; and prepared children with behavioral issues for a regular classroom.

“I learned a lot about myself working with these families,” she said. “I gathered insight into what makes people tick. I found it very satisfying.”

aging mother was ready to step down from running the foundation. With an inside understanding of how important fundraising is to maintaining solid educational opportunities, she looked for projects where she could see real results. Partnering with the School of Social Work to provide education and service through philanthropy was the perfect fit.

The foundation established an endowed scholarship for students in military social work to address the growing need for specifically trained social workers who understand the particular needs of veterans and their families.

A year later, she developed a new funding model, uniting higher education with a nonprofit organization by endowing a field placement at United Friends of the Children (UFC) for an MSW student. For the School of Social Work, it provided a paid internship for students pursuing a career dedicated to helping foster youth transition out of the system, preparing them for college and independent adulthood. For UFC, it provided its first internship program.

Her family was financially fortunate in the 1980s when a Green Bay paper mill, for which her grandfather had been a board member and received stock, dissolved the public portion of the company. The family started the Hutto-Patterson Charitable Foundation with the mission “For a child with no family, no roots, no confidence of providing access to education, making its first gift to to have a particular social worker they can build a USC while Catherine was completing her MSW. This relationship with, somebody who wants to help them, initial donation was made to the dental school in memory who understands them. It can make a huge difference,” of her grandfather.

Catherine said.

Around 2005, Catherine retired from clinical social work and moved into a philanthropic role when her

“The School of Social Work is giving students an opportunity to understand how influential the profession can be. In social work education you want students to be challenged and grow as society changes,” she said.

Soon, Catherine will see another significant philanthropic goal realized, one she’s envisaged for years.

Catherine and Coconut

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While studying at USC, Catherine was fascinated by the joint appointment one of her professors, Gary Wood, held with the School of Social Work and the School of Dentistry. Through her grandfather’s work she was exposed to the idea that dental issues could be an indication of other needs in a person’s life. Wood taught social work principles to both social work and dental students, helping them understand

that the two disciplines could be connected. The wheels began turning in Catherine’s head about how the family foundation could influence more interdisciplinary work.

WE ALL SHARE IN THIS SOCIETY, AND WE NEED TO KEEP ADVANCING OUR UNDERSTANDING OF IT. The foundation recently made its largest gift to date to establish the Hutto-Patterson Institute for Community Health, a joint venture between the School of Social Work and the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC. “When I was a kid, in the early 1960s, USC had a dental van which would come to our school and give us all checkups. It left a big impression on me because it was fun, and not like going to the regular dentist. And it was free!” She brought both schools together and told them she wanted to make a substantial community impact.

The foundation’s gift will create a custom-made, eightchair mobile clinic trailer - the largest in Ostrow’s history – as well as provide endowed faculty funds and student field placements. The venture will allow USC to reach more than 45,000 underserved Angeleno children as part of the Children’s Health and Maintenance Program, making access to both dental and social services easier for families. Based on findings in a child’s dental visit, social work students will follow up with parents to ensure the family is getting access to resources for basic needs or even more serious issues such as domestic violence assistance. Catherine’s grandfather would be proud.

Catherine desires for her endeavors to demonstrate the power of philanthropy. “I hope it will influence others to put their own heart out there, to consider initiating a partnership with the School of Social Work even if they donate to another school, because social work touches so many areas – medicine, law, engineering, the arts,” she said.

Expanding the reach of social work through partnerships has become Catherine’s mission. “We are all interconnected in society, we all suffer when someone is suffering, whether we know it or not,” she said. “The more we work together as a society to be mindful of the needs of the least of us, the more we will all be helped.”

“MY EXPERIENCE IN THIS INTERNSHIP HAS BEEN UNIQUE, AND WILL ADD EXTRA KNOWLEDGE TO MY CAREER.”

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hen Connie Gutierrez chose an internship with the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC, she was looking for something different.

“This is an internship that focuses on behavior modification and an opportunity to experience both micro and macro levels of social work,” she said.

In this interdisciplinary program, social work and dental students learn from each other. “They teach us about oral health and the difference between problems that may be hereditary versus those caused by behaviors,” Connie explains.

