Who we are

Of the $6 million dollars that April Tam has raised in her career, the single gift that inspires her the most is the $100K scholarship gift she closed for USC’s Masters of Business for Veterans program. By combining her fundraising strengths and deep relationship building skills, she secured a naming scholarship that memorialized a fallen soldier’s legacy for other veterans. One of the most recent recipients of the scholarship happened to be a marine who was apart of the recovery team to bring their son’s body back to the United States. As rare as this win-win was, April knew her “why” would always be forging meaningful connections that lead to lifelong impact for underserved communities. 

With more than 16 years of experience in fundraising, program development, corporate and board relations, and event production, April has worked for several dynamic, public-serving organizations throughout her career, including the University of Southern California (USC), L.A. Area Chamber of Commerce and the Southern California Leadership Network. With the goal of working alongside good people, supporting one another, and creating opportunities to contribute to mission-driven causes, April has served as a capacity-builder for non-profits planning large-scale fundraising events.

April earned her Bachelor of Arts in Television and Radio from Ithaca College, her Master in Social Entrepreneurship from the USC Marshall School of Business, and an Executive Master of Leadership from the USC Price School of Public Policy. She lives in Glendora with her husband and two pet corgis, Piper and Sutton.

Prior roles include Vice President, Community Engagement at Warner Bros. Discovery, where Sally oversaw community outreach efforts on behalf of film and television shows and regularly worked with government and community leaders to create workforce training and development opportunities in key target markets, including Los Angeles, Atlanta, New York, Vancouver, and Toronto.

A native of Los Angeles, Sally holds both an MBA and BS in Business Administration from the University of Southern California. When she’s not entertaining a dream of having her own podcast or talk show, Sally invests in her most treasured and important work of being a mom to two energetic sons and a proud military spouse to her best friend and husband.

Taleen Ananian is a marketing, communications, and events professional with more than 15 years of experience working in communications and program development in Los Angeles for UCLA, the California Community Foundation, and the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce; in Paris and Los Angeles for the German Marshall Fund of the U.S., and in Washington, D.C. for the Atlantic Council, a nonpartisan foreign policy think tank.

She has planned and executed large-scale events, programs, and media campaigns in Los Angeles, D.C., San Francisco, San Diego, Tijuana, Chicago, Turkey, Poland, and Wales. In her communications capacity, she has managed media relations, social media, rebranding, graphic design, speechwriting, editing, and more. From 2006 to 2011, Taleen designed and implemented executive leadership development programming for the L.A. Area Chamber’s Southern California Leadership Network.

Taleen earned her bachelor’s degree in journalism and master’s degree in public diplomacy from the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism at USC.

Grace Park has 22+ years of experience in strategic planning, resource planning, management consulting, finance, and global GTM strategies. She has successfully managed portfolios worth over $1 billion in assets per account, including those for Disney and other notable brands, across corporate, nonprofit, and government sectors. Her Disney accounts include the Glendale Air Terminal, the Glendale Corporate Campus Expansion, Golden Oak Ranch and more that exceed $1 billion. Her expertise in strategic operations and consulting has been delivered to organizations in 100+ countries, such as the government of South Korea, the Spanish Embassy, and LACI in Los Angeles. Most recent key programs include the first women’s entrepreneurship program by the U.S. Embassy Seoul, where her team is supporting the pathways to AI, Tech, and CPG leadership for 20 women residing in Seoul for a 3 month program. Grace, also serves as a cofounder to Nuleep, a leadership and workforce development firm that brings technology and human solutions together to create sustainable impact. She leads strategic planning, resource planning, leadership programming, and global consulting at Nuleep.

She has also worked on the German Marshall Fund’s EMMF programming since 2017, which focuses on leadership, public policy, entrepreneurship, technology, and more. Prior to GMF, she created leadership and international business exchange forums with congressional members from South Korea and corporate executives in Southern California. Grace has also served on multiple nonprofit boards and supported government programs including the South Korean8 Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism, California Congressional members, the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce; the Ebell Friends and more. Grace has been passionate about leadership, community development, technology innovation throughout her career, including her time at The Walt Disney Company.