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LA's BEST Partnership & Collaboration Inquiry Form

Thank you for your interest in partnering with LA’s BEST! We are excited to explore opportunities to collaborate and positively impact the lives of the students and families we serve. This form is designed to gather essential information about you and/or your organization, your proposed partnership, and how to align our efforts for mutual success.

Please take a few minutes to complete the form, providing as much detail as possible. Your responses will help us assess the potential for collaboration and guide our next steps.

Alisa Sommer O’Hara

Board Vice Chair

Head of Global EdTech Partnerships, Google

Alisa is the Head of Global EdTech Partnerships at Google, where she focuses on driving strategic partnerships with EdTech companies to create solutions that improve education for students, teachers, administrators and parents. Prior to Google, Alisa graduated from the JD/MBA program at UCLA where she wrote her thesis on education policy in the digital age. She spent 4 years at Monitor Deloitte, leading go-to-market and digital transformation strategy projects across sectors, including several projects in educational and children’s media and with non-profits in the education space. Alisa started her career in media & entertainment, working for some of the industry’s most iconic companies, including Disney, Lionsgate, and Creative Artists Agency. Alisa is passionate about giving back and recently completed the Coro Foundation’s Lead LA program. She is currently on the Steering Committee for Pride at Google and has served on the LA LGBT Center’s Young Professionals Council, LAUSD IT Advisory Council, and co-founded a nonprofit focused on engaging young professionals in the fight for marriage equality after the passage of Proposition 8. She is from New Jersey and therefore loves nearly anything with red sauce (especially pizza), but is a true Los Angeles convert with a love of hiking, paddleboarding, and California wine.

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