The psycho-educational piece is what social work contributes to dentistry.

“We find out what is preventing access to dental care,” Connie said. “There are always more important things than seeing a dentist – paying rent, food, transportation issues. It’s about finding the resources needed.”

Connie works with families through the Children’s Health and Maintenance Program, a partnership of the USC School of Social Work and the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry offering free dental screenings to children through age five.

CONNIE GUTIERREZ MSW Student Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry Intern

“CONNIE HAS MADE MY LIFE MUCH, MUCH EASIER,”

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aria Espinoza met USC School of Social Work intern Connie Gutierrez when she brought her two-year-old son, Jesus, for a dental screening provided by the Children’s Health and Maintenance Program. She was unaware before the screening it would also be an opportunity to be put in touch with a social worker. “It was extremely helpful that it was available all in one place,” she said.

Jesus is a child with special needs and requires regular appointments with various health professionals, often multiple times in a month. “Sometimes I could not afford to take him to all of his appointments,” said Maria. “The regular transportation tokens that Connie now provides help me get him to his doctors.”

Since Connie began working with Maria, she has provided assistance in multiple areas. In addition to assisting with transportation, Connie has aided the family with food bank resources and pursuing additional help for Jesus’ care through In-Home Supportive Services.

“Connie

has made my life much, much easier,” she said

MARIA ESPINOZA Client, Children’s Health and Maintenance Program (CHAMP)

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GIVING OPPORTUNITY

Yellow Ribbon

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illions of service members are coming home, and the need for specially trained, culturally competent social workers has never been more pressing.

USC School of Social Work, the largest school of social work to offer an MSW degree with a military social work option, established the Yellow Ribbon Scholarship Fund to provide financial assistance to veterans and military spouses.

ABBY & ALAN LEVY When Abby and Alan Levy decided to endow a Yellow Ribbon Scholarship, there were a number of influential factors involved. The Levy’s daughter received her MSW from USC. Alan had a brief military career.

They remembered how veterans returning from Vietnam were ostracized and received little help with reintegration. Most importantly, they wanted to provide educational opportunities.

“We think the more people who want to enter the field of social work and improve the lives of others is a wonderful endeavor,” stated Alan. “In this case, it means veterans who want to get trained as social workers.”

Yellow Ribbon Scholarships are matched dollar-fordollar by the United States Veterans Administration (VA) for veterans and military service members who meet specific eligibility requirements. However, many students with military backgrounds are left without this additional award, so this scholarship fund is vital for returning service members to realize their educational goals. Current demand for these awards far exceeds the school’s ability to support all the deserving students with financial need.

Gifts of all sizes benefit the scholarship fund. Donors who make a gift of $100,000 or more may endow and name their scholarship award, ensuring that the best educational experience available remains a reality for future generations of veteran and military students.

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“Education has always been extremely important to us,”

commented Abby. “The more education you can offer, the better our community can be.”

The Levys understand that veterans returning from these recent conflicts are dealing with very different issues than earlier military actions. The majority return emotionally scarred, unemployed and with complications that impact their families. The more opportunities that are provided for veterans to train for better jobs, have better lives and be better people is how the Levys hope to play a role in changing society through philanthropy.

For more information about the Yellow Ribbon Scholarship Fund, please visit sowkweb.usc. edu/make-a-gift/yellow-ribbonscholarship-fund.

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Endowment Gifts DWIGHT TATE Dwight Tate began making annual gifts to the USC School of Social Work in the mid-1980s.

Recently, he took that support to a different level by making an endowment gift.

“The idea of an endowment really has to do with legacy,” he said. “The values of social work, and particularly the values of the USC School of Social Work, will be continued well past my lifetime, which will make all the difference in the world to people who need services and support to succeed in life.”

Dwight endowed a scholarship for veterans who wish to pursue an MSW. He feels strongly that what we, as a nation, ask of those serving in the military today is truly remarkable.

“The best people to help veterans are other veterans,” he commented. “The idea that we can have them as part of our student body and working in this field means that our understanding of

the challenges they face and the support they need will be much more meaningful and robust. We need to be realistic in terms of meeting the needs of veterans well beyond their service in the military.”

