# Twila True

Twila True is an American businesswoman and philanthropist.
She is the chief executive officer (CEO)) and President of True Family Enterprises. She is the founder of True Children's Home orphanage, True Sioux Hope Foundation, and the co-founder of 1500 Sound Academy music school.

## Career

She was CEO of Synthane Taylor, circuit board manufacturers. She resided in Hong Kong and China with her husband Alan where they operated True Innovations, a designer and manufacturer of office furniture, which was acquired by Li & Fung. After her return to the United States in 2012, she co-founded True Family Enterprises with her husband.
In October 2018, True signed a partnership deal with MonarchFx supply chain company, through her Twila True Collaborations banner.
True's jewelry designs made debut at 2018 New York Fashion Week and featured along with the Zang Toi's collection.

### As philanthropist

In 2006, while in China, she opened True Children's Home to provide medical care for orphans.
In January 2015, she co founded True Sioux Hope Foundation, with a head office in Newport Beach, California, a nonprofit organization to help improve the lives of the communities in the Pine Ridge. An emergency shelter for children, The Safe Home, was also opened by True at the Pine Ridge reservation in February 2017.
True has also launched the Twelve Cycles initiative to fulfil the basic feminine needs and education to the girls of the Oglala Sioux tribe.
She supports fundraising foundations including Oceana, and CASA.

### 1500 Sound Academy

She co-founded 1500 Sound Academy in 2018, music academy in Inglewood, California, with James Fauntleroy and Larrance "Rance" Dopson. In May 2019, Roland signed a collaboration deal with the 1500 Sound Academy. In March 2021, the academy signed a deal with Yellowbrick to deliver on-demand online programs. In June 2021, Arizona State University signed a deal to start the joint online music program Professional Certificate in Music Production through its Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts. In November 2021, Fender and 1500 Sound Academy announced a partnership deal to provide scholarships.
In March 2022, a Taiwanese campus was announced to be opened in Taipei, with Chen Zihong appointed as the principal.

## Personal life

True is married to Alan True and they have four children.
In October 2019, the couple sold their house on the Harbor Island, Newport Beach to Chinese billionaire Eric Tan for $37 million.

## Accolades

* 2015 Most Influential - Orange County Register
* 2016 Entrepreneur of the Year - Orange County Business Journal
* 2019 Outstanding Corporation - CASA

## Notes and sources

* 1 2 Ferrell, David; Yamanaka, Cindy (October 30, 2015). "Twila True's Heart is in Two Worlds". Orange County Register. Retrieved March 28, 2022.
* 1 2 McClain, James (January 5, 2019). "Alan & Twila True request $60 million on Newport's Harbor Island". DIRT. Retrieved March 28, 2022.
* ↑ "CASE STUDY - Twila True Collaborations" (PDF). Tompkins International. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
* ↑ "MonarchFx Announces Twila True Collaborations as its Newest Seller Client". MHI.org. February 28, 2019. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
* ↑ Limited, Alamy. "New York, NY - February 13, 2018: Model walks runway for Zang Toi Autumn/Winter collection with jewelry by Twila True at New York Fashion Week at Pier 59 Stock Photo - Alamy". www.alamy.com. Retrieved 2022-03-30. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
* ↑ Miller, Suzanne (October 15, 2009). "True Treasures of Hope". eChinacities.com. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
* ↑ Chasing Hawk, Ernestine (February 23, 2015). "Native Sun News: Oglala Sioux entrepreneur creates foundation". Indianz. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
* ↑ Pellizzon, Michelle (November 19, 2015). "True Sioux Hope: Shining a Light on the Pine Ridge Reservation". Thrive Market. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
* ↑ Annette Pember, Mary (March 13, 2019). "Members of Oglala Lakota Tribe Question 'Voluntourism' and Church-Based Charities". The Daily Yonder. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
* ↑ "National Women's History Month Featuring Woman Who Walks Toward Future". 8WomenDream. January 22, 2019. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
* ↑ W. Cook, B. (October 11, 2019). "The Crowd: Celebrities, environmentalists come together to fight ocean plastic". Daily Pilot. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
* 1 2 W. Cook, B. (December 2, 2016). "The Crowd: Sioux gala functions as benefit and cultural exchange". Daily Pilot. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 28, 2022.
* ↑ W. Cook, B. (May 12, 2017). "Column: The Crowd: CASA fundraiser nets more than $1 million". Daily Pilot. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
* 1 2 Trela, Christopher (May 10, 2019). "Benefit: CASA Black & White Ball Honors Local Philanthropists". Newport Beach News 2. Retrieved March 28, 2022.
* ↑ Mitchell, Gail (December 8, 2021). "1500 Sound Academy Raises the Volume on Educating Next Generation of Music Creators". Billboard. Retrieved March 24, 2022.
* ↑ Callwood, Brett (February 4, 2021). "Back to School: Inglewood Music Professionals Find Success in Education". LA Weekly. Retrieved March 24, 2022.
* ↑ "Roland Announces Collaboration With 1500 Sound Academy And Acclaimed Production Collective 1500 or Nothin'" (PDF). Roland Corporation. Retrieved March 24, 2022.
* ↑ "1500 Sound Academy Partners with Yellowbrick to Offer Its Acclaimed Music Curriculum as an On-Demand Online Program". Los Angeles Sentinel. April 29, 2021. Retrieved March 24, 2022.
* ↑ "1500 Sound Academy × ASU — Music Program". 360 Magazine. June 8, 2021. Retrieved March 24, 2022.
* ↑ Wissmuller, Christian (November 3, 2021). "1500 Sound Academy Announces Continued Partnership with Fender X 1500 Sound Academy Scholarship Program for 2022". JazzEd Magazine. Retrieved March 24, 2022.
* ↑ "台灣音樂接軌國際 陳子鴻辦學院傳承經驗 | 娛樂 | 中央社 CNA". Central News Agency (in Chinese). March 15, 2022. Retrieved March 24, 2022.
* ↑ McClain, James (October 30, 2019). "Chinese Tech Billionaire Buys $37 Million Newport Harbor Mansion". Yahoo!. Retrieved March 28, 2022.
* ↑ Ferrell, David; Skyler, Heather (December 18, 2015). "Most Influential 2015: Twila True". Orange County Register. Retrieved March 28, 2022.
* ↑ "Orange County Business Journal Names Twila True Entrepreneur of the Year". True Sioux Hope Foundation. April 12, 2016. Retrieved March 28, 2022.
* ↑ "Twila True". Orange County Business Journal. 6 May 2020. Retrieved March 28, 2022.