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2025 Gala

Honoring Legacy, Transforming Lives

A Night to Remember:
Thank You for Joining us in Celebrating Student Success and the Legacy of President Thomas A. Parham

Friday, November 14, 2025
JW Marriott Los Angeles | L.A. Live
900 W. Olympic Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90015


5:30 p.m. Cocktail Reception
7:00 p.m. Dinner and Program
9:00 p.m. Musical Performance: DW3


On November 14, 2025, nearly 600 guests gathered at the JW Marriott Los Angeles to celebrate student success and honor the remarkable legacy of President Thomas A. Parham. ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉú, our community raised more than $1.4 million in support of scholarships and programs.



Honorees

We were proud to recognize the following distinguished leaders for their outstanding contributions to our university and community:

Individual Leaders: Maureen McCarthey and Maria Villa
Corporate Leader: Toyota Motor North America
Community Leader: California Legislative Black Caucus, The Honorable Holly Mitchell, and former Sen. Steven Bradford


Continue Supporting Student Success

Even though the gala has concluded, your support continues to make a difference.

Directly support student scholarships.

CSUDH Philanthropic Foundation Tax ID# 47-3097839

To make payments by check:

Checks should be made payable to CSUDHPF with Memo "Gala 2025" and mailed to:

CSU Dominguez Hills Philanthropic Foundation
1000 E. Victoria Street, WH-425
Carson, CA 90747

For more information, please contact:

Office of Development
development@csudh.edu
(310) 243-2182

Thank You to Our Sponsors

Visionary | $100,000

Anonymous

Toro Champion | $50,000

Carson Companies

Alicia Miñana & Rob Lovelace

Toyota

Presidential | $25,000

Metro
El Camino College

Center for Innovation in STEM Education

Mervyn M. Dymally African American Political & Economic Institute
The RightWay Foundation

Legacy | $10,000

From the Smith Family
in memory of Gilbert D. "Gil" Smith

Leo & Ivy Chu

ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉú, Los Angeles
Black Women's Collective
The Lundquist Institute
UC Irvine Foundation
BNBuilders

Maureen P. McCarthey Foundation

Avanath
California State Universities, Fullerton and Long Beach
Chase

The Honorable Holly Mitchell

Chase
Sacramento State
McDonalds
Compton College
Port of Long Beach

California Legislative Black Caucus

C.W. Driver

Leader | $5,000

ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉú, San Bernardino

Ken Bentley

Maria Villa & Steve Lathrop

Huron Consulting Group

Los Angeles Brotherhood Crusade

Miles Financial Group
SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union

Towalame Austin

AEG
Watson Land Company
Vectis DC
Follett Higher Education Group

Marcellous (Mark) Reed

Ron and Wanda Low

The ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉú

Keli ’01 and Chris Carico

Airbnb

Los Angeles Sentinel

Greater Los Angeles African American Chamber of Commerce

Karim Webb Family Foundation

Scholarship Supporters

Barbara & Richard Schwerin

Beth Whittenbury

Beverly & Richard Palmer

Brittain Foundation
(Deborah C. & Willard Woodson Brittain, Jr.)

Debbie Heap

Greg Haeseler

John Harris

John & Katherine Tracy

Julie Sasaki

Keith & Yonnie Lee 

Melanie & Richard Lundquist

Thomas Parham & Davida Hopkins-Parham