READING PARTNERS 2013-14

ANNUAL REPORT readingpartners

DEAR FRIENDS,This past year at Reading Partners was marked by a commitment to service and unprecedented success. Our reach and impact are greater than ever, having mobilized 12,000 volunteers to improve the literacy skills of more than 7,200 students. As I reflect on our accomplishments, I admire and appreciate the work of our reading partners—volunteers, donors, board members, AmeriCorps members, school and community partners, and staff. We are changing children’s lives through the power of reading because of you.

Service continues to be an integral part of the Reading Partners experience. From our site coordinators working with volunteers and students in low-income schools across the country to our volunteer coordinators who set out to recruit tutors, Reading Partners AmeriCorps members are committed to equipping students with the literacy skills necessary to become active, engaged, and successful members of society. As we continue to expand our reach throughout the country, our dedicated AmeriCorps members remain crucial to the experience of our students and volunteers.

Though we have always enjoyed incredible success with our students, thanks to the support of the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation’s Social Innovation

Fund grant, this year MDRC, a nonprofit, nonpartisan education and social policy research firm, published a study of our program. This study found that Reading Partners has a positive and statistically significant impact on reading comprehension, reading fluency, and sight-word reading. Progress monitoring assessments show that students engaged in our program more than double their rate of learning. We are encouraged and invigorated by these findings and continue to strive toward even greater achievements for our students.

We are deeply grateful for the investments made by our generous donors. As we continue to expand our impact to create change, not only for students, but also for schools and communities, I hope our supporters are as energized as I am, knowing that together we are generating lasting change for thousands of kids every year. Together, we are building a movement motivated by unlocking every child’s potential.

Michael LombardoCEO

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A LETTER FROM THE CEO

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7,200 STUDENTS SERVED

247,50012,000

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VOLUNTEER READING PARTNERS

METRO AREAS

PARTNER SCHOOLS

HOURS OF VOLUNTEER SERVICE DONATED

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BETH & XAVIERWhen Beth’s boss forwarded her an email about tutoring with Reading Partners, she immediately knew she wanted to be involved. She had always wanted to be a reading tutor, and she jumped at the opportunity to work with Reading Partners at McClure Elementary School in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Beth’s first impression of Xavier was that he was shy and the “cutest [kid] I’ve ever seen in my life.” When Xavier and Beth first started their partnership, Xavier was a year behind in his reading. Xavier read very slowly and had a difficult time sounding out words. Over the past year and a half, Xavier has improved in all aspects of his reading—from sounding out words to general fluency to his overall confidence in his own reading ability.

This year, Xavier’s biggest challenge was participating in his school’s winter reading recital, where each Reading Partners student would read a page of Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Xavier’s page included dialogue and required, as Beth describes it, “quite a bit of inflection.” Beth knew his biggest hurdles would be both his speed and projecting his voice so that the entire audience could hear him.

To practice both speed and projection, Beth and Xavier made a game out of the process: setting an

egg timer and seeing how far Xavier could get in the passage before time ran out. Once Xavier was comfortable with his speed, Beth had him move farther and farther away from her as he read—eventually, he was reading his page to her from across the room! The recital was a resounding success, and Beth and Xavier were both able to

celebrate his progress and achievements.

Over the past 18 months, Beth has been an integral part of unlocking Xavier’s reading potential. Xavier tested at one year behind his grade level when he began Reading Partners.

After one year of tutoring, he was just four months behind! When asked about her experience with our program, Beth remarked, “Without a doubt, Reading Partners is the most rewarding thing I’ve ever done in my life.”

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“ Without a doubt, Reading Partners is the most rewarding thing I’ve ever done in my life.”

