Jhayne M. Eddy, Esq. President & Founder

Jhayne Eddy, Esq. is the president and founder of The Wealth of Nations Foundation, a secular nonprofit organization for children. As a former attorney with the County of Los Angeles, Jhayne has represented thousands of teens who have been in trouble with the law as a result of abuse, neglect and abandonment. She represented children who were incarcerated for crimes, including kids that were identified as future serial killers and sexually violent predators. After years of working with youth and families, she came to understand the dysfunctions that lead to juvenile deliquency. In the year 2000, Jhayne ended her employment with the County of Los Angeles and sold her childhood home to incorporate The Wealth of Nations Foundation as a nonprofit organization. Through the Wealth of Nations, Jhayne has targeted and taken on some major social issues that deteriorate the quality of life for children.

Fatherlessness & the Father's Heart: As a result of fatherlessness that caused many of the children to go astray, in 2001, Jhayne founded A Father’s Heart Executive Committee, a group of male community leaders who, as extraordinary role-models, are committed to rehabilitating at-risk youth and promoting fatherhood. Annually, she leads the Father's Heart Breakfast for Father's Day, honoring a man who is "a father to the fatherless". Jhayne has written and produced Y-FLY! (Your Fathers Love You!) at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood and at the University of Southern California, a program for fatherless youth from the foster care system, probation and the projects. Y-FLY! role models positive males to fatherless children. Jhayne has also brought hair stylists and make up artists to incarcerated girls to build their self-esteem.

Cultural Diversity, Risk Avoidance, & EMBRACE: With a degree in communications (multi-cultural studies) and political science, Jhayne was very concerned about the youth of this nation and their inability to adapt to the multi-cultural society that we live in. Jhayne wrote and produced several programs including EMBRACE, a diversity show and curriculum that reached several thousand youth in Los Angeles County. EMBRACE teaches the value of cultural diversity, assimilation into a pluralistic society, life skills, career development, and risk avoidance of potential obstacles for youth such as teen pregnancy, drugs, alcohol, and gangs. EMBRACE has been awarded the Productivity and Quality Award by the County of Los Angeles and has been recognized as one of the top 20 programs in Los Angeles County.

Tsunami Relief in India: In 2006, when her home town was hit by the tsunami and children in her childhood community were orphaned by the tsunami, Jhayne formed the Tsunami Relief Fund and raised money to bring support to the tsunami orphans in Madras, India. Children were given provision, school supplies, school tutition, and trauma treatment as a result of these efforts.

Teen Pregnancy & STD Prevention and Risk Avoidance: In January of 2007, Jhayne became the director of the Don't Get Crushed, a community-based abstinence education program (CBAE), with oversite and funding by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration on Children, Youth, and Families. With this grant of $3,000,000 over 5 years, Jhayne led the program to reach over 3,000 teens per year with 20 hours of abstinence education. As a result, ACYF asked Jhayne to lead all CBAE programs in California and Hawaii which totalled over 24,000 teens per year in these 2 states and over $24,000,000 in resources. Jhayne was able to mentor other CBAE programs such as Clean Slate of Los Angeles into success. Now Jhayne is in the process of building the California Collaborative to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, a state-wide collaboration of CBAE programs who aim to prevent teen pregnancy and STDs in California.

Jhayne believes that all youth need positive role models. Jhayne doesn't want to give up on our at risk youth who not only need rehabilitation but restoration; that means wholeness mentally, physically, intellectually, and spiritually. Jhayne has been recognized by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors for her work with at-risk children of Los Angeles County. She has been recognized by the federal government for her success in reaching all teens. Needless to say, Jhayne not only has experience in working with teens and at-risk youth, but she also has a heart for them. The hurting children of Los Angeles County have deeply attached to Jhayne and see her as a positive role model that inspires them to reach for the stars.