13th Step Beyond Annual Breakfast

Wednesday, April 30, 2025Hilton Orange County/Costa Mesa

Wednesday, April 30, 2025

Hilton Orange County/Costa Mesa

Join us to celebrate and support the Class of 2025, The Wooden Floor’s 21st consecutive graduating class to have 100 percent of students on track to finish high school on time and enroll in higher education. Participate in an inspiring morning that will leave you filled with hope for the future leaders of our community.

Wednesday, April 30, 2025

Hilton Orange County/Costa Mesa
3050 Bristol St, Costa Mesa

Step Beyond Annual Breakfast® has been named one of Orange County Business Journal’s Top 5 Fundraising Breakfasts for 11 consecutive years!

Keynote Address:

Dr. Tiffany Ana López 

Dean of the Claire Trevor School of the Arts at University of California, Irvine

Dr. Tiffany Ana López is currently the dean of the Claire Trevor School of the Arts at the University of California, Irvine. López began her educational journey at a community college in Northern California, then transferred to California State University, Sacramento, where she completed a bachelor’s degree through fellowship and support programs. After a year post-graduation, participating in creative writing workshops with foundational figures Sandra Cisneros and Rudolfo Anaya, she earned a scholarship to complete her Master’s degree and Doctorate at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She was then the first César Chávez Dissertation Fellow at Dartmouth College. López is a nationally recognized voice in Latine theater and a leader in equity, diversity, and inclusion in higher education.

Student Address:

Arely Gutierrez,

Class of 2025

Thank you to
13th Step Beyond Annual Breakfast®
Underwriters

LEAD CLASS PARTNER

Andersen Foundation
The Beall Family Foundation
The Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation
The Ceres Foundation
Carl and Roberta Deutsch Foundation
Suzi Chauvel / Chauvel Foundation
DevTo Support Foundation
Dhont Family Foundation
Larry and Helen Hoag Foundation
Linda and Tod White Charitable Fund
O.L. Halsell Foundation
Orange County Community Foundation
PIMCO Foundation
Samueli Foundation
Sharon D. Lund Foundation
Sun Family Foundation
Ueberroth Family Foundation
US Bank
Willette Charitable Foundation

CLASS PARTNER 
Bank of America Foundation
Charles and Mildred Schnurmacher Foundation, Inc.
Crevier Family Fund
Croul Family Foundation
Don Yoder Foundation
Edwards Lifesciences Foundation
Frome Family Foundation
Nancy & Brian Hunsaker
KNU For Kids Foundation
Kelly & Rick LeBrun
Pacific Life Foundation
Richard and Elizabeth Steele Endowment Fund
Robert J. Mairena / Office Solutions
Segerstrom Foundation
Donald & Constance Sperling

INNOVATION UNDERWRITER
Theresa & Jonathon Allen
Michelle & Robert Kargenian
Carole & Rich Lee

CREATIVITY UNDERWRITER
Joe and Michele Chatelle
Nicholas Pardon

ENCOURAGEMENT UNDERWRITER
Trish O’Donnell
Judy & David Threshie
Richard Ward
Weier Family Foundation

*as of 03/14/2025

For more information, please contact:
Tianna R. Haradon
Chief Development Officer
714.541.8314 ext. 124 or Tianna@TheWoodenFloor.org