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Ilene says: “I love Crossroads! I am passionate about the School’s values, supportive of the teaching methods, and appreciative of the thoughtful decisions the educators make. I consider it a privilege to be part of the team that will chart Crossroads’ future.” Michael Levin was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, and raised in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. He completed his undergraduate degree in history at the University of California-San Diego and earned his law degree at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. He practiced law at Bingham, Dana & Gould before practicing corporate transactional law at Graham & James and eventually became the youngest and first openly gay managing partner of an Am Law 100 law firm. In 2000, he joined his father and sister at Kidsline, a business his father and brother established in Los Angeles that specialized in infant bedding and accessories. In 2010, he and his sister, Joanne, started Levtex LLC, a small Santa Monica-based company that designs, imports and distributes quilts and accessories. Michael has served on the board of Shanti, a nonprofit born in response to the AIDS epidemic in San Francisco in the early 1980s, on the board of Reprise, a Los Angeles-based theater company, and currently serves on the board of the Crossroads Community Outreach Foundation (CCOF). Michael and his partner, Andy Abowitz, were married in 2008 during the brief window that marriage equality existed in California. ey have four children, all of whom attend Crossroads: Marley, 9, Aidan, 7, Brody, 7, and Ruby, 6.
What you love about a Crossroads education
What tuition pays for
Your gift to the Annual Fund
What is the difference between Crossroads School’s operating budget and tuition revenue?
YOU. “I love Crossroads! I am passionate about the School’s values, supportive of the teaching methods, and appreciative of the thoughtful decisions the educators make.” —Ilene Resnick Weiss
That’s why your annual giving contribution is critical. To donate online, please go to xrds.org/annualfund Or call Marc Mendoza, manager, Annual Fund, at 310-829-7391, ext. 511