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July 12, 2023 (Los Angeles, CA) – The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation Board of Directors is excited to announce the appointment of Jennifer Price-Letscher as its new President & CEO, effective today. The selection was made unanimously by the Board after a thorough and extensive search assisted by Spencer Stuart consultants Kristine Johnson and David Wick. Price-Letscher has been at the Foundation for over 12 years and has been its Interim President & CEO since January 2023. “I am deeply honored by the opportunity to lead The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation.” “The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation is dedicated to serving... Read More

Government and philanthropy often share common goals and a capacity to enable wide-scale systems change. When they work together, they make ideal partners—philanthropy contributing nimbleness and a spirit of experimentation, while government commands the resources to sustain what works. In Los Angeles County, such collaboration was catalyzed by the murder of an 8-year-old boy in 2013. This tragic death prompted the Board of Supervisors to empanel a commission of notable child welfare experts to examine systemic failures. Since then, an increasingly durable and agile spirit of collaboration in L.A. has fueled an ability to test new ideas, assess their effectiveness,... Read More