UNLOCKING OPPOrTUNiTY

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89% OF TARGET STUDENTS increased their monthly rates of literacy learning

72% OF TARGET STUDENTS narrowed their literacy gap with peers who read at grade level

92% OF PRINCIPALS reported schoolwide improved reading progress

BEFORE READING PARTNERS

STUDENTS MORE THAN DOUBLED THEIR RATE OF LEARNING for every month enrolled in Reading Partners

WITH READING PARTNERS

SPOTLIGHT ON INNOVATIONReading Partners was invited to the first-ever What Works Showcase at the White House, hosted by the Corporation for National and

Community Service and the Social Innovation Fund. We appreciated being selected as one of 10 high-impact national organizations with proven, innovative solutions to address some of our country’s most

critical social challenges. Nathan, a fourth-grader at Wheatley Education Campus in Washington, DC, and Josh, an AmeriCorps member and second-year site coordinator, took the stage together to demonstrate the fundamentals of our program. One event attendee commented, “I knew what Reading Partners was, but seeing it in action was so amazing.”

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MOBILIZING COMMUNiTiES

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AMERICORPS 20TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

This year marked the 20th anniversary of AmeriCorps and our 300+ members turned out to celebrate. From The Presidio of San Francisco to the South Lawn of the

White House, our members stood side by side with their peers, AmeriCorps alumni, policy makers, and more to commemorate service. Joined by President Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton, our AmeriCorps members had the unique opportunity to visualize this generation’s commitment to service and the impact AmeriCorps members have across the country. Former President Clinton remarked, “To my last day on Earth, I will be grateful that I had a chance to start AmeriCorps.” We, too, are grateful for AmeriCorps and its commitment to being a true Reading Partner.

PARTNERING WITH THE CITY: THIRD GRADE READS IN BALTIMOREBaltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake has united with Reading Partners to increase literacy rates for kids in Baltimore. Thanks to an executive order that encourages city employees to volunteer up to two hours a week while still being paid, employees of the City of Baltimore have contributed over 400 hours of tutoring in local schools. In addition to this direct service, the Baltimore City Parking Authority organized a book drive that collected over 2,400 books that were delivered by city employees straight to Reading Partners locations throughout the city. We are inspired by the support of Mayor Rawlings-Blake and are hopeful that her leadership will encourage influential members of Reading Partners communities to join forces in the efforts to unlock every child’s potential through the power of reading.

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EXPANDING wHAT WORKS

PROVEN RESULTSMDRC, a nonprofit, nonpartisan education and social policy research firm, conducted a rigorous, randomized control trial (RCT) of Reading Partners in 19 schools across three states, involving more than

1,200 second- to fifth-graders. The evaluators found not only that Reading Partners’ program has a positive and statistically significant impact on student reading proficiency, but also that our program is effective for a diverse population of students. The findings

of this study are so encouraging that both Education Week and The New York Times highlighted the results of the study, with The New York Times identifying Reading Partners as “an untapped force in the fight for literacy.”

Reading Partners [is] “an untapped force in the fight for literacy.”

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GROWING OUR IMPACTOur MDRC evaluation results provide evidence that Reading Partners made a significant difference for the 7,200 students we served last year. We know,

however, that 9 million low-income students across the country are struggling with reading. To address this need, Reading Partners’ strategic plan is focused on broadening our impact to make a measurable difference in childhood literacy rates in the United States. We are committed to increasing the number

of students served, deepening our partnerships with school districts, innovating to test new programs, and launching new policy initiatives. These efforts will position Reading Partners to lead the charge in helping to ensure

that the 9 million students who are not proficient in reading have the support they need to succeed in school and life.

Nine million low-income students across the country are struggling with reading.

FINANCIALS FOR JULY 1, 2013–JUNE 30, 2014

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fiNANCES

Program Services $14,805,779 79%Management & General $2,067,653 11%Fundraising $1,953,058 10%Total $18,826,491 100%

Net Income $1,186,292

Foundation Grants $9,669,324 48%Government Contracts/Grants $3,991,712 20%Fee for Service $2,527,697 13%In-kind Donations $1,652,815 8%Individual Contributions $1,480,314 7%Corporate Gifts/Grants $548,588 2%Events $119,481 1%Investments & Other $22,852 <1%Total $20,012,783 100%

Statement of Financial PositionJune 30, 2014 June 30, 2013

Current Assets $4,936,923 $2,915,676 Fixed Assets $589,922 $368,912 Other Assets $387,029 $1,123,276 Total Assets $5,913,874 $4,407,864

