Board of Directors
2022-2023 Officers & Leadership Cabinet
Chair of The Board
Rhiannon Acree
President
Cambrian Homecare
Chair Elect
Vice Chair of Economic Development
Trini Jimenez
Vice President Public Affairs
Watson Land Company
Immediate Past Chair
Carolyn Caldwell
President & Chief Executive Officer
Dignity Health - St. Mary Medical Center
Member at Large
Mitra Rogers
Public Policy Lead
Amazon Web Services
Chief Financial Officer
Ryan Partridge
HCVT
Vice Chair of Public Policy
Alicia Berhow
Director, State Government Affairs
Charter
Vice Chair of Community Development
Heather Summers
Senior Vice President, Marketing
LBS Financial Credit Union
Member at Large
Jim McCluskie
Vice President
Moffatt & Nichol
Member at Large
Ken Houp
Principal
UHS Insurance Agency
Vice Chair of Membership Development
Sumer Temple
Owner
Don Temple Storage
Member at Large
John Howard
Owner/Operator
Chick-Fil-A at the Long Beach Towne Center
Member at Large
Fred Sutton
Senior Vice President of Public Affairs
California Apartment Association
Member at Large
Nancy Hays
Medical Center Compliance & Privacy Officer
Kaiser Permanente South Bay Medical Center
Legal Counsel, Ex-Offcio Member
Robert Stemler
Partner
Keesal, Young & Logan
President & CEO
Jeremy Harris
Long Beach Area Chamber of Commerce
2022-2023 Board of Directors
Rhiannon Acree
Cambrian Homecare
David Babore
City National Bank
Tala Baltazar
Laserfiche
Alicia Berhow
Charter
Michael Brascia
Brascia Builders
Carolyn Caldwell
Dignity Health-St. Mary Medical Center
Megan Christensen
Bryson
Mario Cordero
Port of Long Beach
Brian Devot
Farmers & Merchants Bank
Manuel Gouveia
Republic Services, Inc.
Greg Guthrie
Hotel Maya
Nancy Hays
Kaiser Permanente
South Bay Medical Center
John Hilton
California Resources Corporation
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
Amber Kusar
Kusar Court Reporters
Dan Lipton
Beach Cities Media LLC.
Patrick Maloney
Scan Health Plan
Jim McCluskie
Moffatt & Nichol
Lynette Mckinnon
Boeing Company
Silvano Merlo
Courtyard Marriott
Long Beach Downtown
Dr. Mike Muñoz
Long Beach City College
Ryan Partridge
HCVT
Christopher Reese
California State University Long Beach
Sofia Riley
TGIS Catering
Mitra Rogers
Amazon Web Services
Natalie Sauer Rutledge
Northwestern Mutual
Patty Senecal
Western States Petroleum Association
Sue Snead
YMCA of Greater Long Beach
Michael Solt
CSULB - College of Business
Robert Stemler
Keesal, Young & Logan
Wayne Stickney-Smith
Special Olympics Southern California
Hans Stone
Bluprint Home Loans
Heather Summers
LBS Financial Credit Union
Fred Sutton
California Apartment Association
Dr. Nichan Tchekmedyain
City of Hope
Sumer Temple
Don Temple Storage
Jesse Urquidi
P2s Inc.
Dan Vozenilek
AT&T
Justin White
Centennial Advisers
Weikko Wirta
AES Alamitos
Ruben Zaragoza
Southwest Airlines
Jim Zehmer
TABC, Inc/Toyota
Brissa Sotelo-Vargas
Valero Wilmington Refinery
2022-2023 Business Council Chairs
SMALL BUSINESS COUNCIL
John Howard
Chick-Fil-A at the Long Beach Towne Center
GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS COUNCIL
Rhiannon Acree
Cambrian Homecare
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION
TBA
WOMEN’S BUSINESS COUNCIL
Tala Baltazar
Laserfiche
LONG BEACH YOUNG PROFESSIONALS
Natalie Sauer Rutledge
Northwestern Mutual