Amblin Entertainment Chief Executive Officer Jeff Small Elected to Ronald McDonald House Westside Los Angeles’ Board of Trustees

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Amblin Entertainment Chief Executive Officer Jeff Small has been elected to the board of trustees of Ronald McDonald House Westside Los Angeles.

Ronald McDonald House Westside Los Angeles is currently engaged in a $50 million capital campaign to support the acquisition and transformation of a former boutique hotel in the heart of Westwood Village into a 33,000-square-foot, four-story Ronald McDonald House.

Purposefully designed around the needs of families whose children are receiving medical care nearby, Ronald McDonald House Westside Los Angeles helps address the additional challenges that can come with a child’s medical journey — where a family will stay, what they will eat, how they will care for siblings, and how they will get back and forth to the hospital for months at a time. By helping remove these barriers, families can focus on what matters most: their child.

“As we work to assure that Ronald McDonald House Westside Los Angeles becomes a vital part of our community, we’re excited to have someone with Jeff’s love of Los Angeles and lifetime of service join our board of trustees,” said Kelly Herman, executive director Ronald McDonald House Westside Los Angeles. “His passion and commitment to the people of our city has shown brightly through his dedication of time and energy to many worthwhile causes, and we are indeed honored to welcome him into the Ronald McDonald House family.”

Small currently serves on the board of directors of both the Weingart Center, a comprehensive human services organization serving unhoused men and women in LA, and Starlight Children’s Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the emotional and social well-being of hospitalized children. He has also served on multiple committees benefiting the USC Shoah Foundation and the USC Keck School of Medicine and continues to serve on several advisory and leadership committees for his alma mater, Stanford University.

As CEO of Amblin Entertainment, Small is responsible for all operations of the company while collaborating closely with Steven Spielberg on Amblin Entertainment’s vision, creative slate and corporate strategy. Prior to joining DreamWorks Studios, Amblin Entertainment’s predecessor company in 2006, Small served as chief financial officer and eventually chief operating officer at Revolution Studios.

Ronald McDonald House Westside Los Angeles is the seventh Ronald McDonald House in the Southern California Chapter and serves families whose children are receiving treatment at UCLA Children’s Hospital and Cedars-Sinai Guerin Children’s. Currently, UCLA Children’s Hospital is the only major children’s hospital in California without a nearby Ronald McDonald House.

For further information about Ronald McDonald House Westside Los Angeles and how to support its capital campaign, including a range of customized naming opportunities, please contact Betsy Jeu De Vine at [e-mail].

About Ronald McDonald House Southern California

Ronald McDonald House Southern California provides essential services that remove barriers, strengthen families and promote healing when children need healthcare. Across Southern California, we express our mission through our programs, which include seven Ronald McDonald Houses, three Ronald McDonald Family Rooms and Camp Ronald McDonald for Good Times.