Connecting great causes with great partners for greater good

About Us

Sponsor Partners team of marketing, sales and management professionals are proud to apply our targeted consulting services toward our dedication to making a difference in the world by connecting great causes with great partners to achieve greater good together. We are focused on creating Win Win Solutions for well-suited non-profits and caring corporations to achieve effective results for charitable causes through strategic collaborations.

Sue Simone
Principal, Founder

Sue founded Sponsor Partners to combine her business expertise with her passion to make a difference in the world. She now combines the strengths of well-suited non-profit and corporate partners to provide integrated solutions for charitable causes through effective strategic planning, compelling marketing communications, partnership fundraising and account management services. Sue's extensive consulting experiences include serving as interim Marketing Director for The Museum of Tolerance, writing a wide variety of strategic business plans for growing and start-up organizations seeking additional financing, assisting Warner Home Video's full-scale international DVD launch, securing targeted product placement sales for film and TV such as Cadbury Schweppes, in addition to producing a myriad of compelling marketing campaigns, collateral and websites for a wide array of clients.

Executive positions at pioneering corporations include: VP, Business Development at DZN, The Design Group, VP of Sales & Marketing for DMI/ Quixote (now Cinram), where she introduced hundreds of entertainment, educational and corporate executives and artists to evolving digital technologies from CDs and DVDs to websites and also founded DMI's creative division, Myriad Entertainment, Inc. Sue received her B.A. in Social Ecology and Teaching Credential from UC Irvine, for teaching middle, high school and college journalism and marketing courses. She also managed UCI's radio station, KUCI and produced public affairs, news, music and cultural programs and also served as President of the University of California Radio Network.

Toni Wilson

Toni is an energetic and successful sales executive with extensive experience in corporate, security, entertainment sales and marketing communications, including VP of Western Regional Sales for BMG/Sonopress's digital manufacturing operations and Operations Manager with American Commercial Services. Toni also has extensive experience with event planning for such major events as World Cup Soccer, Cab Calloway's TV Celebrity Cruise, a wide array of R&B concerts events, in addition to planning corporate meetings and parties for LA based companies, such as Flewelling & Moody, an 80-year-young architectural firm building schools, located in Pasadena, CA. Toni's commitment to make a difference for charities began in her youth helping with her parents' philanthropic efforts leading a wide array of non-profit organizations, including their creation of the "Committee for Youth" program in Nassau County, her dad's Regional Leadership of the Long Island Boy Scouts, as well as opening their home to foster children. Toni has also participated in many philanthropic activities with her two children, for Pasadena's Polytechnic School fundraising events, and the Los Angeles based "Reading to Kids" program.

Debra Van Tongeren

Debra brings many long-term relationships within the artistic, business and volunteer communities in the greater Los Angeles area to the Sponsor Partners team, along with a cultivated understanding of sponsor/charity partnerships and an entrepreneurial spirit . Debra's consulting experiences include: Development and administration of fundraising campaigns, business administration, financial operations, determining success metrics, creating timelines, management and execution of fundraising and volunteer programs and budgets, production of press releases, marketing, solicitation and promotional materials. She's also produced a variety of successful fundraisers such as: "The BoobyTrap" a benefit for the Susan G. Komen Foundation and the weSpark Cancer support center. She also oversaw several fundraisers for Carpenter Avenue School. Debra's commitment to the welfare of children and youth in schools and community was acknowledged with the 2007 Golden Oak Service Award, which is the most prestigious PTA award in California.

Nels Anderson

Nels is a successful sales and management consultant with over 20 years experience in evolving technologies, entertainment and corporate sales, entrepreneurial marketing strategies and project management for high tech startup companies to Fortune 1000 corporations. Prior to his consulting work, Nels was also a senior sales representative for Sony, GTE Interactive and Philips Consumer Electronics. In addition to his extensive work experience, Nels is also an artist with a degree in Fine Arts from San Jose State University. Nels has also worked in numerous galleries, including the John Berggruen Gallery in San Francisco.

Michelle Anderson

Michelle is a versatile executive and management consultant with extensive experience in corporate sales, entrepreneurial marketing strategies and contract management for high tech startup companies to Fortune 1000 corporations. Prior to her consulting work, Michelle was a consultative sales representative for Disc Manufacturing Inc., the first CD and CD-ROM manufacturer in the U.S, where Michelle and Sue Simone first worked together, marketing and selling into complementary markets. Michelle began her business career working for small startups in the technology industry. She created marketing plans, wrote proposals and was responsible for opening up and selling directly into the educational and government marketplaces for two training system companies: the International Institute of Applied Technology Inc., and Industrial Training Corporation. In addition to her work experience, Michelle is actively involved in her two children's lives volunteering for many non-profit and community-related kids' organizations, including: elementary school classroom projects, PTA, Boys and Girls Club, TV Soccer Association, Promising Christmas, People Helping People.

Design and Programming Partners

Samira Kordestani Design and Visual Communications
http://samiradesign.com

Pendari Technology, E-Commerce & Database Management
http://pendari.com