Dwight received his MSW from USC, specializing in community organization and administration.

His USC education meant a lot to him, both personally and professionally. “I think social workers are uniquely positioned to have a tremendous impact on the administration of social services. That is why I invested in supporting the USC School of Social Work.”

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ndowments allow the USC School of Social Work to reach further, be bolder and think more creatively, safe in the knowledge that it will be able to finish what it starts. The gift of an endowment means sustainability for a scholarship, professorship or program. Because the principal is not spent and a portion of the income is reinvested, an endowment lasts in perpetuity.

An endowed scholarship means that MSW students will be able to receive tuition assistance for decades to come.

Endowed professorships provide confidence for faculty members and a platform from which they can launch new research initiatives and attract support. A particular program that is funded through an endowment has the advantage of knowing that the need it is addressing will continue to be addressed, uninterrupted.

Endowment gifts are named for the donor or whomever the donor chooses to recognize. Such gifts are powerful tributes and legacies. Providing an endowment is the most thoughtful and enduring way to acknowledge the important role of education in social work and the exceptional school that provides it.

If you are considering making an endowment gift to the USC School of Social Work, please contact Scarlett Powers Osterling, senior associate dean of advancement, at 213.740.7205 or sosterli@usc.edu, for information on all current endowment and naming opportunities.

THE VALUES OF THE USC SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK WILL BE CONTINUED WELL PAST MY LIFETIME.

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t the age of three, Lynn and her older sister, Elsa, were taken to a foster care agency by their father.

She recalls her sister cried as they watched their father disappear, but she did not. Perhaps she was numb or just confused as to what was happening. Her mother had been hospitalized for what was then called melancholia, now known as depression, became institutionalized and never returned home. Until Lynne graduated from high school, she would remain in foster care.

The experience is still vivid for her.

The first home in which she and Elsa were placed lasted a short while, and she has no knowledge as to why they were moved to a second home, where they lived for 13 years. The first home was kind; the second was not.

“This was a home in which there was no love for anyone.

The foster mother was particularly mean-spirited,” she said. The family had two older daughters already in college. “The eldest daughter was called ‘the beautiful one,’ the second was ‘the smart one.’ Elsa was labeled ‘the bad one,’ and I was ‘the dumb one.’ Children believe what they are told, so when I went to school there was no attempt on my part to disprove what I had been labeled.”

Lynne recalls she was taught to be ashamed because she did not live with her real parents. “It was supposed to be a secret that we were foster children. One of my 18

most embarrassing moments in school was in a social studies class. We were studying about foster care and I remember lowering my head down onto my desk for the week-long study. It was a devastating experience for me, especially when questioned by another student. I thought now everyone knew.”

She learned about family love and commitment through witnessing the relationships other children had with their parents. Every morning she observed the mother next door wave to her daughters as they left for school.

No one did that in her household.

Lynne was permitted to take ballet lessons at a local YWCA, but no one ever came to her recitals. She accepted this as just the way things were. “One time before a performance, there was a lot of excitement. I got very upset and started to cry,” she said. “I remember getting an embrace from my friend Jocelyn’s mother. I cannot begin to express what that gesture meant to me, what it still means to me today. If, indeed, there is a heaven, Jocelyn’s mother is there.”

Another person whose kindness still brings tears to Lynne’s eyes was a social worker. “Whoever she was, bless her heart,” she said. “She heard that I had some talent as a dancer, and she arranged a scholarship for me to study with Franzeska Boas, which led to classes with Valerie Bettis, Honya Holm and Charles Weidman, all pioneers of modern dance.”

Lynne Okon Scholnick has no childhood memory of her parents.

“I could draw you a diagram of the Manhattan apartment in which we lived, but I have no image of them.”

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I BELIEVE THAT EVERYONE HAS SOMETHING TO CONTRIBUTE TO SOCIETY, AND I WOULD LIKE FOSTER KIDS TO HAVE THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES AS OTHER KIDS. When she was 15, Lynne’s sister graduated from high school and out of the foster care system. Elsa reported to the agency that her sister needed a better home, and Lynne was moved to her third foster family. She married at 18, and moved around the country while her husband pursued his education and career. She helped support them by working in day care programs for pre-school children. The experience taught her how to be a mother herself as she learned what children needed to be healthy and happy. Eventually, Lynne had three of her own children, and the family moved to California where her life changed dramatically and unexpectedly.

