ABOUT TEENA HOSTOVICH

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Teena Hostovich, a best selling author, retired in 2024 from her position Vice Chair, Pacific, of a large insurance brokerage. She has combined her lifelong passion for the arts, history, and education with her corporate responsibilities, political activism, and philanthropic work.

She has served on many philanthropic boards, including the Kennedy Center, LA Philharmonic, USC, the National Advisory Council for the American Film Institute, and an advisor for the Women’s Studies Programs at Oxford University and UVA. In 2022, she was on the Steering Committee for Prop 28 Vote Arts and Music in California Schools which passed overwhelmingly and now provides funding for arts education to all California public school children.

Teena lives in La Canada, CA, with her husband, Doug Martinet. Her son, Michael Martinet, is at USC.

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