Meet The Team

FOUNDER

Sherine Ebadi began her career in non-profit work in the late 1990’s, volunteering for several non-governmental organizations who were engaged in emergency and long-term relief efforts in Bosnia, India and Turkey. 

 In 2009, after returning to the United States, she turned to public service as a

special agent with the FBI, where she worked complex financial crimes and public corruption. It was during this time that began volunteering for organizations serving the inner-city areas of Los Angeles. That service gave birth to the idea for HRP in 2015. 

In addition to her work with HRP, Sherine is a managing director with the Forensic

Investigations and Intelligence practice at the global financial and risk advisory firm,

Kroll.

FOUNDER

Janet Crown is a successful entrepreneur and philanthropist in Los Angeles. She founded Burn 60 Fitness Studios in Southern California (2005-2021). In 2018, she and her husband Steve Robinson opened Brewery X, an independent craft brewery in Anaheim, CA.  Ms. Crown previously worked at Creative Artists Agency and Focus Media. Ms. Crown is the inventor of Crutchkeepers.

Ms. Crown is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Aspen Art Museum (ARM), founding member of Project Blue LA, Painted Turtle Camp, Operation Progress LA, Run To Remember, and the Watts Rams. She is on the advisory board of Lollipop Theater Network and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA). She is a lifetime trustee at Denison University. Janet and Steve are National Co-Chairs of WE Charity/WE Well-being.

FOUNDER

Working as a police officer with the Hawthorne Police Department for 20 years, Mark Kirunchyk thought he knew what it meant to serve and protect the community. He spent 10 years as a gang detective, was a two-time recipient of the Sustained Superiority Award, and in 2011, was awarded the Medal of Valor.

But when Mark retired from the department, he got a new perspective on what it meant to serve. Incited by a colleague’s initiative, Coffee with a Cop, Mark founded 10K with a Cop in 2018, which inspires youth to run weekly with police officer mentors and complete a 10k run at the end of each school year. 

That passion for building safer communities and creating a better future for the next generation also led Mark to create the Healthy Room Project. Mark is also the executive director of Run to Remember Los Angeles, a non-profit running event that honors fallen first responders.