“On the airplane coming to California, I was sitting next to a teacher,” she said. “He told me about the education system here, that it was free and suggested I take some classes.” She enrolled at Long Beach City College and took a sociology class. “I followed my usual, non-

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study behavior and got a B, which was surprising. The next semester I took three more classes, read the books, studied and got three A’s.”

She transferred to California State University, Long Beach, majoring in social work and psychology. The girl once labeled “the dumb one” became the woman who graduated Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude. She chose the University of Southern California to pursue her Master of Social Work, with a concentration in mental health. “Somewhere along the line I knew I wanted to prevent what happened to my mother from happening to others,” she said.

Realizing she had personal work to do in order to deal with her earlier experiences, she was already a professional therapist when she entered Jungian psychoanalysis herself. She was able to learn more about her parents, her extended family, what led to her mother’s hospitalization and her own process.

For the past two years, Lynne helped support a young woman in Long Beach, California, who was transitioning out of the foster care system. When she decided to provide support for foster children on a larger scale, she researched organizations making significant contributions to support youth in foster care. “I wanted to provide education and therapy for foster children, and USC was developing this kind of program,” she said.

She learned about USC Telehealth at the USC School of Social Work. The university-based clinic provides a virtual outpatient therapy program via the Internet. Individual sessions are conducted online using telecommunication technology by a treatment team consisting of licensed clinical social workers and highly trained supervised MSW interns, providing services to clients wherever they are based.

USC Telehealth has been successful in providing therapy for populations that normally would have limited or no access to it, or may be reluctant to engage with a therapist in person. “At first I struggled with the idea that sessions would be via the Internet since, as a therapist, I am accustomed to face-to-face therapy, and am not sophisticated with technology,” she said. “Then I realized that this generation is comfortable with technology, and it may even be preferable to the people that Telehealth will serve.” She endowed a new program that will help build confidence and resilience in foster youth through a caring therapeutic relationship.

Children in the foster care system are there through no fault of their own and are more often punished for their existence than celebrated. “I believe everyone has something to contribute to society,” she said. “I would like foster kids to have the same opportunities as other kids, in families that inspire healthful psyches and education. Ideally, I would love to see more middle-class and upper-class families become providers.

It pains me to read about children in the system who have ended up on the streets or in prison because no one cared enough to help them make better choices.”

Had her mother been able to receive the type of mental health treatments that are available today, Lynne would have a very different childhood to remember. Likewise, if she had access to the kind of therapy she can now provide for foster children via USC Telehealth, she may have discovered her self-confidence and intellectual capabilities much sooner.

Today, Lynne has found peace through creative endeavors. She has turned many of her more difficult times into beautiful and poignant poetry; she is also a painter and sculptor.

She hopes to provide children currently in foster care with bright, productive and happy futures.

“Working with USC Telehealth has been an experience in true collaboration. They embraced our diverse community and special needs, helping us to create a program reaching our most vulnerable families. Their therapists treat our clients with compassion, skill and professionalism.”

Diana LaRusso, Program Manager Orange County Social Services Agency “…USC Telehealth has been a vital link to better patient outcomes… patient satisfaction is high. I strongly recommend this service to other community health organizations…”

Jay Molofsky, Administrator Open Door Community Health Centers “…as one client stated ‘I feel more comfortable talking with a therapist on the computer, I think I’d be uncomfortable with a therapist right in front of me.’ It is evident that USC Telehealth is working and benefits the needs of our clients and, in this case, can encourage a client’s decision about seeking therapy…this program is a vital component to serving our at-risk children and families.”

Helen Acevez, Manager La Habra Family Resource Center

“IF WE HAVE THE REVENUE TO SUPPORT IT, THERE IS NO REASON WHY IT COULDN’T BECOME A NATIONAL PROGRAM.”

