Meet Our Executive Team and Partners

  • Arsen Ari Kalfayan-CEO, Executive Director and Co-Founder
  • Okko Grippando-President and Co-Founder
  • Jimmy Markee-Board Member
  • Lorenzo Thione-Board Member
  • Matthew Kimball-Board Member
  • Helen Beitz-Board Member
  • Shaun Saunders-Director of PR
  • Craig Lipton-PR
  • Partners- Noe Sauro, Demian Rosenblatt
  • Sponsors- Barefoot Wine and Bubbly, St Regis Hotel, Digital Deployment, Crowd Flower, Pisco, Blue Angel Vodka, Medjool, Salon Baobao, Luxury4him.com, Blue Angel Vodka, Epi Center Medical Spa, Supperclub

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Arsen Ari Kalfayan
Executive Director

A native of San Carlos, California, Arsen Ari Kalfayan earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science with minors in Communication and Global and International Studies in 2006 from University of California at Davis.

Upon graduation, he began his career with Fisher Investments as an Account Executive. After serving in positions of increasing responsibility, in 2008, Kalfayan was promoted to the Institutional Group where he served as a Materials Production Associate. In January 2009, Okko Grippando and Kalfayan co-founded Reason to Party, dedicated to fulfilling the financial needs of charities in the San Francisco Bay Area benefiting underserved populations. 

Read more about Arsen Ari Kalfayan

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Okko Grippanado
President

A native of Chicago, Illinois, Okko Grippando helped co-found Reason to Party because it allows him to bring people together for both fun, and benefiting the local community.

Ari Kalfayan-Executive DirectorOkko Grippando-President