O.C. Works Benefit to Honor Tech Leaders

Orange County Works will be the beneficiary of an invitation-only fund-raiser Tuesday night honoring technology leaders in Southern California.

Organizers expect the benefit, which is sponsored by executive recruiting firm BridgeGate LLC, will raise at least $10,000 for the Santa Ana-based program, which offers job preparation and placement services to foster care graduates, youths on probation and other at-risk teens.

Honorees will include chief executives Jake Winebaum of eCompanies LLC, Toby Lenk of eToys Inc. and Gregory Hawkins of Buy.com Inc.

Jonathan Gaw covers technology and electronic commerce for The Times. He can be reached at (714) 966-7818 and at jonathan.gaw@latimes.com.