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SC Telehealth, through the USC School of Social Work, is an innovative program offering virtual psychotherapy services through the latest online technologies, serving clients in their homes or remote locations.

According to Nadia Islam, continuity of care has always been identified as a problem for those in the child welfare system. “With our technology we can follow the youth wherever they go, regardless if they are placed in a new home or if they return to their biological family from a foster family living arrangement,” she said.

Addressing obstacles that impede foster youths’ academic success is another way in which therapy of this kind has meaningful impact. “If we can make their current placement a sustainable one by helping the youth develop better problem-solving or conflictresolution skills, they will be less likely to switch schools so often within one year,” Nadia articulated.

Currently, USC Telehealth serves clients throughout California, but Nadia believes it has the potential to become a larger service model.

NADIA ISLAM, PHD, LCSW Clinical Director, USC Telehealth

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GIVING OPPORTUNITY

Advocates Circle FRIEND $250 per year • Custom Advocates Circle lapel pin, designating the giving level of membership • Invitation to attend regional Coffee Socials, exclusively for members • Recognition in the online Honor Roll of Donors • Invitation to select university events (i.e., Vision & Voices, guest lectures) PATRON $500 per year • All benefits of the giving level above, PLUS: • Recognition in the annual print publication • Private tour of the university • Invitation to faculty research presentations and select university events COLLABORATOR $1,000 per year • All benefits of the giving level above, PLUS: • VIP registration, seating and parking for all university events noted in the giving levels above BENEFACTOR $2,500 per year • All benefits of the giving level above, PLUS: • Invitation to annual recognition brunch • Exclusive gift package of USC School of Social Work-branded items VISIONARY $5,000 per year • All benefits of the giving level above, PLUS: • Invitation for two (2) tickets for one (1) USC Trojan football game • Personal assistance with access to school and university information and/or contacts

Gavilán Society Donors with a cumulative giving level of $50,000 or greater will be inducted into the Gavilán Society.

Membership in the Gavilán Society is for life, once the required giving level is realized. The society will recognize our top-tier donors and is named for the statue of the sparrowhawk that once graced the courtyard of the School of Social Work.

Exclusive benefits of the Gavilán Society include: • Custom-designed and crafted Gavilán Society lapel pin • Recognition as a member of the Gavilán Society on our donor wall • Naming opportunities • Dinner with the dean of the School of Social Work • Invitations to president-level events at USC • Invitation to join USC Associates

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he Advocates Circle is a philanthropic society for the USC School of Social Work offering exclusive benefits for donors who make a gift of $250 or more per year. As a member, you have the opportunity to become more involved with the school, and the school has the opportunity to recognize its generous donors.

Initial membership is automatic once a qualifying donation is made and is renewed based on annual giving.

Contributions that determine a donor’s giving level and subsequent benefits may be through a one-time gift, a matching gift or a recurring gift spread out over 12 monthly installments. Don’t miss out on a wonderful way to engage with us! For more information on how to become a member of the Advocates Circle, please contact Sue Habuni, donor relations & stewardship officer, at 213.821.6423 or sowkadvn@usc.edu.

RON BROWN For Ron Brown, MSW ’75, giving to the USC School of Social Work has been a way of acknowledging what his education has enabled him to accomplish in the field of social work. “I decided to give back to the school that has meant so much to me,” he said.

Ron began giving annually three years ago, and he enjoys the benefits of being a member of the Advocates Circle. “I am a humble, quiet kind of a guy. I don’t like being out in the fanfare, but it is nice to be recognized through invitations to attend lectures, performing

arts and sporting events,” he said. “The Advocates Circle has certainly grown since I was first introduced to it, and I feel further connected to the school because of it.”

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Matching Gifts MARK SPRATT Mark Spratt has been making a matching gift to the USC School of Social Work for the past four years – an annual, dollar-for-dollar match through his company’s long-standing program.

“Matching gifts allow you to give more to an organization that you are passionate about,” he stated. “The students are doing really impressive work, and I want to be able to give them more funding toward their studies.”