Current Liabilities $1,330,031 $1,150,683 Equity $4,583,843 $3,257,181 Total Liabilities & Equity $5,913,874 $4,407,864

Income

Expenses

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$2,000,000+Edna McConnell Clark

Foundation True North Fund* (including funds from the Social Innovation Fund administered by the Corporation for National and Community Service)

$1,000,000–$1,999,999George Kaiser Family

Foundation*Co-Investors in the EMCF True

North Fund (Donor Advised Funds of the National Philanthropic Trust and the Tulsa Community Foundation)

Mile High United Way Early Literacy Social Innovation Fund*

$500,000–$999,999Sobrato Family Foundation*Tipping Point Community

$250,000–$499,999Deerbrook Charitable TrustMorgan Family Foundation*Charles and Lynn Schusterman

Family Foundation*Target CorporationThe Harry and Jeanette

Weinberg Foundation, Inc.*Weingart Foundation*

$100,000–$249,999Boone Family Foundation*Stasia Obremskey and Dan

CarrollS. H. Cowell Foundation*Cathy Cockrum Dean and

Sandy DeanFocusing PhilanthropyCathy and Larry GilsonHorace W. Goldsmith

FoundationThe Heckscher Foundation for

ChildrenLobeck Taylor Family

Foundation*Meadows FoundationJay K. Paul*Pearson Charitable FoundationThe Pinkerton FoundationRobin Hood FoundationSheila Head’s Hawaiian

TransportMay & Stanley Smith Charitable

Trust*The Aaron and Lillie Straus

Foundation, Inc.*Tiger FoundationWells Fargo FoundationThe George & Fay Young

Foundation

$50,000–$99,999The Abell FoundationAnonymous (2)Greatwood Cale Family

Charitable Fund

Serena ConnellyMargaret Deterding Fund of the

Sacramento Region Community Foundation

Duke EndowmentDaniels FundThe Franklin and Catherine

Johnson Foundation*Ted MacDonaldRalph M. Parsons FoundationPeery Family FundPiton FoundationKenneth Rainin FoundationRose Community Foundation*Severns Family FoundationSimmons Family FundThe W.L.S. Spencer

Foundation*Trident United WayUnited Way of Metropolitan

DallasWarriors Community

FoundationHelen and Wilton Webster

Foundation

$25,000–$49,999Aegon Transamerica

FoundationAnonymous (4)The Anschutz FoundationAtlassianWilliam Bingham FoundationBothin FoundationCharleston Promise

Neighborhood

Children and Family Legacy Fund

Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina

Michael J. Connell Foundation DC Office of the State

Superintendent of EducationSharon Meers and Steve

DostartEast Bay Community

FoundationLaura and Walter Elcock and

their Family FoundationEsping Family FoundationStephanie Cohen and Erik

GloverLisa and Douglas Goldman

FundThe Green FoundationWalter and Elise Haas FundHackman Capital PartnersDavid and Barbara B.

Hirschhorn Foundation*Horning Family FundJimmie Johnson FoundationJPMorgan Chase FoundationKilroy Realty CorporationLatham & Watkins LLPThe J. Willard and Alice S.

Marriott FoundationAnne PopkinThe Lisa and John Pritzker

Family Fund*Quest FoundationRice-Cameron Family

Foundation

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Reading Partners is deeply grateful for our generous supporters. The following supporters gave between July 1, 2013, and June 30, 2014. *Indicates the full value of a multi-year commitment.

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The Elizabeth T. Robinson FundGeorge H. Sandy FoundationSolid Rock FoundationJoyce StupskiUnion Bank of CaliforniaThe United Way of Central

MarylandThe Walther FoundationThe Washington Post Charities, a

McCormick Foundation FundWright Family FoundationYahoo! Employee FoundationZendesk

$10,000–$24,999The Achelis FoundationLily Auchincloss FoundationBank of the WestLouis L. Borick FoundationSapna and Brandon BozeJohn W. Carson Foundation, Inc.Change Happens FoundationCity National BankCity of North CharlestonThe Clark Charitable

