2023 ANNUAL REPORT
EXPANDING OUR
REACH
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Youth Tennis Advantage’s (YTA) mission is to help close opportunity and
achievement gaps for under-resourced youth in the San Francisco Bay Area
through comprehensive tennis, academic and enrichment programs,
seeking to promote the physical, educational, and life skills necessary
to prepare and empower them to reach for their full potential.
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Dear YTA Community,
Thank you for your interest in Youth Tennis Advantage (YTA). In 2023, we continued to make strides toward closing
performance and opportunity gaps for under-resourced youth in the San Francisco Bay Area. It was an exciting year
of growth and achievement for YTA, including the following milestones:
• Expanded Reach: We served 424 youth, marking a 30% increase from 2022.
• Student Success: Our students remain in our program for many years—our graduating high school seniors
have an average of 10 years with YTA! Our seniors made strategic decisions when choosing colleges like
UC Berkeley, UC San Diego, USF, and City College of San Francisco, prioritizing affordability and specialized
programs. One of our graduates opted for professional flight school instead of college and one of our
high school juniors achieved a national tennis ranking!
• Court Reclamation: It took 7-years, but we ultimately reclaimed control of four tennis courts in Hunters Point
and secured over $200,000 in external funding for their renovation.
• New Site in Richmond: We opened our sixth year-round site at Nicholl Park in Richmond (North Bay).
• Leadership and Coaching Improvements: We welcomed Shahand Esmaeili as our new Director of Tennis and
Academic Operations and Partnerships. You can read more about Shahand and the great work he’s doing in
the featured bio below.
• Successful Fundraisers: Our two pro-am fundraisers, Big Hitters and S.O.S., sold out early and were incredibly
fun for all participants!
• Oakland Program Relocation: When Oakland’s Mosswood Park was closed to rebuild the recreation center,
YTA moved our program to DeFremery Park in West Oakland, which offers three lighted courts and an academic
space. We hope to return to Mosswood in 2025, where YTA has provided programming for over 30 years.
• Challenges Faced: We encountered three significant challenges in 2023. First, YTA’s van was stolen, stripped,
and deemed unrepairable. Second, the building we used for academics, storage, and restrooms at McLaren
Park was destroyed by fire. Lastly, some parents were robbed at knifepoint while waiting for their children at
McLaren Park. Fortunately, the robber was apprehended. Operating in under-resourced neighborhoods
presents challenges, but it also fosters a strong community spirit, setting us apart from other youth
development programs.
From a financial perspective, YTA experienced a loss of $69,170 in 2023. While this is disappointing, we remain
conservatively managed, maintaining a 1.5-year reserve and keeping overhead below 20%.
Tennis serves as an essential outlet for our students, providing relief from their stressful lives. Combined with
academics, it continues to be a powerful tool that helps under-resourced youth fill opportunity gaps, overcome
challenges, and excel. We are incredibly grateful to our donors, whose generosity makes our work possible.
Your support continues to inspire us.
Thank you!
Warmest regards,
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Michael Skinner
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & CO-FOUNDER
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USTA and UTR
TOURNAMENTS
PLAYED
BAY AREA
LOCATIONS
SERVED
11
JUNIOR TEAM
TENNIS TEAMS
COMPETED
10
AVERAGE YEARS
GRADUATING CLASS
SPENT W/ YTA
13
COLLEGE
SCHOLARSHIPS
AWARDED
160 of whom were new to YTA
— POPULATION SERVED —
43% 10 & Under
41% 11-14
16% 15-18
34% Black/African American
27% Latino/Hispanic
24% Asian
9% Other
5% Caucasian
1% American Indian/Alaska Native
55% male
45% female
70% Eligible for free/Reduced lunch
424 STUDENTS
Peter Wright
BOARD PRESIDENT
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RICHMOND YOUTH
PARTICIPATED IN
YTA PROGRAMS
Introducing
YTA NICHOLL PARK
IN RICHMOND, CA
HUNTERS POINT
TENNIS COURT RENOVATION
Over the course of the year, YTA partnered with the City of
Richmond with the hopes of offering our free programming to
the Richmond community.
In the Summer of 2023, we were thrilled to introduce tennis to 65
youth at Martin Luther King, Jr Park as part of the city’s summer camp.
