Leadership Burbank

Help create the community you want, while becoming the leader you truly are.

2023 Class Project: Reuse, Refill, Rethink

Leadership Burbank, Class of ‘23 shifted the paradigm on plastic by raising money to install bottle filling stations at Burbank Unified School District (BUSD) Elementary Schools


REUSE water containers
Add REFILL stations to support BUSD
RETHINK the future of our city & planet

Thank you to everyone who supported

the Leadership Burbank Class of 2022- 2023!

Alex Acevedo
City of Burbank

Ava Alexandar
Burbank Community YMCA

Hasmik Badalian Collins
City of Los Angeles

Calvin Clark
Burbank Water and Power

Holli Cusumano
Cusumano Real Estate Group

Anthony DeFrenza
Hollywood Burbank Airport

Brent Fekety
Burbank Police Department

Dena Giron
Valley Funeral Home

Darian Gonzalez-Kessler
Nickelodeon Animation Studio

Rowena Gonzalez
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center

Rita Greenspan
Burbank Y Child Development Center

Bryan Homyak
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center

Krystal Lee
Home Again L.A.

Maggie McEldowney
Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.

Artin Megerdichian
City of Burbank

Serli Mehrabian
Boys and Girls Club of Burbank and Greater East Valley

Dena Moon
City of Burbank

Carol Nunez
Hilton Garden Inn

Kyle Porter
Hollywood Burbank Airport

Oscar Portillo Jr.
Eckert and Ziegler Isotope Products

Victoria Torigian
Law Office of Victoria K. Torigian

Alvaro Valdez
City of Burbank

Rick Vonk
Burbank Unified School District

Tina Wright
Bur-Cal Management

Lauren Zaslansky Conner
GatheringUs

LB 23’s Class Project: Reuse, Refill, Rethink

LB23 Media:

Let’s Dive In:

OUR GOAL: To purchase and install bottle filling stations in partnership with BUSD’s elementary schools!
Bottle filling stations promote the use of reusable bottles, and will help keep Burbank beautiful with the reduction of plastic litter.
As a community, more than 16,700,000 single-use plastic water bottles could be removed from the waste system if everyone in Burbank switched to reusable water bottles. Let’s get started with BUSD and support the generation that is going to live in our community for years to come!

Why this Matters:

Our plastic pollution is a problem for future generations, here’s why:

  • Enough plastics enter the ocean annually to cover every foot of coastline on earth.
  • Plastic injures and kills millions of animals every year.
  • Every 30 seconds, 1 person dies of diseases from plastic and waste.
  • Despite being “recyclable” even at their most broken down, plastics are forever. Microplastics are present in our earth, water, and even food.
  • For more information on the impact of plastic, check out the Plastic Pollution coalition.

Let’s create a ripple effect for clean, sustainable change in our community
…water you waiting for?

How you can help?

  • Download our information sheet and help us create a ripple effect and rethink the future of our city & planet. Together, we can help Burbank swim in the right direction…

The mission of Leadership Burbank is to identify, educate, and motivate current and emerging leaders in Burbank to develop ideas and solutions that make Burbank a strong, sustainable, and vibrant community. As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, all donations are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law. Tax ID# 91-2168014