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Los Angeles County

Welcome to the Los Angeles County page. In our county, we offer extended learning and tutoring programs. On this page, you will get to know our team, learn about job openings and stay on top of what’s happening with the schools and students we serve. In Los Angeles, we have relationships with 12 separate school district partners each with unique focus areas for alignment. In our county, we are serving more than 18,000 students per year at 83 school sites from South Los Angeles to the Eastern San Gabriel Valley.  Our extended learning time programs support students in grades K through 12 with academically oriented after school programs, small group tutoring and summer programs employing more than 400 employees and 786 volunteers. For more information please call 562-236-3831.

“The Baldwin Park Unified School District values our partnership with THINK Together,” said Assistant Superintendent Chris Dennis. “We consider our partnership as a school within a school and one that has brought us the highest quality of after school program.”

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THINK Together’s Reach in Los Angeles County

Office Addresses

West Covina Office
1730 W. Cameron Ave., Suite 200
West Covina, CA 91790
Phone: (626) 373-2311
Fax: (626) 373-2318

Santa Fe Springs Office
12070 Telegraph Rd., Suite 107
Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670
Phone: (562) 236-3831
Fax: (562) 236-3835

History

THINK Together has been operating programs in Los Angeles County for more than five years and has strong data to support the effectiveness of our programs in the districts we serve.

Our Team

Los Angeles County is served by 102 full time staff members including a general manager and 84 site coordinators and more than 400 part-time program leaders.  We strongly believe in growing our employees and hiring high quality staff from the communities in which they serve.

Lisa Somerville-Bennett, General Manager, is a 31-year education veteran. She was among the first female vocational agriculture teachers and Future Farmers of America advisers in California. She has taught elementary and high school students in the Lake Elsinore and Jurupa Unified School Districts. She has served for more than 14 years as an elementary, middle school and continuation school principal in the Ontario-Montclair School District. She holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in agriculture education, single subject and agriculture specialist teaching credentials from California Polytechnic University, Pomona, a multiple subject credential and SB1969 certification. She completed an administrative credential from Chapman University and received a professional administrative credential from California State University, San Bernardino.

 

Anne Turner, Executive Director, is responsible for fund-development, school district relations and community relations. Prior to joining THINK Together, Anne was the executive director of the Rio Hondo College Foundation. Before that time, she served as the director of development for the Claremont Museum of Art, was a marketing/public relations consultant working with school districts, community colleges, and educational organizations, and served as the vice president of institutional advancement for the University of West Los Angeles. She is an adjunct faculty member at the University of La Verne, where she teaches public policy and change and conflict management. Dr. Turner holds a bachelor’s from Pitzer College, and master’s and doctorate degrees in public administration from the University of La Verne.

Volunteers

Volunteers are critical to the success of our programs. We are always looking for energetic and positive people and organizations who want to volunteer one day or longer term. We have more than 780 current volunteers for THINK Together in Los Angeles who provided 32,000 hours of service for us last year.  For more information please click, here.

Leadership Council

In order to be truly successful, developing partnerships with key community stakeholders is a must. To that end, we have assembled a Leadership Council that will help us to connect with the community, develop a strong local donor base and advise on local issues.

Alan Arkatov
President, Changing.edu

Brigitte Bren
Attorney and Education Advocate

Jorge Delgado
President, ValueSat, LLC

Sen. Martha Escutia (Ret.)
The Senators Law Firm

Lynda Boone Fetter
Principal, Samuelson & Fetter, LLC

Fran Inman
Sr. Vice President, Majestic Realty Co.

Gilbert Ivey
Chief Administrative Officer
Metropolitian Water District of
Southern California

Lupe Valdez
Director of Public Affairs
Union Pacific Railroad

Barbara Wachsman
Director, Health Management
The Walt Disney Company

Careers

If you are dedicated to improving educational outcomes and are willing to work hard to make that happen, THINK Together may be the right place for you. Our fast-paced environment is on the forefront of educational innovation and offers tremendous opportunity for enrichment and advancement. Our organization has grown exponentially over the last 10 years and we remain on that trajectory today. If you love kids and want to roll up your sleeves and work, check out our Careers page.

Los Angeles County School Sites

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Azusa USD

Baldwin Park USD

Bassett USD

Covina-Valley USD

Duarte USD

El Rancho USD

Little Lake City SD

Los Nietos SD

Lynwood USD

Mountain View SD

South Whittier SD

East Whittier City SD


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