This initial program laid the foundation for future collaborations.
Fall, 2023 marked the launch of a new year-round YTA site. YTA Nicholl Park, created in
partnership with the Richmond Community Service Department (CSD), provides our free
tennis, academic and life skills programming to youth in West Contra Costa County.
In addition to four tennis courts, the recreation complex provides a spacious social hall for
meetings and indoor activities, as well as a gym and multipurpose room for various sports,
ensuring that YTA’s programs can continue uninterrupted, even in inclement weather.
The Richmond CSD has been a valuable partner in these initiatives. Their staff members
provide daily support to YTA coaches and the participating youth, demonstrating their
commitment to the well-being of the community. We look forward to serving and being
part of the Richmond community for years to come!
Another milestone in 2023 was the beginning of a massive court resurfacing project at our
Hunters Point location. Thanks to the SF Housing Authority, we were able to reclaim all four
tennis courts. Two of the four courts had been overtaken by trucks using the space as a
parking lot for years. Thanks to a generous grant from San Franciscans for Sports & Recre-
ation and another grant from the USTA Foundation, we started the process of resurfacing all
four courts, repairing the fencing and rebuilding the backboard.
Court resurfacing of all four courts shown in March of 2024;
due to weather the process started in 2023 and was
completed in 2024.
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Aerial view from Google Maps shows YTA
Hunters Point tennis courts before the
renovation. Two of the four courts were
being used as a parking lot, the remaining
two courts were in disarray with weeds
sprouting up and cracks throughout the
entire area.
Stay tuned for the
FULL STORY
in our 2024 Annual Report!
- FAMILY SPOTLIGHT -
uring the pandemic, Yawo and Enam
played tennis for the first time at Bushrod park
in Oakland. “We tried all the sports but for
some reason she loved tennis the most,” Yawo
told me. He bought a small tennis racquet
for her and after Enam finished school they’d
play frequently while noticing that a group
of coaches and kids would show up to the
courts everyday for tennis lessons. One day,
YTA’s Bushrod Park Site Director, Cynthia Price,
approached Yawo and asked if Enam wanted
to join YTA. “I initially said no because I didn’t
realize it was free. It looked like something
you had to pay for.” Cynthia insisted it was
free and open to any kids that wanted to play.
Soon Enam was registered and from day 1 she
“loved it.”
Yawo is originally from Togo, a country in West
Africa which Enam described as “some un-
paved roads, lots of mosquitoes, and everyone
is partying until after 1am which is after my
dad’s bedtime.” He immigrated to the United
States to attend UC Berkeley for his Masters
degree and settled in the Bay Area where he
now works at Oakland Private Industry Coun-
cil, a non-profit focused on career develop-
ment and counseling for a wide range of ages.
He works full-time, shows up to help at all the
events YTA hosts, and referees soccer games
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Youth Tennis Advantage has a unique story. It’s been around for over 50 years,
making it one of the oldest National Junior Tennis and Learning (NJTL) organizations
in the United States. It’s as multicultural as the neighborhoods it calls home.
Capturing all of what YTA means to the kids and families it supports, therefore,
isn’t easy. Last year we told our story through the perspectives of three of our
alumni. This year we tell you the YTA story from the perspective of a father,
Yawo Tekpa, and his daughter, Enam Tekpa who in many ways embody the
spirit of what YTA is about.
from 9-11 pm most nights. “It’s how I get my
workouts in,” he said with a smile, which by
the way, he’s always smiling.
Enam’s diverse day-to-day schedule did not
happen by chance, but rather by design. “I
want her to have more opportunity than I
did, to explore her own talent, and find it by
trying different things,” Yawo said. Enam is a
rising sophomore at Oakland High School and
counts robotics, learning French, Leadership
Club, anatomy class, gaming, and of course
tennis as part of her days. She reads graphic
novels, wishes she knew how to draw so she
“can create her own storylines,” and wants to
be either a voice actress or a doctor.
At YTA, “everyone knows Enam,”
as she refers to herself in the third-person
demonstrating her outgoing, sociable, and
charming personality. Since she’s one of the
older kids in the Bushrod program,
she’s seen as a leader that helps
tutor the kids and “teaches
them tennis strategies” that her
past coaches taught her.
She likes babysitting and acknowledged with
a laugh that sometimes working with kids is
“more babysitting than it is coaching.”
