I have discovered in life that there are ways of

getting almost anywhere you want to go,

if you really want to go.

Langston Hughes

HONORING USC NAI CLASS OF 2014

CELEBRATING

MORE THAN 20 YEARS OF COLLEGE ACCESS AND SUCCESS

HONORING

PATRICK C. HADEN

Director of Athletics for USC

MISTRESS OF CEREMONIES

ALYSHA DEL VALLE

Morning Traffic Reporter, ABC 7

THURSDAY, MAY 8, 2014

RECEPTION 5:30 PM

DINNER 6:15 PM

TOWN AND GOWN

UNIVERSITY PARK CAMPUS

For hosted parking, enter Structure X at Figueroa Street and McCarthy Way

Please respond by Thursday, April 24th online at USC.EDU/ESVP (code: NAI2014)

or by phone at 213.740.7400

We hope you will support our 2014 NAI Gala and we want to thank the following who have supported NAI over the past year:

Angell FoundationBank of America

California Access FoundationCarl and Roberta Deutsch

FoundationChizen FoundationEisner Foundation

Los Angeles Scholars FundMaurice Amado Foundation

Jane McConnell and TJ HeymanMelinda Chouinard

Dr. Greta PruittRosalinde and Arthur Gilbert

FoundationKoh Foundation

Schoen FoundationSherry Saleh

Three Sisters FoundationToyota Foundation

Good Neighbors GrantWells Fargo Foundation

Xerox Foundation

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ANNUAL

GALA & AWARDSCEREMONY

HONORING USC NAI CLASS OF 2014

The USC Neighborhood Academic Initiative

ABOUT THE USC NEIGHBORHOOD ACADEMIC INITIATIVE

2014 NAI GALA COMMITTEE MEMBERS

NAI is a seven-year pre-college, comprehensive, rigorous educational program operated by USC Civic Engagement. NAI prepares low-income, first generation, under-represented, minority students living in the neighborhoods surrounding USC for access and success at a college or university. Those who complete the

program, meet USC’s competitive admission requirements, and choose to attend USC, are awarded a full financial package minus loans. Many NAI students are the

first in their family to graduate from high school and in most cases they are the first in their family to attend college. NAI boasts a 100% high school graduation rate and a 98% college attendance rate. NAI Scholars are accepted to and attend

top prestigious universities and colleges across the country including USC, Harvard, Stanford and UCLA. The NAI program garnered national media

attention and serves as a model program for college access and success.

USC CIVIC ENGAGEMENT ADVISORY COUNCIL

Marilou HamillCFO, Amazing

Invisible Inc.

Judy F. RosenbergPharmD, MSEd

USC NEIGHBORHOOD ACADEMIC INITIATIVE

ADVISORY COUNCIL

Gary E. EricksonPresident and CEO, The Erickson Group

Kathy MotaStrategist, Philanthropy

& Community Outreach, Toyota Motors

Jan McElwee OsbornPrincipal, The McElwee Group

Judy F. RosenbergPharmD, MSEd

USC CIVIC ENGAGEMENT

Kim Thomas-BarriosExecutive Director,

Educational Partnership

Adriana GonzalezDevelopment Assistant, USC Civic Engagement

Ivonne RodriguezConsultant, USC Neighborhood

Academic Initiative

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