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 Ranney Draper grew up in Monrovia, California and graduated from Pomona College in 1960. After his graduation, he started a career in real estate in Orange County, California. He was the founder (1966) and principal owner of Diversified Shopping Centers (DSC), the developer of 75 shopping center properties. In 1998, DSC was sold to Donahue Schriber of Costa Mesa. The sale included approximately 40 retail and shopping center properties in California, Arizona and Nevada. Mr. Draper is currently the Chairman of Spring Creek Investors, LLC, a real estate equity capital company investing in retail, industrial, office and residential development projects in California and Nevada.
Ranney Draper has served on the Board of Trustees of Pomona College since 1984 and is currently Vice Chair and Chairman of the Investment Committee. He is a former member of the Board of Directors of the Orange County Performing Arts Center and the International Council of Shopping Centers.
Active in local philanthropy, Mr. Draper is the co-founder of Keeping Kids on Track (KKOT), the Orange County United Way initiative launched in 1999. It grants funds to organizations that offer programs to help children ages 7-17 succeed in school. In 2000, Mr. Draper helped to initiate the annual Orange County United Way Real Estate and Building Industry Luncheon to raise funds to support the KKOT program. Mr. Draper is a member of the KKOT Leadership Council, the United Way Alexis de Tocqueville Society since 1989, and their Million Dollar Round Table since 1998.
In 2001, Mr. Draper established the Draper Family Foundation (DFF) fund at the Orange County Community Foundation (OCCF). In 2004, DFF began the Helping Kids Achieve Program whose primary objective is to support and fund quality after-school or in school programs that meet the needs of disadvantaged youth by focusing on helping these children reach their academic potential. During the current fiscal year, 20+ organizations serving disadvantaged youth in Orange County received grants from DFF. In 2002, DFF established the Draper Family AVID Scholars program, which provides four-year college scholarships to deserving disadvantaged students from various Orange County high schools. There are currently 41 students in college, with 14 graduating in 2006-07. Twelve new scholarships will be awarded this year. DFF also supports various programs at Pomona College and other organizations that focus on human services, the arts or environmental issues in Orange County and Idaho.
Mr. Draper lives in Laguna Beach, California, and Sun Valley, Idaho, with his wife, Priscilla. They have three grown children and four grandchildren.
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