LYCIA NAFF — CEO/FOUNDER
LYCIA NAFF — CEO/FOUNDER
Lycia’s served the poor from her car since she learned how to drive. Commuting in L.A. traffic pained her. She saw such human suffering on every street corner. This compelled her to carry extra water, socks, snacks that she could quickly hand out from her window as she passed by. When her car could no longer fit the amount of essentials needed to help the homeless, she reached out to volunteers and donors, creating Drive-By Do-Gooders 501c3 in 2015. As former actor and spokesperson, she uses her considerable network to bring donations, awareness and support to the important work of this foundation.
JAY DUERR — BOARD MEMBER
JAY IS AN ORIGINAL BOARD MEMBER, A FATHER OF THREE, PREMIERE HOLLYWOOD MOVIE MUSIC EDITOR AND COMPOSER. WHEN HE CAME TO L.A. IN 1981, HE STRUGGLED TO GET AHEAD IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY AND KNOWS FIRST-HAND WHAT IT’S LIKE TO BE CLOSE TO LOSING A ROOF OVER HIS HEAD. JAY IS A DBDG FOUNDING MEMBER AND HAS HELPED BUILD UP THIS GRASSROOTS CHARITY ONE DRIVE-BY AT A TIME, WHILE ALSO REMAINING ACTIVE IN LOCAL COMMUNITY POLITICS, raising children and volunteering his considerable talents to DBDG.
KEN FREUNDLICH - BOARD MEMBER
KEN JOINED THE BOARD IN 2017. HE IS AN AV PREEMINENT-RATED ENTERTAINMENT AND IP LAWYER NAMED ONE OF THE TOP BILLBOARD'S TOP 100 MUSIC LAWYERS OF THE YEAR 2021. KEN FOUNDED LA-BASED FREUNDLICH LAW, APC. HE’S DEDICATED hIS TIME TO BRING AWARENESS TO DBDG'S MISSION OF HELPING THE EXTREME POOR. HE ALSO SITS ON THE BOARD OF PROJECT HARMONY, BRINGING MUSIC AND RESOURCES TO THE UNDERSERVED IN MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL. in his spare time, he sings in the lawyer-based group “legal voices”
LONNIE HAMERMAN — BOARD MEMBER
LONNIE JOINED AS A REGULAR VOLUNTEER AND QUICKLY BECAME A KEY BOARD MEMBER 2017. SHE CONTINUES TO DEDICATE HERSELF EVERY WEEK WITHOUT FAIL, BRINGING BASIC ESSENTIALS TO LOCAL UNHOUSED ADULTS AND THEIR PETS IN SKIDROW AND LA'S WESTSIDE. SHE IS PROUD TO BE ON THE BOARD and giving HER TIME TO MAINTAINING AND GROWING THIS CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION. LONNIE IS FORMER TV/FILM CASTING DIRECTOR, HAVING WORKED FOR YEARS ON BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER AND WITHOUT A TRACE, now being an essential member of freundlich law.
STEFANIE lahart — board member
Stefanie IS A HIGHLY RESPECTED mARKETING PROFESSIONAl, FOUNDER OF THE SOCIAL MEDIA PRO ACADEMY AND BOOMTOWN MARKETING. SHE STARTED VOLUNTEERING FOR DBDG IN 2017 BY PROVIDING MARKETING STRATEGY, EMAIL CAMPAIGNS AND SOCIAL MEDIA SERVICES to help BUILD a SUSTAINABLE DONOR BASE WITH A MONTHLY GIVING PROGRAM. IN 2021, SHE HELPED TO BUILD THE DBDG PET OUTREACH PROGRAM AND ESTABLISHED PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL VCA ANIMAL HOSPITALs. She FOUNDED BUSTED FOUNDATION AND SERVED ON THE BOARD FOR OVER 10 YEARS.
Matthew Kaplowitz- board member
Matthew uses his background in multimedia to contribute graphic design and video content to DBDG to aid their fundraising efforts and expand their social media presence. Currently, he’s an entertainment writer for Fatherly.com while running 2 YouTube channels and a popular Star Trek podcast, trek untold.