While YTA’s focus is its kids, it is undeniable
that it’s also a vehicle that can drive the
change many parents sacrifice so much for.
It is hard not to be a huge fan of both Yawo
and Enam. YTA thanks them both for the
energy they bring to our small but mighty
organization. Outside of the tennis
programming and academic tutoring that
YTA provides to six different sites across the
Bay Area, YTA is what it is because
of parents like Yawo and student-
athletes like Enam. We hope a
glimpse at their story inspires you
in the same ways it inspires us.
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Yawo credits YTA,
“for giving Enam the
confidence to be who
she is and because of
that confidence she
is now blooming.”
He continues,
“YTA provides a platform for
Enam to seek who she is and
shine as she is doing today.”
2023 USTA NorCal Diversity & Inclusion
ACES Awards go to Three YTA Staff!
USTA Northern California takes pride in recognizing individuals contributing
to tennis through the ACES (Awards Celebrating Excellence in Service),
celebrating players, program participants, volunteers and organizations
for their dedicated service to tennis. In 2023, three YTA staff
won an ACES award in the Diversity & Inclusion category.
Congratulations to Terry Stewart, Wing-Yan So, and Shahand Esmaeili
DIVERSITY & INCLUSION
Awarded to those driven to create an organization and tennis community
that is more inclusive. We pay tribute to those who have championed
the cause for diversity and inclusion both on and off the tennis court.
MARK MANNING ICON AWARD
SERVICE AWARD
LEADERSHIP AWARD
For outstanding
leadership and
contribution at the
national, sectional and
local levels of the USTA
for advocating,
representing and
contributing to
Diversity & Inclusion
issues and strategies.
Photo: Terry Stewart with a
YTA Leadership Team student,
Bushrod Park, Oakland
Recognition of individual,
program or organization
for a proven significant
and outstanding
leadership in the
coaching, mentoring
and/or volunteerism
in the multicultural,
LGBT and people with
disabilities tennis
communities.
Photo: Shahand Esmaili with
two YTA Juniors at a tournament
at Goldman Tennis Center,
San Francisco
Recognition of individual,
program or organization
for lifelong service and/
or groundbreaking
service and for having
made a significant impact
on the lives of others in
an organization/
program, individual and
in the multicultural,
LGBT and people with
disabilities tennis
communities.
Photo: Wing-Yan So, center,
with members of Team YTA at the
2023 Impact Team Tennis Junior
Nationals, Orlando, FL.
Q&A with YTA’s new Director of Tennis and Academic Operations and Partnerships.
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Q: Where are you from?
What was your childhood like?
A: I was born and raised in Isfahan, Iran, a very
beautiful city. My childhood was filled with
activities, sports and school, but tennis always
held a special place in my family. Many of my
most cherished childhood memories are cen-
tered around tennis.
Q: What is your academic story?
What did you study and where?
A: My kindergarten through 12th grade was
in Isfahan, Iran. In high school I chose the STEM
path to pursue engineering and followed my
passion for it all the way up to joining YTA.
Here’s my academic story in a few bullet points
after high school:
• BS in Mechanical Engineering, Isfahan, Iran
• MS in Management Engineering,
Politecnico di Milano, Italy.
• MS in International Business, Hult University,
Boston and San Francisco
• AS in Computer Science, Foothill College,
Los Altos, California
• Technology Project management
Certification, UC Berkeley Extension
Q: Who was your first tennis coach?
A: I was fortunate to have my grandfather as
my first tennis coach. I’m forever grateful to
him for introducing me to the sport. I played
year-round and in the summer my friends and
I would spend hours and hours on the courts
practicing, sometimes playing tennis on the
soccer field when the tennis courts were full.
My grandfather used to drive to my parents’
house, pick me up and drive me to the tennis
club. There, he would teach me tennis by
showing me tennis magazines and books,
followed by practice. After practice, we’d go
to dinner together and some days go swimming.
Much of what I now have as a tennis player,
coach and mentor is because of his wisdom
and unconditional love.
Q: What’s your favorite tennis memory as a child?
