Boys and Girls Club of the LA Harbor
Tony Tripp is the Chief Development Officer at Boys & Girls Clubs of Los Angeles Harbor, but started his relationship with the Boys & Girls Clubs as a teen when he attended the Wilmington Club. In 2002, Tony was hired at the San Pedro Boys & Girls Club. There he helped start the Club’s music, digital studio, and nationally recognized Arts Academy programs. In 2016, Tony left San Pedro to establish the Youth Centers of Orange – the first youth-serving organization founded in the City of Orange, CA. In 2019, Tony Tripp returned to the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Los Angeles Harbor to become the Chief Development Officer for the organization. The CEO Mike Lansing recruited Tony to help the Club break its over-reliance on grant funding. Tony is very active in Rotary International (serving as president of the Orange North Rotary in 2018, and is a current member of the PVP Rotary) and is a member of the Association of Latino Professionals for America (ALPFA) and the Association of Fundraising Professionals. Tony has a passion for fundraising and feels its his the duty to ensure all the children in the region have the resources needed to be successful.