Sunday March 17th

Champagne Brunch 11am to 2pm

At Mountain Gate Country Club

Please join us for an unforgettable morning as we celebrate the incomparable Cynthia Mitchel Heard. Beyond her extraordinary career and accomplishments, Cynthia has been a champion of motivating and empowering the next generation women in leadership.

Sunday, March 17th, will be filled with love and friendship as we share wonderful stories and memories of the one and only Cynthia. There will be singing, laughter, champagne, and an abundant curated buffet to satisfy and excite your taste buds.

Nestled in the spectacular hills of Brentwood, Mountain Gate Country Club serves as the perfect setting to honor Cynthia, as well as shine the light on the next generation of young women leaders. This will be a special morning to reflect on and cherish for years to come.

Cynthia Mitchell-Heard holds the esteemed position of President & CEO at the Los Angeles Urban League (LAUL). Her tenure is marked by groundbreaking achievements: she is the organization's first female Chief Operating Officer and, notably, the first woman in more than 90 years to lead as President & CEO. Her leadership is instrumental as LAUL enters its second century, continuing its mission to serve Los Angeles' underserved communities. Miss Heard has over 25 years of experience in nonprofit management, government, philanthropy, community and corporate engagement. Cynthia Mitchell-Heard has been an intricate partner in the field as a nationally acclaimed social impact strategist, coalition builder and philanthropic change agent. As a strong executive leader, Cynthia has worked to develop exemplary models to break through economic barriers to create systemic change for marginalized communities both locally, nationally and internationally. 

Most recently, she served as the Vice President of Business Development for the YWCA of Greater Los Angeles. During her tenure, she developed a myriad of public/private, state, local and federal partnerships to fund “state of the art” program services and operations throughout Los Angeles County. Her efforts assisted with promotion of economic stability through social services including workforce development and community engagement to improve our most vulnerable at-risk communities. More importantly, increasing the visibility, sustainability, advocacy both legislatively through public /private partnerships and stakeholders.

In 2020-2021 Cynthia Mitchell-Heard masterfully worked diligently to secure the call to action securing a record-breaking funding in response to extraordinary economic, healthcare, housing, educational and food insecurity demands precipitated by the COVID-19 pandemic. 

She has helped to build and secure funding for acclaimed collaborative initiatives, public/private partnerships, educational partnerships and innovative programs also focusing on at-risk and foster youth throughout Los Angeles as well as in women and children economic, health and educational policy and programs in Belize, Bermuda and Bahamas. She has worked across party lines using legislative advocacy to focus on new avenues to break down the barriers of injustice that surround at-risk youth and families in poverty.

Previously, Cynthia has worked in various senior executive roles with Children Uniting Nations, Weingart Center and the City of Long Beach. Her community advocacy, leadership and tenacious spirit lead her to establish community advocacy, national agendas/strategies, social services collaborative partnerships and programmatic support for at-risk individuals and communities in America and internationally. As a strong leader, Cynthia has provided guidance to our local and national political leaders and corporate executives to focus and design fundamental concepts and strategies that focus on changes for communities, children and families who live in disadvantaged neighborhoods throughout the country.

Cynthia received her Bachelor of Art in Psychology from the University of Southern California and went on to pursue her Master’s degree from Howard University in Washington D.C. She continues to work diligently to facilitate social and economic changes within at-risk communities throughout Los Angeles County and across America. In 2018, she joined the New Strategies Global Social Enterprise Initiative Team. Cynthia currently serves as a Board Member on the California League of Women Voters, International Black Women’s Public Policy Institute (IBWPPI), University of Southern California Black Alumni Association and the KIS Foundation- Sickle Cell as well as many advisory roles foster youth organizations.

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