KAY
Sabrina

• 1. Business ventures
• 2. Corporate boards
• 3. Civic boards
• 4. Philanthropy and non-profit boards

Dr. Sabrina Kay is an American entrepreneur, corporate board member, investor, and philanthropist who has been involved in technology, education, fashion, leadership, banking, and finance. She pursued undergraduate studies in Computer Science and Mathematics at the California State University in Long Beach. She holds a doctorate degree from the University of Pennsylvania where she was a member of the inaugural class of Wharton School's Work-Based Learning Leadership program, a Master of Science in Education from the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education, and an M.B.A. from the University of Southern California.

Business ventures

She is CEO of Fremont Private Investments and was a founder, Chancellor, and CEO of Fremont College, a school she started for inner city youth while attending the Wharton School as a laboratory of her doctorate dissertation. Today, Fremont College provides MBA, Bachelor of Arts, Associate of Arts, Associate of Science degrees in the Technology, Healthcare, Business, and Paralegal programs and diplomas in wellness fields. She also founded California Design College (CDC), now The Art Institute of California – Hollywood and sold it to Education Management (NASDAQ: EDMC) in 2003. Other ventures she founded include Premier Business Bank (sold to First Foundation Bank, NASDAQ: FFWM in 2018), The Sabrina Kay Collection, Fashion Umbrella, and LAdesigns.

Corporate boards

She serves as a member of the board of directors of MannKind (NASDAQ: MKND) and Yellowbrik.co. She also was a board member of Combined Properties, Galvanize (sold to NYSE: LRN), and Ex’pression College as well as being an advisor and board member of the companies she invested in.

Civic boards

She served as a Los Angeles City Planning Commissioner, Commissioner of the California Scholarshare Investment Board, accreditation evaluator for ACICS, and evaluator for BPPE (Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education). She was the President of CAPPS (California Association of Private Postsecondary Schools), ICEPAC (Independent Coalition of Private Educators’ Political Action Committee), CCAPAC (Career College Association Political Action Committee) and board members of the Board of Governors of USC Alumni Association, USC Marshall School Board of Leaders, USC Korean American Studies Program, KAC (Korean American Coalition), ACDPUK (Advisory Council on Democratic & Peaceful Unification of Korea), and KACCLA (Korean American Chamber of Commerce of Los Angeles).

Philanthropy and non-profit boards

She started the Sabrina Kay Charitable Foundation. She served as the chairman of After School All Stars Los Angeles since 2002 and has been a board member of Petersen Automotive Museum, Los Angeles Sports and Entertainment Commission, American Friends of the Louvre, the California Fashion Association, Getty House Foundation, Weingart Center, International Medical Corps Leadership Council., and Board of Leaders of USC Marshall School.