FoundationThe Clorox Company

FoundationCrail-Johnson FoundationDeutsche Bank Americas

FoundationDwight Stuart Youth FundeHealth InsuranceJames J. and Sue Femino

FoundationFleishhacker FoundationFors Family FoundationThe Sharna & Irvin Frank

FoundationKaren Watson and Richard

GershenWilliam G. Gilmore FoundationThe David B. Gold FoundationGoldman Sachs Matching GiftsThe Gores FoundationGrousbeck Family FoundationThe Hoglund FoundationHomestead FoundationM.R. and Evelyn Hudson

FoundationThe Hyde and Watson

FoundationCarli and Eli Khouri

Dorothy LazierDiana and Derek LidowThe Thomas J. Long FoundationDustin MarshallMcCamy Family Fund of the

Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta

Eugene & Agnes E. Meyer Foundation

Michael Michelson FundLibby Smiley and Ravi PaidipatyTherese O’Neill Peters and Elliot

PetersJames O. and Harriet P. Rigney

Endowment of Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina

Lisa and Ian SchapiroLeo M. Shortino Family

FoundationHarold Simmons FoundationSyzygy FoundationTexas InstrumentsThe Alvin and Fanny B.

Thalheimer Foundation*The Venable FoundationThe Connie Burwell White and

William W. White FoundationWillkie, Farr & Gallagher, LLP

Greater DC Community Foundation

M.B. & Edna Zale FoundationZynga

$5,000–$9,999The AGB FundAsawari and Ashutosh AgrawalAnonymousRobert & Toni Bader Charitable

FoundationBakker Family Fund of Coastal

Community Foundation of South Carolina

The Summerfield Baldwin Jr Foundation

Matthew BaldwinBayside Covenant ChurchThe Blackbaud FundBlue Oak Group, LLCThe Barry Bonds Family

FoundationBP America Inc.A.L. Chilton Foundation

Clay Foundation-WestGale Mondry and Bruce CohenComerica Charitable

FoundationCostco Wholesale CorporationCostello Family FoundationThe Lois Lenski Covey

FoundationThomas DawsonMary and Thomas DeMundErnst & YoungFarallon Capital Management,

LLCLareina Yee and Bert GallenoKatherine Boone and Joshua

GeltzerGiants Community FundShannon and Sam GillilandBrittany Bagley and David

GliklichGolden 1 Credit UnionHaldeman Family FoundationGeorge HamelMimi and Richard HoustounIMA FoundationJones DayKen and Judith Joy Family

FoundationKaiser PermanenteKelly FoundationStephanie and Charles KnowlesBob and Jackie Lane Family

Endowment of Coastal Community Foundation

The Stanley S. Langendorf Foundation

Dean & Margaret Lesher Foundation

Lothmann Family Fund of Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina

Nancy and Torstein LundMelissa MagnerPhil MahoneyKatie and George MarkovMarsh-Levin Family Fund of the

Sacramento Region Community Foundation

Kim and John MartinezSam Mazza FoundationCharles Kenny McClatchy

Memorial Fund of the Sacramento Region

Community FoundationMcMurtry Family FoundationChloe McNerneyJeannie and Robert

MusslewhiteRitu and Amrit NagpalThe New Yankee Stadium

Community Benefits Fund, Inc.Henry E. Niles FoundationOakland Athletics Community

FundONEOK, Inc.PricewaterhouseCoopersAndrea and John RiceRMLow FoundationRocky Mountain Active 20-30

Children’s FoundationMonette Dawson and Marty

Rodgers Ronald McDonald House

Charities Northern CaliforniaLissa RosenthalSacramento Bee Book of

Dreams Fund of the Sacramento Region Community Foundation

Charles and Mildred Schnurmacher Foundation

Kunal ShahBarbara K. and M. Sigmund

ShapiroAmy SilverAli and Brad SingerStaci and R. James SlaughterRichard Spees Jr.Laura and Greg SpivyCathy and Sean Stannard-

StocktonRichard StarMary and Mark StevensSutter HealthGary SymanVenoco, IncKatherine and John WelchCourtney and Jake WelchLisa and Greg WendtWorld Bank Community

Connections FundWPX EnergyHenry & Sylvia Yaschik

FoundationMargery Yeager Charitable

Giving

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$1,000–$4,999Abacus Jaspers ManagementAckley-Salvatierra Charitable

