The Children’s Partnership Announces Newly Formed Board of Directors
Santa Monica, CA – The Children’s Partnership (TCP) announced today that longtime community leader, Shari Davis, will head the newly formed Board of Directors for The Children’s Partnership. The Board will be composed of a distinguished group of Californians, including Genoveva Arellano, Lauren Miyamoto, Tamara Ritchey Powers, and Susan Rothstein.
This announcement comes at a pivotal point for the child advocacy organization. After more than 20 years of bringing top-notch advocacy skills to developing innovative policies and practices to benefit America’s children, TCP is becoming an independent 501(c)(3) organization. As a standalone tax-exempt entity, TCP can now widen and deepen the impact and reach of its programs and its funding base and partnerships.
“For more than two decades, The Children’s Partnership has instigated innovative and large-scale improvement in the health and well-being of California’s and the nation’s children,” said Board Chair Shari Davis.“I am very honored to serve as the first Chair of the Board as the organization continues to grow and develop its work improving the lives of children in a unique and high-impact way.”
“We are thrilled that Shari Davis is our founding chair and that she is joined by such an illustrious group of community leaders,” said Wendy Lazarus, Founder and Co-President of TCP. “She, along with her fellow board members, will be an integral part of our efforts to effect change in the areas we work, including increasing access to children’s health insurance and to doctors and dentists and developing ways that telehealth and other technologies can improve the health and well-being of young people in foster care.”
“This is a critically important step for The Children’s Partnership as the issues facing America’s children change and evolve at an ever-accelerating pace,” added Laurie Lipper, Founder and Co-President of TCP. “This new structure allows TCP to stay nimble while also developing a wider reach for our innovative programs and policies that can benefit the country’s children, particularly those at risk of being left behind.”
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