A: I have so many memories of tennis from my
childhood but one that stands out is when I went
to my first national tournament as part of a team
from Isfahan province. Four top players from my
hometown, accompanied by two coaches, went
to Tabriz, a city in Northern Iran, to compete with
other provinces’ best players. It was such a great
experience to represent my hometown in the tour-
nament. After a week of competition, we won the
championship and brought home the 1st place tro-
phy. We could not believe that we were the best
team in the entire country!
Q: What does the successful YTA graduate look
like to you?
A: My short answer is to be a better version of
themselves by the time they graduate high school.
We try to give them as many life-skill tools as we
can to prepare them for their next stage in life,
whether that be college or another avenue. In
addition, if we can help parents be more involved
with their kids’ journey that would be another
great success. I would love to see our students
playing some level of college tennis and ultimately
get accepted into college with fewer financial con-
cerns and burdens. But most of all we want them
to recognize their potential in life and give them
the confidence to pursue their passions.
Q: If you had a magic wand, what would you wish
to improve about YTA and how we serve kids
across the Bay Area?
A: I don’t think we need a magic wand for my
wishes for YTA and the kids in the Bay Area. We
simply need more people to support us with their
time, resources, and/or donations. If more people
learn about our students’ stories and realize how
impactful YTA is for our students and their fami-
lies, then hopefully we can get more support from
people who love YTA’s mission.
Q: You are a leader of many people (site leaders,
coaches, volunteers, etc.) that positively impact
the lives of kids on a day-to-day basis.
Who inspires you to lead and what principle(s) is
your North Star for leadership?
A: There are many people from whom I get inspi-
ration and each of YTA’s 424 students and their
smiles have a big role in that! Our long-term Head
Coaches and Site Directors have been with YTA
for many years, some for decades. I am grateful to
call them my mentors. They inspire me to do my
job to the best of my ability. Finally, our legend
and hero, Arthur Ashe. His life story inspires me
every day. I believe that as a leader, you must be
a good listener, be respectful, and be able to put
yourself into other people’s shoes to understand
their day-to-day challenges and concerns. Also, I
make sure my team knows that I am here for them,
to support them and be a resource for them to
continue to improve and excel at their positions.
Q: What excites you the most about YTA?
A: When I started working as a tennis coach for
YTA in 2018, I fell in love with its mission to close
opportunity gaps by providing free tennis coach-
ing, academic tutoring, and life skills programs.
I quickly realized how exciting and beautiful it is
to develop student-athletes, especially those that
are under-resourced, into better versions of them-
selves. Also, since YTA is spread across the Bay
Area, our community across the six sites is a mul-
ticultural one and that is exciting to me given the
international upbringing I experienced. The pos-
itive impact YTA already makes and the potential
for even greater impact over the coming years mo-
tivates me to elevate our students’ even further.
Shahand, left, with his
grandfather and brother.
ACADEMICS
— THE NJTL ESSAY, A YTA TRADITION —
Every year the USTA Foundation holds an essay contest specifically for NJTL chapters nationwide
in which more than 300 organizations like YTA participate. A national winner for each gender/age
category (10x categories total) is selected. While the national contest is happening, we hold a
simultaneous contest where we select our own YTA winner for each gender/age category.
We call this our “internal essay contest.”
PROMPT:
“No matter what accomplishments you make, someone helped you.”—Althea Gibson
In this quote, Althea asks us to think about the people that supported your achievements.
In your own words, what does this quote mean? Who from your NJTL chapter helped you,
how did they help you, and what impact has this made on your tennis skill and/or life?
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900
59
EDUCATIONAL
PROGRAMMING
HOURS
100%
OF GRADUATING
SENIORS WENT ON
TO COLLEGE OR
SPECIALIZED
TRADE SCHOOL
NJTL ESSAYS
ENTERED IN
NATIONAL
COMPETITION
“Thanks to Wing Yan, I have learned
so much, made strong friendships,
and created memories that will last
my lifetime. Wing Yan’s faith in me
changed not just my tennis career,
but my life forever.”
— Neel, 17
YTA Essay Contest Winner
“…the most important people
who have helped me in my
accomplishments to date are
my parents, coaches, and the
people at YTA, and I love and
appreciate them with all my heart.”
— Anthony, 16
“I’ve had lots of support from a variety of
different people within my NJTL chapter,
from coaches to tutors. Coaches have taught
me how to build good relationships with
others and that sportsmanship is not only
something that can be used during tennis
but it’s also something that can be used
throughout my everyday life. With regards
to life skills, I find self advocacy to be at
the top of my list. Without this skill I
wouldn’t be the student I am today.”
