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Las Madrinas Helps Benefit Children’s Hospital in Los Angeles

During the holiday season, Las Madrinas honored twenty-eight families and their
daughters for their service to the Southern California community and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles at The Las Madrinas Ball on December 21, 2017 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

Over 800 guests from the greater Los Angeles area, including the twenty-eight Debutantes, their families and friends, gathered to celebrate with the members of Las Madrinas. Las Madrinas President Mrs. Wayne Martin Brandt (Lisa) formally welcomed the families and guests in attendance and thanked everyone for joining Las Madrinas in its support of the research programs at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. She spoke of their current project, the Las Madrinas Endowment for the Chief of Neurology Chair and the

Neurological Institute Epilepsy Program and welcomed Douglas Nordli, Jr., MD, the
inaugural chair holder, as well as Mr. Paul Viviano, CEO of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.

Mrs. Brandt then recognized the Ball Chairman, Mrs. John Ledlie Rouse (Kelly), and the
Debutante Chairman, Mrs. Patrick James McRoskey (Kathy), for their participation in
making the evening such a success. The Las Madrinas Ball Committee included Assistant Chair Mrs. Michael Jon Fink (Tricia), as well as Mrs. Victor Follen Hawley (Diane), Mrs. Jonathan Tebbetts Williamson (Shannon), Mrs. John Alford Dick (Lisa), Mrs. John Braly Hollister (Kathy), Mrs. John Paul Simmons (Kristi), Mrs. Sean Edward Ryan (Anne), Mrs. Francis Ryan Knoll (Alison), Mrs. Kevin Roderick McKenzie (Erin), Mrs. John Finlay Hotchkis (Courtney) Mrs. Paul Charles Hoffman (Christina) and Mrs. Geoffrey Conor Bland (Andrea).

The Las Madrinas Debutante Committee included Assistant Chair Mrs. Michael Alan
Hartmeier (Becca), as well as Mrs. Henry Lea Hancock (Emily), Mrs. John Brogan Carls
(Jonna), Mrs. Gregory Lee Mariscal (Lucinda), Mrs. Brian Mecham Webber (Megan), Ms. Sandra Vickers Naftzger, Mrs. Kathleen McCarthy Duncan, Mrs. Gene Tiger Sykes (Tracy), Mrs. Stephen Konrad Algermissen (Liz), Mrs. Steven Ernest High (Katie), Mrs. William May Garland III (Katie), Mrs. Douglas Andrew Thompson (Kathy), Mrs. Jared Michael Wolff (Courtney), Mrs. Bret David Quinlan (Allison) and Mrs. Thomas Edward Breen (Linda).

Member husband Mr. Enrique Hernandez, junior announced the Debutantes, while
member husband Mr. David Thomas Balfour served as Director of Presentation. Patterson’s Topiaries, Pots and Teas designed the floral décor. The Wayne Foster Orchestra accompanied the Presentation of the Debutantes and played the traditional Father-Daughter waltz that transitioned the party from presentation to celebration.
Las Madrinas was established in 1933 as the first Affiliate Group of Children's
Hospital Los Angeles and has been supporting pediatric medicine for 84 years.

Since 1939, Las Madrinas has honored families who have demonstrated a commitment to the civic, cultural, and philanthropic life of Southern California by presenting their daughters at the Las Madrinas Ball. Donations made in honor of the young women, together with the annual support of Las Madrinas members and friends, have enabled Las Madrinas to complete nine major projects at the hospital since 1988, including eight research endowments totaling almost $25 million and a capital project on the Cardiovascular Floor.

This year Las Madrinas is starting their commitment of a $5 million dollar pledge for, The Las Madrinas Endowment for the Chief of Neurology Chair and the Neurological Institute Epilepsy Program Children’s Hospital Los Angeles has been named the best children’s hospital in California and among the best in the nation for clinical excellence with its selection to the prestigious U.S. News & World Report Honor Roll. Children’s Hospital is home to The Saban Research Institute, one of the largest and most productive pediatric research facilities in the United States. The hospital is also one of America’s premier teaching hospitals through its affiliation since 1932 with the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California.

Back Row (Left to Right):
Rubina Marie Garland, Paige Marie Thompson, Liliane Lea Eichler, Jessica Anne Yang,
Gillian Grace Yang, Claire Noelle Chapus.
Front Row (left to Right):
Phoebe Elizabeth Brooks, Ava Elizabeth Adams, Caroline Haven Armstrong Williams,
Lauren Mae O’Brien.
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