Board of Directors
2025-2026 Officers & Leadership Cabinet
Chair of the Board
Heather Summers
Senior Vice President, Marketing
LBS Financial Credit Union
Immediate Past Chair
Sumer Temple
Owner
Don Temple Storage
Chair- Elect
Chris Reese
Associate Vice President of University Relations
CSULB
Vice Chair of Public Policy
Alicia Berhow
Director, State Government Affairs
Charter
Member at Large
Robert Beasley
Business Unit Leader - Southern California
Moffat & Nichol
Member at Large
Trini Jimenez
Vice President Public Affairs
Watson Land Company
Vice Chair of Economic Development
Greg Guthrie
General Manager
Hotel Maya
Member at Large
Rhiannon Acree
President
Cambrian Homecare
Member at Large
John Howard
Owner/Operator
Chick-Fil-A at the Long Beach Towne Center
Vice Chair, Membership
Jon Mesko
Executive Director
Long Beach BLAST
Member at Large
Scott Bristol
Chief Financial Officer
Brascia Builders
Member at Large
Fred Sutton
Senior Vice President of Public Affairs
California Apartment Association
Member at Large
Carolyn Caldwell
President & Chief Executive Officer
Dignity Health - St. Mary Medical Center
Legal Council, Ex-Officio Member
Bryce Cullinane
Shareholder
Theodora Oringher
President & CEO
Jeremy Harris
Long Beach Area Chamber of Commerce
2025-2026 Board of Directors
Rhiannon Acree
Cambrian Homecare
Greg Alexander
P2S, Inc.
Lisa Arias
Hyatt Regency
David Babore
American Business Bank
Robert Beasley
Moffat & Nichol
Alicia Berhow
Charter
Scott Bristol
Brascia Builders
Cliff Buford
Southwest Airlines
Carolyn Caldwell
Dignity Health-St. Mary Medical Center
Megan Christensen
Bryson
Mario Cordero
Port of Long Beach
Bryce Cullinane
Theodora Oringher
Brian Devot
Farmers & Merchants Bank
Mark Dodson
Bank of America
Kris Gragson
GK Media Inc.
Mark Guillen
Crown Castle
Greg Guthrie
Hotel Maya
Matthew Harms
Special Olympics Southern California
Stephen Herring
Republic Services
Ken Houp
UHS Insurance Agency
John Howard
Chick-fil-A at the Long Beach Towne Center
Craig Ima
Windes
Trini Jimenez
Watson Land Company
Otto Jun
DENSO Products & Services Americas, Inc.
David Koch
Halbert Hargrove
Peter Kosa
Wells Fargo Bank
Dan Lipton
Beach Cities Media LLC.
Celina Luna
Southern California Edison
Kendra Madrid
Long Beach City College
Jon Mesko
Long Beach BLAST
Seffrah Orlando
Scan Health Plan
Nital Patel
California Resources Corporation
Dr. Lourdes Ramos
MOLAA
Christopher Reese
California State University Long Beach
Diego Rodriguez
City of Hope
Mitra Rogers
Amazon Web Services
Jose Sanchez
Boos and Associates
Patty Senecal
Western States Petroleum Association
Carmen Shoemaker
AT&T
Brissa Sotelo-Vargas
Valero Wilmington Refinery
Hans Stone
BluPrint Home Loans
Heather Summers
LBS Financial Credit Union
Fred Sutton
California Apartment Association
Isaac Svensson
7Sun Media
Sumer Temple
Don Temple Storage
Cheryl Vargas
Vargas Consulting
Kevin Wetzel
City National Bank
2025-2026 Business Council Chairs
SMALL BUSINESS COUNCIL
Kris Gragson
GK Media
GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS COUNCIL
Alicia Berhow
Charter Communications
International Business Association
Mark Dodson
Bank of America
WOMEN’S BUSINESS COUNCIL
Cheryl Vargas
Vargas Consulting
LONG BEACH YOUNG PROFESSIONALS
Isaac Svensson
7Sun Media