— Eman, 17
YTA Essay Contest Winner
“YTA and its people
have helped me so
much on and off the
court and I hope to,
when I grow older,
to work or volunteer
for it.”
— Dhruv, 12
“I now look forward to things
that challenge me, and I have
Cynthia to thank for that.
Her lessons guided me to
achieving my goals and making
better decisions to grow. I would
not be the person I am today
without the help from my mentor
Cynthia Price.”
— Jade, 15
YTA Essay Contest Winner
“At YTA, there is always a “school
comes before tennis” approach that
encourages players to focus on their
academics (for example, if you feel over-
whelmed with schoolwork one day, it’s
ok to take a day off practice)….
if I hadn’t had the support from YTA,
I would not be where I am today, both \
in tennis and academically.”
— Oliver, 16
YTA Essay Contest Winner
“The coaches and
people at YTA who
helped me have en-
couraged me to give
back to others. I hope
to use the skills I have
learned to one day
inspire and instill that
same passion in peo-
ple to learn tennis or
other things, volunteer
to teach others what I
have learned, and to
help the world become
a better place.”
— Amias, 14
YTA Essay Contest Winner
“In tennis, sports and in life,
I will have to go through a lot
of failure to be successful.
I will remember what Shahand
has taught me. He has helped
me understand things in life
and in tennis. When I win
the U.S. Open, I’ll remember
Coach Shahand’s help along
the way. It’s just a game. It’s ok
to make mistakes because you
can learn from them.”
— Brayden, 10
YTA Essay Contest Winner
Russell & Lee Flynn College Scholarship Recipients
Youth Tennis Advantage proudly launched The Russell and Lee Flynn College Scholarship in 2019.
The Scholarship was named for Russ and Lee Flynn to honor their history of extraordinary service
and support of YTA. A scholarship is presented to up to four YTA students annually to further
their education at an accredited community college, college, or university to
help minimize the amount of student loan debt needed to pursue a degree.
UC BERKELEY
Bachelor of Science,
Integrative Human Biology with
a minor in Russian Culture (Photo
shown with Arina and her mother)
UC BERKELEY
Bachelor of Arts,
Psychology
SAN JOSE STATE
UNIVERSITY
Bachelor of Science,
Nursing
— 2023 RECIPIENTS —
Gideon
UNIVERSITY OF
SAN FRANCISCO,
12 YEARS
WITH YTA
Matthew
CITY COLLEGE OF
SAN FRANCISCO,
8 YEARS
WITH YTA
Virginia
UC SAN DIEGO,
9 YEARS
WITH YTA
Ava
UC BERKELEY
5 YEARS WITH YTA
Benjamin
PILOT SCHOOL,
12 YEARS WITH YTA
— 2022 RECIPIENTS —
Jasraj
BERKELEY
CITY COLLEGE
Micheel
BERKELEY
CITY COLLEGE
Makda
BERKELEY
CITY COLLEGE
Rahanna
CORNELL UNIVERSITY
— 2021 RECIPIENTS —
— 2020 RECIPIENTS —
YTA Alumni
Class of 2023 College Gradulates
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Andrea
UC BERKELEY
Jaskaran
CAL POLY,
SAN LUIS OBISPO
Aicha
CLAREMONT
MCKENNA COLLEGE
Chloe
UNIVERSITY OF
SAN FRANCISCO
William
UC SANTA CRUZ
Fidela
PARSONS SCHOOL
OF DESIGN
Class of 2023 High School Gradulates &
Shout out to Matthew and Virginia,
awarded the USTA Foundation’s
Nora McNeely Hurley Leadership Scholarship
Each year we present the Arthur Ashe Award of Excellence to an extraordinary member
of our community who has made significant contributions to youth in the Bay Area.
Our 2023 Arthur Ashe Award of Excellence goes to:
The award was presented to their Executive Director, Seth Socolow, during the grand
re-opening of our Hunters Point tennis courts, aptly renamed the Arthur Ashe Tennis
Center. The courts were resurfaced in large part due to a generous grant from SFFSR.