As an alumnus, with dual master’s degrees in social work and public administration, he understands the importance of and consistent need for student support. “I was the recipient of scholarships and the generosity

of other alums, so I see my support as being part of the Trojan Family.” Now, as an adjunct lecturer for the school, he sees first-hand what today’s students need.

Mark, who also serves on the school’s Board of Councilors, designates his annual gift and the match from his employer for scholarships, in particular for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students working on earning a Master of Social Work.

“I think what social workers do is so critical for vulnerable populations,” he said.

“Anything you can do to encourage that good work is important. This is just my small way of giving back.”

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any donors do not realize they may have the ability to double or even triple their giving to the USC School of Social Work right from their office! Numerous companies have matching gift programs that will make a direct contribution to the nonprofit organization their employee designates as the beneficiary. The amount of the match depends on the program, but often employers will match dollar‑for‑­dollar and sometimes two for one.

While matching gifts provide much-needed support for the school, they also have advantages for the donor.

For example, a donor’s qualifying giving level for the Advocates Circle, the school’s philanthropic society, would be based on the total of both the initial gift and the amount of the matching gift.

Even if you are retired, you may still be eligible to take part in your former employer’s matching gift program.

If your employer has a matching gift program, arranging for the beneficiary to be the USC School of Social Work could not be easier. Simply request a form through the human resources department, complete it and send it with your gift. We will do the rest!

To find out if your employer has a matching gift program, ask your HR department, or visit our online search page at www.matchinggifts.com/usc.

MATCHING GIFTS ALLOW YOU TO GIVE MORE TO AN ORGANIZATION THAT YOU ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT.

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OUR PARTNERS USC School of Social Work thanks its generous donors for their cumulative giving of $500 or more since the Campaign for USC began on July 1, 2010 through December 31, 2014. $1M+ 2U, Inc. Anonymous Hutto-Patterson Charitable Foundation Lincy Foundation Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute Anthony and Jeanne Pritzker Family Foundation Prudential Financial / Prudential Foundation, Inc. Helen Ramirez Reuben B. and Helga M. Resnik Foundation Trust Lynne Okon Scholnick Daniel and Irene Tsai / Taipei Fubon Bank Charity Foundation $500K - $999,000 California Community Foundation Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Bill Hwang / Grace and Mercy Foundation, Inc. May and Stanley Smith Charitable Trust Dwight Tate and Katherine Wright The Wendy Smith and Barry Meyer Foundation Judith and Elliott Wolfe $250K - $499,999 Jay and Rose Phillips Family Foundation UniHealth Foundation J. Scott and Obaida Watt and the Watt Family William T. Grant Foundation $100K - $249,999 The Ahmanson Foundation Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation California Wellness Foundation Deloitte Consulting, LLC / Deloitte Foundation Wyatt D.D.W. Driscoll / Driscoll Foundation Marilyn L. Flynn Gary Sinise Foundation Korean Consulate General Los Angeles Abby and Alan Levy Pamela and Mark Mischel Newman’s Own Foundation Orange County Community Foundation Misue and Robert Sautter Lloyd Sun United States Veterans Initiative, Inc.

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$50K - $99,999 BBCN Bank Chih-Hsiung Chiang Jeffrey Soochan Choi Suzanne S. Dworak-Peck Kathleen and Larry Ell Gerontological Society of America The George H. Mayr Foundation Seneca Family of Agencies Amy and Charles Spielman $10K - $49,999 Albert and Elaine Borchard Foundation America’s Next Top Model - 21 Anisa Productions, Inc. Asian Pacific Islander Social Work Caucus Bank of America Robert Barth Paul Beigelman Belstar Investment Management, LLC Beverly Foundation Buddy Taub Foundation Call of Duty Endowment CBS Studio Center Michelle and Phillip Chang / Yogurtland Franchising, Inc. Lionel Chetwynd Kyung Hee Choi / Holy Name Medical Center Seungho Choi Steve Chung / Frankly, Inc. Claire and Theodore Morse Foundation DFJ Athena Management, LLC James E. and Kerianne Flynn Alma Fowlkes Elizabeth and Richard Fullerton Tina and Michael Gale / The Gale Family Foundation, Inc. Esther H. and Bruce N. Gillies Marilyn Graves Stephen Green Greenberg Traurig, LLP Karen and Perry Ha Timothy Haahs Barry Allan Halote Innocean Worldwide Iris Anna Belding 1992 Trust Bruce S. and Elizabeth M. Jansson Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles The John Randolph and Dora Haynes Foundation Kahng Foundation

