Renata Simril serves as the President and CEO of the LA84 Foundation, a legacy of the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympic Games and the most financially successful games in Olympic history. As the chief executive, Renata guided the organization through a brand repositioning to re-establish the foundation as a national leader in sport-based youth development and formed a historic collaboration with the eleven (11) professional sports team in the greater Los Angeles market to expand the work of its charitable partner the Play Equity Fund. As CEO of the LA84 Foundation, Simril oversees an endowment of $200 million invested in a diversified portfolio, provides strategic direction for the organization, and manages all operational aspects of the foundation. Simril reports directly to the Chair of the Board. Honors Ms. Simril has received include: She was named Los Angeles County Woman of the Year in 2020; to the Los Angeles Business Journal’s list of The Los Angeles 500 Most Influential People in 2016 - 2020; the Orange County Register’s 50 Most Powerful in Southern California Sports list in 2017; the Sports Business Journals’ list in 2017 of Game Changers Women in Sports Business; the Women in Sports and Entertainment (WISE LA) Women of Inspiration Honoree in 2016; and a Visionary in Sports and Entertainment in 2017 by CSQ magazine. Simril earned a bachelor’s degree in Urban Studies from Loyola Marymount University and a master’s degree in Real Estate Development from USC. She resides in Studio City with her husband and two sons.