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Leadership
Lance Whitmier
Past Vice President Great Outdoors: Orange County/Long Beach Chapter, PresidentServed 20 years in the United States Marine Corps; then started a company (Intelli-Flex Inc.) from the garage with a credit card and 2 other parter...Natalie Leighton
Membership Vice PresidentJoe Mendez
Coldwell Banker Realty-Joe Mendez, Realtor, CDPE, OICPhttps://youtu.be/X44PsLj0X3c I am a Realtor, serving the Long Beach and Southern California area. I have worked with many sellers, first time & ...Justine Nevarez
Downtown Long Beach Alliance, Community Outreach & Events ManagerJustine Nevarez is the Community Outreach & Events Manager at the DLBA. After moving to Long Beach for college (Go Beach!), she fell in love with t...Pejmon Noori
BRNC Insurance Services, Life and Health Insurance AgentBRNC Insurance Services is a family run, independent brokerage where Pejmon works with individuals and groups on any and all of their Life and Heal...Anne Friedman
Gay For Good | LGBTQ+ Volunteer Network, Executive DirectorAnne has worked as a nonprofit professional for twelve years, and is a do-gooder at heart with a passion for connecting good people to good causes....Mark Morales
AmPac Business Capital, Senior Vice PresidentMark Morales has over 20 years of business banking experience and specializes in SBA financing and Supplier Diversity for diverse and veteran owned...Jonathan de Armas
Island Pitch: Innovative Tech Solutions, Social Media Automation, and Creative Digital Marketing, OwnerMax Cherubin
Panatron, Inc., VPWe at Panatron Inc. repair, refurbish, and calibrate equipment that the manufacturers no longer support. We have a saying here: the older, the bett...Porter Gilberg
Nonprofit ConsultantRegina Johnson
Periwinkle Memories, OwnerPeriwinkle Memories can make any of your party and event visions a reality! We can plan any type of event from start to finish (i.e. weddings, bi...Eric Santamaria
Minimum Viable Project, President & Principal ConsultantAs a Senior Ops Director and Continuous Improvement Leader, I excel at aligning people, mission, processes, and tech. My mission is to guide inno...Sara Stanizai
Prospect Therapy, Owner and LMFTI'm a feminist business coach, speaker, licensed therapist and the owner of Prospect Therapy, a queer and trans affirming therapy team practice wit...Zane Julien
Susan Walshe, MFT, Inc DBA: Live With Ease Wellness Center, OwnerHi, I'm Zane (they/he)I'm a Licensed Marriage Family Therapist and Certified Mindfulness Meditation Teacher with over 19 years of experience prov...Lara Foy
Four Seasons Acupuncture and Healing Arts, Licensed AcupuncturistLara Foy is a graduate of Pitzer College, the Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine College of Berkeley, and Twin Lakes College for Massage. With ...Maddie Reardon
Starship Equity LLC, FounderLooking to learn more about web accessibility? Or looking to hold an accessibility-related workshop? Email me or book a discovery call on my site!Brian Burroughs
Vice President
Long Beach LGBTQ+ Chamber of Commerce, President
Esteven Gamez
Past President
Keen Social, Co-Founder - Director of Social Media
Lance Whitmier
Past Vice President
Great Outdoors: Orange County/Long Beach Chapter, President
Served 20 years in the United States Marine Corps; then started a company (Intelli-Flex Inc.) from the garage with a credit card and 2 other parters in the field of telecommunications with a specialization on contact center applications. In 2020 after 20 years, sold my shares to a Canadian company. Currently serving as President of the Orange County/Long Beach chapter of the Great Outdoors. Great Outdoors (GO) is an all-volunteer nonprofit organization predominately serving the LGBTQ+ community interested in hiking, camping, backpacking and other outdoor activities.
Kathryn Couch
Director of Events
Tinsel & Bow Gifting Services, Gift Strategist
Natalie Leighton
Membership Vice President
Joe Mendez
Coldwell Banker Realty-Joe Mendez, Realtor, CDPE, OICP
https://youtu.be/X44PsLj0X3c I am a Realtor, serving the Long Beach and Southern California area. I have worked with many sellers, first time & repeat buyers all over SoCal. Long Beach, La Mirada, East Los Angeles, Carson, Gardena, Lakewood, West Los Angeles, Palm Springs, etc. etc.
I am here to help you make the right decision when it comes to selling or buying your first home or condo.
My many year of being in the real estate field as a license realtor plus my peronal experience with my own purchases gives me knowledge and experience.
You can also find links to my social media plateforms and other information thru my https://linktr.ee/JoeM1108
Justine Nevarez
Downtown Long Beach Alliance, Community Outreach & Events Manager
Justine Nevarez is the Community Outreach & Events Manager at the DLBA. After moving to Long Beach for college (Go Beach!), she fell in love with the LBC and planted roots here. Nevarez has worked in a variety of industries, but her time as Manager and Event Coordinator at L’Opera Ristorante for nearly 10 years was most influential. Because of her long history in DTLB, she has developed relationships with all types of businesses (local and from afar, thanks to the LB Convention Center) and feels most at home on Pine Avenue. Currently, you will find Nevarez riding bikes around town, traveling, enjoying all the amazing restaurants and live music Long Beach has to offer, and spinning records at home with her kittens, Jolie and Ani.
Pejmon Noori
BRNC Insurance Services, Life and Health Insurance Agent
BRNC Insurance Services is a family run, independent brokerage where Pejmon works with individuals and groups on any and all of their Life and Health insurance needs.