Giving FundNathan and Marlene

Addlestone FoundationThe Advisory Board CompanyReena and Raj AgrawalNancy and Greg AnnickAnonymous (6)Apothecary Health SolutionsKatherine August-deWildeMorgan BaleBank of SacramentoBank of America Merrill LynchKelly BarlowBarnes & Noble BooksellersPam Henderson and Peter

BarryRandi and Nathan BeckerJanine and Amerish BeraDavid BergThe Lowell Berry FoundationBhava CommunicationsRyan BirtwellBrae BlackleyThe Boomerang ProjectCecilia and Garrett BooneAndrea and Chris BorchKristyn Klei Borrero and Noah

BorreroBrickyard Berridge FundJenny Redo and Kevin BrownWilliam BrowningKen and Rebecca Wolfson

Bruder Philanthropic Fund of the Dallas Jewish Community Foundation

George W. Bullen Esq. Memorial Fund of the Sacramento Region Community Foundation

Andrea BurkeNathan B. and Florence R. Burt

FoundationHarman Cain Family FoundationJean Driscoll and Peter CalthorpeCapitol Hill Community

FoundationMrs. Helene Getz and Dr.

Michael L. Carlin Ruth and Michael CashionSusan and James Cavalieri

John ChalstyLaura Jehl and Michael CiceroAllison and Eli CohenCaretha and Ken ColemanColgate-Palmolive CompanyCollins Family FoundationCommunities Foundation of

TexasCravath, Swaine & Moore LLPBarbara CrossanAllison and Michael DelmanJessica and Matthew DenecourLori and Raymond DePoleYvonne and Michael DerseKathryn & GP DiminichLinda DonovanSean DuffyLindsay and Terry EakinEmerson Process ManagementEMIKA FundDiane and Richard EvansMelinda and William D. Evers, Jr.The Exchange Club of

CharlestonExxon Mobil CorporationGary FenderBill FinkElizabeth and Dr. Humberto

GallenoJill and Derek GarvensKathleen and Paul GaynorThe Carl Gellert & Celia Berta

Gellert FoundationGibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLPBrittany Bagley and David

GliklichIsabelle and Gabe GoldNancy GonzalezCatherine and William GoodrumJoy Leach and Richard GoodsteinGoogleGot Milk?The Grace FoundationJoAnn Ward and Christopher

GravesGreat Divide Brewing CompanyKecia and Jim GreenhoShelly Lazarus and Ned

GrossmanTyrone HanlanLauren HanrahanAmy and Bill HarleyHannette Allen

Elizabeth HartVal HaskellHazel’s Hot ShotClara H. HeinsohnSabrina and Marco HellmanThe Pete and Rebecca Helme

FundPatricia HendersonThe Manny and Cecile

Hernandez Charitable Foundation

John K. HoskinsonWilliam Gano Houstoun

FoundationLeslie and George HumeIMF Matching GiftsInfineraInnisfree Investments, LLCIntuit FoundationJackson National Community

FundAllison JacksonJeanne and Joseph JehlMimi Johnson-JacobsMichael and Jordan KahnMarty KaplanDanny KarubianJohn KekerDavid KimPatricia L. Kimball Endowment

Fund at Shasta Regional Community Foundation

John KingKKR - MP Charitable Gift FundKaren Sulzberger and Eric LaxLisa LazarusAmy LazarusTed LegaseyMichael LiouAlicia Nogales and Greg LittleMary and George MansfieldDebra MarshallCathleen MasseyThe James and Susan McClatchy

Fund of the Sacramento Region Community Foundation

Paul M. McManusBruce MendelsohnKathrine M. Milam & James H.

