Our mission is to spark compassion, personal responsibility and an appreciation of differences among California teenagers. The organization was founded to serve the most culturally diverse population in the world—California adolescents—and encourage them to appreciate their differences and to lead the nation in compassionate, active and responsible community engagement.

ENCOMPASS was founded in 2004 by experts in intergroup relations who have served youth for more than 20 years. Executive Director Lori Nelson and other founding staff and board members designed and implemented youth programs at the National Conference for Community and Justice in Los Angeles for many years before leaving to form the new organization.

Executive Director: Lori Nelson lorinelson@encompass.org
Program Specialist: Skyler Jackson, skylerjackson@encompass.org
Director of Operations: Juliana Serrano julianaserrano@encompass.org
Director of Program Administration: Benjamin Wright benwright@encompass.org

Actor: Bernardo Badillo
Actor: Kevin Blake
Actor: DeLanna Studi
Playwright/Director: Peter Howard
Program Designer: Dani Bedau
Facilitator: Lui Amador
Facilitator: Susan Beaglehole-Goldberg
Facilitator: Diane Flinn
Facilitator: Sergio Marin
Facilitator: Lisa Sueki

Loura L. Alaverdi, Baker Hostetler
Barbara E. Dunn, Law Offices of Lacey, Dunn & Do
Vanessa Frank Garcia, California Rural Legal Assistance
Al Hassas, BOX Entertainment
Steven Jones, PhD, Jones & Associates Consulting, Inc.
Scott Lee, Famco Investments
Ellyn McCoy, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
James Oliva, Morrison & Forester, LLP
Tom Saenz, City Of Los Angeles - Office of the Mayor
Angela Weimer, National Association of Latino Elected Officials (NALEO)
Hon. D. Zeke Zeidler, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge

Lecia J. Brooks, Chair
Eva Caraher
James Hilvert
Do Kim
Steve Kornfeld
Neal Manne
Marci Matt