Meet the Dream Makers

Meet Our Board
Kristi Yamaguchi, Founder, Head Dream Maker
Kristi is a wife, mother, Olympic Gold Medalist, author and philanthropist. “All the athletic glory and honors are wonderful. But sometimes I come face-to-face with a disadvantaged child or with a struggling mother or father, and I am grateful for my gifts. And I rededicate myself to doing whatever I can to help someone in need. The good feeling I get rivals anything I felt on the Olympic stand in Albertville.”
Favorite children’s book: E.B. White’s “Charlotte’s Web”
The Always Dream Team
Executive Director aarika@alwaysdream.org
Development & Marketing Director michelle@alwaysdream.org
Co-Founder dean@alwaysdream.org
Partners
Always Dream is fortunate to have a variety of dedicated individuals, community-minded corporations and foundations that share our deep commitment around early childhood literacy. We are grateful to work in such great company and appreciate their support, which allows us to serve more students in need.
Dream Maker's Council
($20,000 and above)
- #StartSmall
- Alaska Airlines
- Brandenburg Family Foundation
- Dignity Health
- Fremont Bank Foundation
- Fujisaka Family Charitable Fund
- GoDaddy
- Kosasa Foundation
- Kristi Yamaguchi & Bret Hedican
- Lonny & Nadyne Orona Family Foundation
- Mark and Lisa McCaffrey
- Quest Foundation
- Richard Barker
- Tomonori and Sakiko Tani
Leadership Council
($19,999 to $10,000)
- AAA Northern California, Nevada, Utah
- Anonymous Donor Advised Fund*
- Atherton Family Foundation
- Buck Gee
- Chad Heaton & Meghan Cress
- Clint and Janet Reilly
- Daniel Springer*
- Dean & Margaret Lesher Foundation
- Dorothy Kaplan
- First Hawaiian Bank Foundation
- Fremont Bank
- Good Bear and Co. Charitable Fund*
- Jeffrey and Winnie Ting
- Jennifer and Edward Lee
- John Ramsbacher & Robert Berry
- Jonathan and Rae Corr Family Foundation
- Kara Okamoto
- Linda Lester
- The Tsuha Hawaii Aloha Fund
- US Figure Skating Association
Ambassadors
($9,999 to $5,000)
- Aimee Eng & Daniel Chai
- AT&T
- Casey and Bill Johnson
- Cathy and Roy Yih
- Dr. Ashit and Monisha Jain
- First Republic Bank
- Golden State Warriors
- Jan Yanehiro
- John and Allison Lyles Fund
- Louise Ing & Michael Sitch
- Minami Tamaki LLP
- Milton Chen and Ruth Cox
- Patricia Hart
- Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
- Provident Credit Union
- Raymond and Joanna Lin Foundation
- Sunset Development