Milam Family CharitiesSarah Almy and Gus MooreAnna and Mason MorfitMorgan Stanley Foundation

Ann MorricalKatherine MorrisSarah MorrisonWilliam MorrisonNAIOP Silicon Valley ChapterNational Cathedral SchoolNancy and Christopher NelleNorth Charleston Breakfast

Rotary ClubMeagan and Dan NyeLoraine and Terrence O’NeillThe Odell-Kemp FundParnia PajandPanwy FoundationF. Richard PappasKristin and Dhruv PatederKrutika and Rajiv PatelPatxi’s PizzaThe Pellegrini FamilyLynn PhillipsDiane L. Mooney and Frank

PietrantonioPineapple ProductionsLindsay and Alex Ramsay

FoundationRandom Acts of Halloween, Inc.Michael RawlingsJoan Karlin and Paul ResnickThe Cleaves and Mae Rhea

FoundationJane and Kirk RimerMargot and Scott RitchieElise RosenbergRotary Foundation of

Washington DCRuthie’s Rolling CafeDonna and Robert RyanDonna De Santis BuoymasterSAPKatie Albright and Jake SchatzRita O’Connor and Ted SchellDemi and Fred SeguritanKevin ShannonSierra Health FoundationSierra SlettvetLaura and Russell SmithRussell J. SmithDoenda and Donald SmithDon SoiferMadeline and Isaac SteinJon SteinbergMary and Dave StevensAnne Stewart

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Stacey and Ray ThalMonica Moore ThompsonTracy Family FoundationPatrick TracyJanet TraubUmpqua BankUnion Bank Matching GiftsHarvey and Leslie Wagner

FoundationAnn and John WeissenbachWells Fargo Capital FinanceWilliams Family FoundationJennifer and Sandy WilliamsYamilee Bermingham and

Douglas WinthropThe Randall A. Wolf Family

FoundationWomack Machine Supply

CompanyJane WuMegan Pickett and Charles

WymanFran YoderMary and Jeff ZientsZimmerman-Wolff Family

Foundation

A special thanks to our AmeriCorps partners:AmeriCorps VISTACaliforniaVolunteersCorporation for National and

Community ServiceMaryland’s Governor’s Office

on Service and VolunteerismNew Yorkers VolunteerOne Star FoundationServe DC

Thanks to the following Focusing Philanthropy donors who contributed $372,700 throughout the year:Marc AckermanAnonymousRandi and Nathan BeckerMichael J. Connell FoundationCathy Cockrun Dean and Sandy

DeanCathy and Larry GilsonHackman Capital PartnersMarty KaplanKaren Sulzberger and Eric LaxDiana and Derek LidowParnia PajandLisa and Ian Schapiro Helen & Wilton Webster

FoundationAnn and John Weissenbach

Photos by Joe Budd—Joe Budd Photo

Nabor Godoy—Godoy ShotsErnesto Hernandez—

Ernesto H. Photography

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NATIONAL BOARD OF DIRECTORSKristyn Klei BorreroDan CarrollStephanie CohenCathy Cockrum DeanWalter ElcockLance ForsSusan HayesTed MacDonaldAnne PopkinAndrea RiceMark S. SextonJamie SlaughterKathy Taylor

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Reading Partners National Headquarters180 Grand Ave., Suite 800Oakland, CA 94612(510) 444-9800

www.readingpartners.org

BALTIMORE916 N. Charles St., Ste. 250Baltimore, MD 21201(410) 585-7600 CHARLESTON5880 Rivers Ave., Ste. CNorth Charleston, SC 29406(843) 860-3915 COLORADO3131 Osceola St., Ste. 303Denver, CO 80212(720) 409-9909

DALLAS2910 Swiss Ave.Dallas, TX 75204(214) 821-4500

LOS ANGELES5482 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 350Los Angeles, CA 90036(213) 399-8599 NEW YORK225 West 35th St., 9th Fl.New York, NY 10001(646) 395-3831

SACRAMENTOP.O. Box 5946Sacramento, CA 95817(916) 996-0830

SEATTLE815 First Ave., Ste. 328Seattle, WA 98104(206) 355-6699

SF BAY AREA180 Grand Ave., Ste. 800Oakland, CA 94612(510) 444-9800

SILICON VALLEY600B Valley WayMilpitas, CA 95035(408) 945-5720

TULSA601 S. Boulder Ave., Ste. 1000Tulsa, OK 74119(918) 949-1979 WASHINGTON, DC1224 M St. NW, Ste. 301Washington, DC 20005(202) 701-9110

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