>About Us >Board of Directors Elizabeth Ai Barrett Reiff Marisa Tahakool Leanne Tran Tim Diep >Leadership Team Elizabeth Ai - President Barrett Reiff - Vice President John Phung - Operations James Magary - Public Relations Mear One - Art Director Blaine Fontana - Graphic Designer Euegenie Jolivett - Graphic Designer John Orlando - Marketing >Advisory Board John Van Hamersveld - Artist Alida Post - Post Art Group Shepard Fairey - Obey Giant Amanda Fairey - Obey Giant Doug Blake -LACMA Robbie Conal - Artist David Lawrence - Lawrence Gallery Martine Bury - YM Magazine Elizabeth Morin - City of Los Angeles Don O'Melveny - Omelveny Gallery Shaun Redick - ICM Bettina Korek - LACMA Marsea Goldberg - New Image Art Gallery Richard Duardo - Mordern Multiples Studio >Founder Elizabeth Ai >Co-founders Tim M. Diep Kim Nguyen Marisa Tathakool Leanne P. Tran

>Mission Statement RTEA, a not-for-profit organization, is Reaching to Embrace Arts by adopting public schools and providing essential art supplies to harness and realize the creative potential of every student. We firmly believe that no child should be denied access to a dynamic arts curriculum. In partnership with students, parents, educators, artists, policy makers, business leaders, and the community at large, RTEA seeks to bypass social and economic barriers by generating new opportunities to nurture creativity in the present while building skills for the future. RTEA represents a collaboration of volunteers with backgrounds ranging from public service, private enterprise, educators, artists, and altruists concerned with the declining state of arts education in our community. The group focuses its activities in several areas including: • Fundraising to provide material support to public school art programs and community organizations that support art activity. • Creating awareness campaigns highlighting the magnitude of under funding experienced by art programs in the Nation, State, and the city of Los Angeles. •Educating parents and instructors on the positive impact art education has in the development of their children. •Supporting community outreach programs to teach, inspire, and encourage youth participation in all mediums of the arts. •Connecting educators, parents, and students in the inner city to resources, institutions and/or organizations that may help further the creative path of their children.