They specialize in working with small businesses to create personalized health benefits packages for business owners and their employees. Pejmon takes pride in creating custom plans to maximize efficiency and value for a business’s insurance requirements, essentials and benefits.
At BRNC, Pejmon also works side by side with individuals to help secure the financial futures of his clients through Life, Disability and Long Term Care insurance. He helps plan for the unexpected curve balls that life throws.Emilia Rogowska
RightSource Services, VP, Business Development
Vaughn Williams
Southern California Gas Company, Supplier Diversity
Anne Friedman
Gay For Good | LGBTQ+ Volunteer Network, Executive Director
Anne has worked as a nonprofit professional for twelve years, and is a do-gooder at heart with a passion
for connecting good people to good causes.
Anne worked for a community foundation for five years before taking on the role of Executive Director at Gay For Good, a nonprofit that mobilizes LGBTQ+ and ally volunteers in the broader community. Under Anne's leadership the nonprofit has grown from ten to twenty-one chapters and tripled it's reach, growing the mailing list to over 20k stakeholders.
Anne holds a BA in Communication Studies from California State University Long Beach and currently
sits on the Advisory Board for the Long Beach LGBTQ+ Chamber of Commerce. Anne has two grown
children and resides in Long Beach, CA, with her wife Kelli and their two cats.Mark Morales
AmPac Business Capital, Senior Vice President
Mark Morales has over 20 years of business banking experience and specializes in SBA financing and Supplier Diversity for diverse and veteran owned businesses. Mark has produced programming on access to capital, creating an industry standard capability statement, held multiple supplier diversity events, and connected suppliers to public and private procurement platforms, lending opportunities and corporations.
Jonathan de Armas
Island Pitch: Innovative Tech Solutions, Social Media Automation, and Creative Digital Marketing, Owner
Brian Burroughs
Alura Workforce Solutions, President, Managing Partner
Max Cherubin
Panatron, Inc., VP
We at Panatron Inc. repair, refurbish, and calibrate equipment that the manufacturers no longer support. We have a saying here: the older, the better. Examples of equipment include RF/Microwave, communication equipment, telecommunications equipment, and test equipment.We have been in business for over 40 years. During that time, we visited many laboratories and found a problem with documents, manuals, and paper clutter. So, we now scan documents and give you back a virtual file cabinet.We pick up and dewithinver in a hundred-mile rofius in Rancho Cucamonga, CA. No Charge.
Porter Gilberg
Nonprofit Consultant
Regina Johnson
Periwinkle Memories, Owner
Periwinkle Memories can make any of your party and event visions a reality!
We can plan any type of event from start to finish (i.e. weddings, birthday party, bridal shower, baby shower, going away party, surprise party, corporate events) and the list goes on and on! We do all the planning and find all your vendors for you and/or same day coordination. You don’t have to worry about a thing - you dream it, we will take care of the rest!
We serve all of Orange County, Los Angeles, I.E., San Diego and can travel within California. Can’t wait to plan your next event!Eric Santamaria
Minimum Viable Project, President & Principal Consultant
As a Senior Ops Director and Continuous Improvement Leader, I excel at aligning people, mission, processes, and tech. My mission is to guide innovative, mission-driven companies, including LGBTQ+ and Minority-owned businesses, to outperform competitors, uplift Operational Agility, foster authentic belonging, and deliver customer Impact. I've led teams to improve enterprise KPIs for Safety, Quality, Delivery, Customer Experience, and Operational Excellence, saving millions for every company and team I've worked with.
Sara Stanizai
Prospect Therapy, Owner and LMFT
I'm a feminist business coach, speaker, licensed therapist and the owner of Prospect Therapy, a queer and trans affirming therapy team practice with a focus on immigrant and diaspora mental health. In my limited free time, I geek out about the history of art and music, dissecting the production history of my favorite TV shows, and entrepreneurship for real people. I also host a podcast called You Did That! which invites people to share their stories of how they did their thing without a blueprint or role model to follow. I'm a first-generation Afghan-American cis bisexual woman.
Zane Julien
Susan Walshe, MFT, Inc DBA: Live With Ease Wellness Center, Owner
Hi, I'm Zane (they/he)
I'm a Licensed Marriage Family Therapist and Certified Mindfulness Meditation Teacher with over 19 years of experience providing individual, relationship and group therapy. My focus is LGBTQ+ community, specializing in trans/gender non-conforming folks.
For inquiries, go to livewitheasewellnesscenter.comLara Foy
Four Seasons Acupuncture and Healing Arts, Licensed Acupuncturist
Lara Foy is a graduate of Pitzer College, the Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine College of Berkeley, and Twin Lakes College for Massage. With 12 years of clinical TCM experience, she navigates Western and Chinese medical knowledge with a gentle Japanese style needling technique. She expanded her graduate studies with a sports medicine internship at the UC Berkeley Athletics Department as well as two internships with Bay Area Master Herbalists Ben Zappin and Lana Farson. Licensed in California and Vermont, she has taken her practice to both coasts, Ireland and Mexico. Lara grew up internationally, speaks French, Spanish and Nepali and has two Taiwanese nephews! She is thrilled to be back in the California sunshine!Shiloh Jaramillo
Supreme Building Innovators, Inc., President
Claudia Alvarez-Roddy
Candlestick Ravine, Co-Owner
Maddie Reardon
Starship Equity LLC, Founder
Looking to learn more about web accessibility? Or looking to hold an accessibility-related workshop? Email me or book a discovery call on my site!
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