LAUSD Superintendent Dr. John Deasy laid out his progressive plan to improve public education in Los Angeles during VICA’s 62nd Annual Meeting. The proposal includes an unprecedented contract that the teachers’ union approved just a few hours after Deasy’s speech. In addition to Deasy’s keynote, VICA elected and installed its 2012 board of directors, executive committee and new chair, David Adelman, Greenberg & Bass LLP. Awards were presented to: Kevin Tamaki, AT&T, 19th Annual Harmon Ballin Community Service Award; Jan Sobel, Boys & Girls Club of West Valley, 6th Annual President's Award; Woodbury University, 33rd Robert E. Gibson Corporate Award of Excellence. The luncheon presented by Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne and San Fernando Valley Business Journal was held at the Burbank Airport Marriott. Attendees brought a variety of toys that were donated to the Child Care Resource Center’s holiday toy drive.