Eliot Kang David and Susan Kim Jin Young Kim Mun Kim Kolon Industries, Inc. Korea Economic Institute Korea Foundation Korea National Tourism Organization Korean Economic Institute of America David and Alice Kuroda LA Care Health Plan David Lee Hoseob Lee Soonhwa Lee Helie Lee and Kenneth Mok Beth and Gus Lucas Renée Masi Nara Bank Suok Noh Elaine and Wing Pang Jinha Park Sun Won Park Ande and Bruce Rosenblum Changhyun Seo Kyung Shin Silicon Valley Community Foundation Jiyoung So Barbara and Donald Solomon Mimi Song / Super Center Concepts, Inc. Mark Thomas Spratt Lenore M. Stein-Wood and William S. Wood Christina and Greg Stoney Tictoc Planet, Inc. Young Woo Leslie and Robert Zemeckis Alice Jean Zuccaire $5K - $9,999K Bright World Foundation Caroline Choe Roy Choi Exxon Mobil Corporation Goldman Sachs & Co. Health Net, Inc. Thomas Edgar Holliday Stewart Kim / PGP Holdings, LLC Hyungtae Koh Korean Consulate General New York Kousa International, LLC Phillip Kwun Ju Shin Lee Martin Licker Lisa Ling and Paul Song

Lotte BG America Corp.

MasterImage 3D, Inc. Glenn Moeller National Association of Social Workers Foundation Orbis Investment Management (U.S.), LLC Scarlett and James Osterling Overseas Koreans Foundation Gregory Patton Katherine and Frank Price PriceWaterhouseCoopers, LLP Madeline and Bruce Ramer Joann Rusch Samsung Press Foundation Donald and Susan Schwarz Family Trust Esther Song State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company John Suh Im Sung TR Family Trust Trabajadores De La Raza, Inc. Union Bank of California, N.A. Michael Yang $1K - $4,999K Active Network, Inc. Amy Ahn Kang Min Ahn Altamed Health Services Corporation American Jewish Committee AT&T Foundation Atlas United Group, Inc. Tobi Balma Orson Bean Robert James Bodine The Boeing Company James and Renée Bogenreif Brillstein Grey Entertainment Ronald Brown Linda and Jerry Bruckheimer Mark Cabana The California Endowment Judy Chang The Chase Foundation Frances Chikahisa Julia Choi Juhee Choi and Jensen Ko Gina Chon Linda and Joseph Chong Jinhuck Chun Kyong Chul Chun Lilian and David Chun

Andrew Chung Creative Artists Agency, Inc. Areta and Clarence Crowell Del Monte Corporation Dole Food Company William Dombrowski Phyllis F. and Daniel J. Epstein Esterline Defense Technologies Eventbrite Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Dorothy Fleisher Evelyn R. Foreman Julie Frederick-Mairs and Roger Mairs Colleen Friend The Gabe W. Miller Memorial Foundation Esbeide Garcia Chavez Jessica and Andrew Goodman Marcus Gualberto Heather E. Halperin Hannah Hamovitch David Han Hartbreak Films, Inc. Ron Hartwig Alma Hill Ann and John Hill Loretta Taam Huahn Imagine Entertainment J. Douglas and Marian R. Pardee Foundation The J. Paul Getty Trust Marie C. Jackson Jeffrey F. Jagels James Jung Jinny Jung Sun Min Jung Min Kang Peggy Kauh James J. Kelly Ann and Thomas Kim David Kim Michael H. Kim Mike Kim Paul Kim Peter Kim Philip Edmund Kim Junko Koike Koret Foundation Nadine Lavender Chris Lee Jayne C. Lee Ju Shin Lee Richard Lee Heidi Levin Patricia and Ray Liles Emily R. Lloyd Los Angeles Foundation on Aging Clara Y. Lu and Michael Moon

