Executive Director and Publisher: Donna C. Myrow

Administrative Director: Robyn Zelmanovitz

Managing Editors: Mike Fricano, Amanda Riddle

With only four full-time adult staff, we keep busy with all aspects of managing our organization and often have to work a little extra to get everything done. Our editorial staff work one-on-one with students on articles, assign and follow up on photo and art assignments, work with a graphic designer to produce the newspaper, maintain the archives, communicate daily with the teen staff, run weekly youth meetings, teach a summer writing workshop, take students to interviews, write recommendations for students, coordinate interviews with other media and maintain this website and our Facebook and Twitter accounts.

To raise money, we meet with and write proposals to funders, report to funders, and work closely with our board through meetings, telephone and email correspondence. As part of responsible non-profit management, we must receive and deposit checks, order supplies, keep organized books and records, pay our suppliers, keep our office space organized and functional, request donations, track the more than 1,000 teachers and non-profit workers on our distribution list, reach out to new subscribers and organize special events.

L.A. Youth Board of Directors:
Paul Catherwood—The Capital Group
Minerva Chavez—Cal State Fullerton
Nicole Childers—L.A. Public Media Service
Eva Semple Davis—Warner Brothers Home Video
Fred Freeman—Writer/Producer
Jordan Katz—The Gores Group
David Rickley—Los Angeles Times
Jeff Sperber—Educator
David Tokofsky—Education Strategies Consultant
Leo Wolinsky—Los Angeles Times (retired)

L.A. Youth would like to express its gratitude to the following individuals, who contribute their time, patience and expertise to our writers:

Wayne M. DeSelle • Alan Duignan • Noel Greenwood, Los Angeles Times (retired) • Rosabel Tao, MySpace • Loretta Thompson, Loeb & Loeb LLP • Zeek Interactive, Inc. • Los Angeles Times Staff Production Advisors: Dave Novotney, Rick Terry.