On behalf of us all, thank you SFFSR for your tireless dedication to community tennis and for
your leadership and support in the resurfacing of the Bayview Hunters Point tennis courts.
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ARTHUR ASHE AWARD
— PAST ARTHUR ASHE AWARD OF EXCELLENCE WINNERS —
2023 San Franciscans for
Sports & Recreation
2022 Terry Stewart
2021 No award given
2020 Kurt Streeter
2019 Kat Taylor
2018 Todd Martin
2017 Charlie Hoeveler
2016 Bob Kaliski
2015 Bay Club SF Tennis
2014 Robert L. Sockolov
2013 Russell Flynn
2012 No award given
2011 John “Sandy” Walker
2010 Bruce Bodaken
2009 Frank “Buz” Walters
2008 Tom Steyer
2007 Richard Goldman
2006 Dick and Anne Gould
2005 Barry MacKay
2004 L. Jay Tenenbaum
2003 Ed Osgood
2002 Myron DuBain
2001 Red Fay
2000 Tad Taube
1999 Venus Williams
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SFFSR Executive Director
Seth Socolow (center),
with Board Members
Anthony Giles and Nikhil Desai
— 2023 DONOR LIST —
$25,000+
William K. Bowes, Jr.
Foundation
JP Morgan Chase Bank
Sara, Amy, and Laura Flynn
Robert S. & Helen P.
Odell Fund
Charles and Helen Schwab
Foundation
John & Kathleen Sweazey
Foundation
Kat Taylor & Tom Steyer
USTA Foundation
$10,000 - $24,999
Anonymous
Bruce Bodaken
Jim Connelly & Anne
MacKenzie
Lee Flynn
Sara Flynn & Donald Libbey
Lisa & Douglas Goldman
Foundation
Matthew Kelly Family
Foundation
Koret Foundation
Olympic Club Foundation
William & Dewey Rosetti
Scott & Shannon Sieckert
Mike Skinner & Ali Tso
Andrew Spokes
Kay & Sandy Walker
Peter & Fionnuala Wright
$5,000 - $9,999
Mike Delagnes
Dick’s Sporting Goods Foun-
dation
The Feibusch Foundation
Pfizer
Harbor Point Charitable
Foundation
Soto Krevvatas Designated
Fund
Karla Lovett
Howard & June Park
$1,000 - $4,999
Anonymous
Andrea Barnes
Carl Bass
Berkeley Tennis Club Foundation
Genevieve & Andrew Biggs
Tony & Ellen Chan
Ryan Clark
Kit Codik
Jane A. Cook
Geoff & Connie Cykman
William Dagley
Eric Davidson
Caroline Doyle
Chris Dressel
Paul Fay, III & Laura Fay
First Republic Bank
Diana & Mel Haas
Jeffery Jue
Carl Kawaja & Wendy Holcombe
The Raymond & Joanne Lin
Foundation
Gordon Lundy
Amy & Hardy Nickerson
O’Malley Family Charitable
Foundation
Rogers Family Fund at the
East Bay Community Foun-
dation
Stacy Savides
Speramus Foundation
Jon Streeter
Teachers Housing Cooperative
Shelly Thigpen
Robert Van Malder
Calvin Wong
$500 - $999
Marie Allman
Evelyn Armstrong
James Baum
Benevity
Courtney Benham
David Chang
Lisa Chapman
Julie Christy
Ginny Conner
Martha Ehrenfeld & Carla
McKay
Julie Feldstein
Fremder Charitable Fund
Haas Sports Business Club
Charlie & Jan Hoeveler
Paul Intrevado
Abiah Karthauser
Brian Keil
Sheryl Kline
Scott Kohler
Metta Krach
Gordon Lum
Arndt & Sonja Lutz
John Marlow
Dalynn May
Clare Moran
Barrie Bulmore Ornstil
Julie Parrish
Michael Schrag and Andrea
Franchett
Michael Stuppin & Frances Lee
Helen Jinying Su
Tiburon Peninsula Club
Todd Traina
Karen Varnhagen
Lara Witter
Alejandro Zaffaroni
Up to $499
Anonymous
AmazonSmile Foundation
Barrett Baskin
Benevity Funds
Mike Bieraugel
Cindy Cesare
Chew Family Benevolent
Association
Weyman & Helen Chun
Nancy Friedman
Anne & Dick Gould
Angela Hendy
Skip & Chloe Hewlett
Maxwell Ho
Jason Family Foundation
Cynthia Franks
Don Johnson
Jill Lauren
Peter Lynch
Mike Milstein
Daniel Mogulof
Daniel Morkovine
Guy Needham
Network for Good
Ryan Pan
Joseph Payne
Hillary Phu
Ben Quazzo
Rena Rosenwasser
Robert Sasaki
Larry Scott
Lucas da Silveira
Stephen Stefanki
John J. Stephens
Sam Stone
Alvin Tong & Maggie He
Thai Tu
David Tyler
Universal Tennis Foundation
Lindsay Wagner & Terry Lederer
Brenda Watts
Ray Yep
Gabrielle Zadra & H. Mark Wild
THANK YOU
THANK YOU to all of our donors for being part of YTA, and recognizing how essential our
programs are for the resilience of youth in our community.
