AnAfternoonof LEARNING & CELEBRATION
To Lift Up Foster Youth Voices
March 2, 2024
Dodger Stadium
11am-1pm
Join Us
As we honor the recipient of the
2024 National Champion for
Children and Youth Award
Nichol Whiteman
CEO, Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation
Presented by
The Honorable Karen Bas
Mayor of Los Angeles
Founder, NFYI
Saturday,March2,2024
11am—1pm
DodgerStadium
A Vision for
Revolutionizing Foster Care
NFYI empowers current and former foster youth, their families, and communities to use their lived experiences to bring about systemic policy changes in the child welfare system nationwide.
NFYI was launched in 2012 by The Honorable Karen Bass, Mayor of Los Angeles, when she was co-chair of the bipartisan Congressional Caucus on Foster Youth while serving in Congress. Since then, NFYI has elevated the voices of thousands of current and former foster youth resulting in transformative change within the child welfare system, a culture shift among decision makers, and the development of professional and organizing skills among young leaders.
NFYI centers the voices of people who have been impacted by the child welfare system. True reform of foster care cannot be fully realized if those who have personally experienced it are not leading the efforts to design and develop policy and program change.
Board of Directors
Wendy Smith Meyer, PhD., LCSW
Chair of the Board
David Herbst
Founder & Managing Partner,
Vectis Strategies
Conway Collis
CEO Emeritus and Senior Advisor,
GRACE/End Child Poverty CA
The Honorable Karen Bass
Mayor of Los Angeles
Nanxi Liu
CEO and Co-Founder,
Blaze Technology
Kim Sterton
Senior VP, Trifecta Entertainment
& Media
Doug Bond
President & CEO,
Amity Foundation
Yolanda (Cookie) Parker
Senior Advisor
Rebecca Louve Yao, LCSW
Executive Director,
NFYI
Jewels Elmore Washington
Private Chef, Event Manager
& Author
Marcus Scribner
Actor & Activist