Board of Directors
Armida Colmenares-Stafford
Columbia Bank
(Chair)
Bruce Gumbiner
(First Vice Chair)
Lois Klavir
JP Morgan Chase
(Treasurer)
Marianne Haver Hill
Community Foundation of the Valleys
(Secretary)
Tamara Gurney
Mission Valley Bank
(Vice Chair)
Kathy McIntyre
Roadmap 4 Innovation
(Vice Chair)
Eric Nishimoto
Lee & Associates
(Vice Chair)
John Parker
Parker Brown Inc.
(Vice Chair)
Miri Rossitto
Cowe Communications
(Vice Chair)
Josh Schimmels
Los Angeles Business Journal
(Vice Chair)
Jane Skeeter
Jane Barron, Inc.
(Vice Chair)
Kecia Washington
LADWP
(Vice Chair)
Martha Diaz Aszkenazy
Aszkenazy Development
(Past Chair)
Fred Gaines
Rand Paster & Nelson LLP
(Immediate Past Chair)
Richard Katz
Richard Katz Consulting
(Past Chair)
Randy Witt
Randy Witt Productions
(Past Chair)
Members
Aracely Aguiar
Los Angeles Pierce College
Mayor pro Tem Ed Albrecht
City of Calabasas
Bill Allen
Bill Allen Ventures
Councilmember Elen Asatryan
City of Glendale
Janice Azaren
First Citizens Bank
Lusine “Lucy” Babiryan
Comerica Bank
Nicolas Barrios
Los Angeles Community College District
Sharon Bronson
Republic Services
Gary Burns
Business Link Solutions
Maria Camacho
Los Angeles Rams
Marisela Caraballo DiRuggiero
Port of Los Angeles
Patricia Chambers
Los Angeles Unified School District
Priscilla Chavez
PCL Construction
Rolando Chavez
AltaMed Health Services
Seth Chavez
San Fernando Valley Bar Association
Meg Chil-Gevorkyan
Glendale Community College
Brian Chu
Insurance Office of America
Steven Contreraz
Wells Fargo
Elizabeth Cortez
My Telecomm
Elizabeth de Carteret
Southland Regional Association of Realtors
Veronica De La Cruz
Citibank, N.A.
Gayle Duffy
Banc of California
Claudia Dunn-Martinez
UCLA Health
Rita El Hage
Sunflower Bank
Marisol Espinoza
SoCalGas
Pouya Etemadi
BMO US Commercial Banking
Don Franken
Franken Enterprises
Jonathan Gilliam
Gilliam Arch
Dr. Barry Gribbons
Los Angeles Valley College
Jacob Haik
Van Nuys Airport
Mary Hamzoian
Visit Burbank
John Han
CalPrivate Bank
Tracy Hernandez
New California Coalition
Susie Herrera
Cedars-Sinai
David Honda
DS Honda Construction Management, Inc.
Ross Hopkins
Ross Hopkins & Associates
Sarah Horvet
Galpin Motors
Linden Johnson
City of San Fernando
Meryl Lander
Leila Lee
Los Angeles County Office of Economic Opportunity
Jonathan Levy
Turner & Townsend Heery
Rebecca Lienhard
Tierra del Sol
Patti MacJennett
Los Angeles Tourism & Convention Board
Pamela Marcello
Burbank Airport
Frank Martinez
SMBC MANUBANK
Nancy Martinez
MAXIMUS
Pegi Matsuda
On Board Business & Community Consulting
Stephanie Medina
Goodwill
Shefali Mistry
California State University Northridge
Nicolás Montaño
Los Toros Mexican Restaurant
Peter Nadan
Bobrick Washroom Equipment
Dr. Armida Ornelas
Los Angeles Mission College
Paul Palkovic
Kulchin Ross Insurance Services
Heath Patton
Entrepreneur
Councilmember Nikki Perez
City of Burbank
Max Reyes
Office of L.A. Mayor Karen Bass
Dr. Federico Saucedo
Glendale Community College
Maricruz Saucedo
AEG
Councilmember David Shapiro
City of Calabasas
Scott Silverstein
Kidder Mathews
Audrey Simons
San Fernando Community Health Center
Councilmember Mary Solorio
City of San Fernando
Mike Stafford
United Chambers of Commerce
John Stipanov
Preferred Bank
Mayor Tamala Takahashi
City of Burbank
Darnell Tyler
Community Leader
Soua Vang
City of Glendale
Stuart Waldman
Valley Industry & Commerce Association
Dennis Washburn
City of Calabasas
Amy Wiese
Kaiser Permanente