Together we are helping them persevere and continue reaching for their dreams.
— BOARD OF DIRECTORS —
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Michael Skinner
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Peter Wright
President
John Sweazey
Vice President
Scott Sieckert
Treasurer
Sara Flynn
Secretary
Lucas da Silveira
Chief of Staff
Jim Connelly
Christine Costamagna
Mike Delagnes
Caroline Doyle
Paul Fay, III
Ilya Gendelman
Everett “Skip” Hewlett, Jr.
Karla Lovett
Peter Lynch
Amy Nickerson
Hillary Phu
William Rosetti
Jon Streeter
Shelly Thigpen
John C. “Sandy” Walker
ADVISORY COUNCIL
Dick Barker
Andrea Barnes
Lauren Barnikow
Andrew Biggs
Bruce Bodaken
Roy Bukstein
Jane Cook
Geoff Cykman
Andy Dreyfus
Lee Flynn
Catherine Fogelman
Lisa Goldman
Charlie Hoeveler
Justin Hoeveler
Steve Jackson
Robert Kaliski
Mike Milstein
Howard Park
Robert Sockolov
Andrew Spokes
Tom Steyer
Tad Taube
Kathryn Taylor
Todd Traina
Robert Van Malder
IN MEMORY OF
Arthur Ashe
Paul “Red” Fay, Jr.
Russ Flynn
Barry McKay
We are so grateful for the support of our community. These are some of the amazing in-kind
donors that have partnered with YTA to support underserved youth in our community.
— TOGETHER WE ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE —
CALIFORNIA TENNIS CLUB • CARMEL VALLEY TENNIS CAMP • BERKELEY TENNIS CLUB
USF • CAL • FLYNN FAMILY • SAN FRANCISCO HOUSING AUTHORITY
RICHMOND COMMUNITY SERVICE DEPARTMENT • WILLIE MAYS BOYS & GIRLS CLUB
SAN FRANCISCO TENNIS COALITION * USTA NORCAL • USTA FOUNDATION
TENNIS WAREHOUSE • CITY OF OAKLAND PARKS & RECREATION
SAN FRANCISCO RECREATION & PARKS • WINWARD ACADEMY
The YTA Board of Directors – They are humble, hardworking, generous, and wise.
In 2023 we were able to grow the board with even more diverse and enthusiastic members dedicated to helping YTA
do more for under-resourced Bay Area youth. YTA is beyond fortunate for their leadership, guidance, and commitment.
Every effort has been made to
list donors accurately. We apologize if
we inadvertently omitted or presented
your name incorrectly. Please email
info@youthtennisadvantage.org
to let us know.
COMMUNITY
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The Berkeley Tennis Club
and their Foundation
have been long-time supporters of YTA, and this
year, they went a step further by donating the
use of their beautiful, iconic tennis club to host
our Big Hitters pro/am event. It was all-hands-
on-deck on a very cloudy, potentially rainy Sat-
urday morning in December, as volunteers and
staff began squeegeeing the courts and setting
up. By the time the players arrived everything
was ready to go!
The day was a true community effort, with the
collaboration between the Berkeley Tennis Club
staff, YTA volunteers, and the always impressive
Cal Men’s and Women’s Tennis teams making for
a remarkable and fun-filled day of tennis. Even
the weather played along—the rain stopped
just as the event began and resumed only as we
wrapped up!
BIG HITTERS