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OUR MISSION

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Game Theory Academy has a mission to provide financial
decision-making skills to low-income youth.

 

  • Game Theory Academy teaches students how to think differently about money, increasing their financial security.
  • Young people graduate Game Theory Academy with improved confidence in navigating the economy, and superior analytical skills they can apply to financial, education, career, and risk decisions.
  • Business education programs teach decision-making skills that help corporate executives maximize their resources. Game Theory Academy takes those same concepts and applies them to the life-changing decisions young people make as they become adults. 

OUR HISTORY

Game Theory Academy was founded by Patricia Johnson in
2008 with the support of board members Namita Kamath and
Debra Koffler. Since our founding we have served 4,000+ youth in the
San Francisco Bay Area. In 2020, we began offering classes online
to youth all across the country.

Patricia Johnson, Founder. After receiving her MBA at the Yale School of Management in 2002, Patricia joined Pacific News Service/New America Media. During her tenure as Chief Finance Officer she managed the organization’s doubling in size and wrote the business plan for a successful earned income venture. Over time, she became involved with the organization’s youth programs, helping launch two new projects: a youth advocacy collaborative with the state library and a youth magazine based in Fresno, Ca. Patricia conducted writing workshops in juvenile halls in Alameda and Fresno counties from 2003-2009 for The Beat Within. She received a BA in political science from the University of California at Berkeley. Patricia is also the founder of a financial planning firm, Raise Financial Advisors.

GTA’s current board members include Sophia Skoda, Director of Finance at EBMUD; Brandon Stander, Head of Subscriptions at Google and a GTA founding donor; and Patricia Johnson, GTA’s Founder. 

A small group of believers jumped in to invest in Game Theory Academy when we launched.
Eternal thanks to these founding partners:

GIFTS OF $500 OR MORE

  • Namita Kamath & Keith Deming
  • Brandon Stander
  • Greta Hotopp
  • Susan Cheng & Jonathan Hobley
  • Betty & Bob McGarry
  • Suresh & Vijaya Kamath
  • Kathy & Terry White
  • Debbie & Mike Ducar
  • Carol & Lawrence Goode
  • The Howard Cohen Family
  • Donovan & Rachel Walsh
  • Kyra & Alex Lilien
  • Joan Cornwell
  • Moha Desai & Vinit Patel
  • Elizabeth Ann Elling
  • Kathy & Chris Vuturo
  • Vinod Palathinkara
  • Jeff Jones
  • Karen Daitch

GIFTS OF $10-$499

  • Lou Blemaster
  • Susan & Mike Burnett
  • Greg Cluster
  • Deborah Cronen
  • Damian & Maneesha Jacoby
  • Rakhi Kumar
  • Britta Nelson
  • Hope & Neil Norman 
  • Olivia Rathbone
  • John & Joanne Ryan