Mary and Richard Mader Phyllis and Bertram Massing Kenneth H. McClain Latricia B. McConnell Irene Louise Mellick Beth Sieroty Meltzer Microsoft Corporation Anna Millett Robin and Peter Mindnich Roberta and Donald Mirisch Theresa and John Montalvo Bernard Moon Christine S. Moon Elizabeth A. Mulroy Murali Nair Tena Nelson and Festus Webley Alex J. Norman Jane Ann Kim Norman Northrop Grumman Ramona and O.J. Oge Elizabeth and Edward Ogle Mary Kay Oliveri Pacific Gas & Electric Co. Andrew Pak Marianne and J. Douglas Pardee Christopher Park Jeannie Park Mathew Park Nadine and Rino Patti Norman S. Powell Marta Liza and Julian Regalado Greg Sain Ellen H. Sam Wah-Pui Sam Samsung Electronics Company Ltd. Howard Roy Scriven June Simmons Jenny Song Constance and Russell Striff Kendra and Joseph Suh Kengo Tanaka Richard M. and Ann L. Thor Trust Three Affiliated Tribes Total Spectrum Advertising Wendi Tovey Dianne Trevino-Pale Violet G. Sachs Estate Penelope White Monika White and Roger Goodman William M. Keck Foundation William Yao Youn Woo & Associates, LLC $500 - $999 Advanced Food Systems, Inc. Eddie Ahn Manuel Ares Hatsuko Arima-Stenzel and Reiner Stenzil

Ron Avi Astor and Sheva A. Locke Judith M. Axonovitz Jacqueline Barkett James Bertolina Bird, Marella, Boxer, Wolpert, Nessim, Drooks & Lincenberg Ruth and John Bland Catherine Britton and Harold Bailey Ethel J. Burroughs George Caballero Caremore Health System Brunilda Fe Chavez Sungmoon Cho Chois Music, Inc. City National Bank Allen Covert Robert A. Day Carolyn Derr and Leslie Powell Angelo R. Doti Ellen Dunbar Serafin C. Espinoza Susan Farwell and William Wennerholm Marian F. Fatout Manuel Fimbres Nettie L. Fisher Fredrick Michael Foster Lucia Paula and Gary Furuta Robert Geoghegan Monique Noel Gonzales Debbie Gregory Mary Gress Jason Hatakeyama Hillgren Family Trust Dorothy Hutchinson Nancy Jefferson Mance Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego Young Keun Joe Debra Lynn Johnson Richard Louis Kaplan Christina A. Karagias and Nicholas S. Roulaki Alycia Lynne Keys Shanti Kumar Khinduka Elizabeth Kim Ellen Kim Michael Kim Stephanie Klopfleisch Barbara Anne Knight Helen Knudson and Librado Perez Atsuko and Tadashi Kowta Irene Lee Sujean Lee Cynthia Lemus Susan Lieber Georgia and Theodore Lumpkin Barbara J. Madden Carolyn and Arnold Maddox

Hermila Melero Elizabeth Metal Laureen Brisco Montgomery Maria M. Moreno Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust, Inc. Dona F. Munker Lilly D. Nakamura Ernesto Navarro Ernest W. Nelson Nick Fear Incorporated Carol Emiko and George Nobori Judith Otter Jung Paik James Palmersheim Michael Park Partners in Care Foundation Deanna Sue Petersen Ani Phyo Biran Rajbhandary Reed Smith, LLP Philip Andrew Ringstrom Judith and Merle Rothman Jay Ryu Ramon M. Salcido Schwab Charitable Fund Lynne Scott Nick Searcy Annette R. Segil Linda S. Sessions Elisabeth and Fred Shima Carlos M. Sosa Haluk Soydan Matt Stagner Tessis Cleveland Community Service Corp.

Time Warner, Inc. Marie Torres Laura J. Treister US Bank Pam Veasey Lugena and David Wahlquist Jennie and Scott Watson Ruth Weil Family Trust Linda and John Woodruff Nancy Lim Yee Boris Zelkin

If you wish to report a correction, please contact Sue Habuni, donor relations and stewardship officer, at 213.821.6423 or sowkadvn@usc.edu.

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