
PLEASE NOTE: THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED.
WE HOPE YOU CAN JOIN US ON SEPTEMBER 6, 2023.
Exploring Innovations in Homelessness & Housing
INTERSECTIONS
September 6 | 12 PM
Masimo Headquarters, Irvine
Focused on innovation in homelessness and housing, this year’s fundraising the Intersections luncheon will be held at the Masimo headquarters in Irvine. We are thrilled to honor Joe Kiani, the Founder, Chairman and CEO of Masimo, for his leadership in addressing homelessness in south Orange County.
With your support, Friendship Shelter is working to end homelessness through permanent housing solutions. Living in an area with expensive housing and limited public resources, it's critical that we find innovative solutions to help people move out of homelessness and into permanent housing.
Ending homelessness creates healthier communities, resulting in healthier businesses, customers, employees, and local economies. Many want to be part of the solution but don’t know where to begin. For more than 35 years, Friendship Shelter has focused on studying, understanding, and transforming its approach to ending homelessness – and the results speak for themselves. Since 2019, we've seen a 23% reduction in homelessness in south Orange County and a 60% decrease in unsheltered homelessness in Laguna Beach, where Friendship Shelter’s outreach and shelter programs operate.
Meet Joe Kiani

In 1989, Joe Kiani founded Masimo, a global medical technology company that develops and produces a wide array of industry-leading patient monitoring technologies, hospital and home automation, connectivity, and telehealth solutions, consumer health and wellness devices, and more. In addition, Masimo Consumer Audio is home to eight legendary audio brands, including Bowers & Wilkins, Denon, Marantz, and Polk Audio. Masimo’s mission is to improve life, improve patient outcomes, and reduce the cost of care.
Kiani is the co-inventor of what is now recognized as “modern pulse oximetry.” His invention overcame a problem the industry deemed “unsolvable” and reduced false alarms in pulse oximetry by 95%. With Masimo Signal Extraction Technology® (SET®), clinicians were able to reduce blindness in premature babies and more effectively screen them for critical congenital heart disease. Read More...
Thank You to Our Generous Sponsors!*
Presenting Sponsor
Andrea Shelly
Gold Sponsors
Wendy Aird
Ranney & Priscilla Draper and Family
Betsy & Gary Jenkins
Cindy & Bill Shopoff
STMicroelectronics
Silver Sponsors
Crevier Family Foundation
Homeful
Warren Lortie Associates, Inc.
Mission Hospital
Manouchehr & Sophie Moshayedi
Michael Ray
Marisa & Steve Robbins
Karen & Doug Wilson
Bronze Sponsors
Ketta & Jeb Brown
Johanna & Gene Felder
King's Seafood Company
Marshall Ininns Design Group
Mara & Keith Murray
Returning Home Foundation
Teddie Ray
Rutan & Tucker
Tait & Associates, Inc.
*Sponsor listing as of 5.21.23
INTERSECTIONS HOST COMMITTEE
Supervisor Lisa Bartlett
Teddie Ray
Cindy Shopoff
Doug Wilson