Hollywood Heart - About Hollywood Heart

(L-R) Volunteer Nichole Sepulveda, Executive Director Lisa Cavanaugh, Vice President of Board Gemma Dempsey

Hollywood HEART brings hope, education, art, recreation, and teamwork to children who wouldn’t otherwise have opportunities for summer camp, movie making or life skills enhancement.

Hollywood HEART was founded in 1995 as Camp Pacific Heartland by David Gale, Executive Vice President of MTV New Media and Specialty Films Division, who leads an active board of directors throughout the year. Camp Pacific Heartland successfully implemented a unique filmmaking workshop into their summer program, which was such a success that in August of 2001 it became its own entity in the form of an independent program called The Movie Team. Since The Movie Team expanded the focus of the organization beyond children infected and affected by AIDS/HIV to include a variety of children’s organizations, Hollywood HEART was created to house these very different programs.

Our passionate staff includes Executive Director Lisa Cavanaugh, Program Director Ali Quinn, Executive Assistant Kara Mondino, Office Manager and Production Assistant Ché Melson.

Hollywood HEART also relies on a committed group of volunteers & Board Members to raise funds, support camp activities, provide professional entertainment industry experience to each filmmaking workshop, produce exciting events and seek new ways to enhance the lives of the children we support.