Board of Directors
2024-2025 Officers & Leadership Cabinet
Chair of the Board
Sumer Temple
Owner
Don Temple Storage
Immediate Past Chair
Vice Chair of Economic Development
Trini Jimenez
Vice President Public Affairs
Watson Land Company
Chair-Elect
Heather Summers
Senior Vice President, Marketing
LBS Financial Credit Union
Vice Chair of Public Policy
Alicia Berhow
Director, State Government Affairs
Charter
Vice Chair, Community Development
Chris Reese
Associate Vice President of University Relations
CSULB
Member at Large
Tomi D Riley
Manager, Government Relations - West
Air Products
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
Lynette McKinnon
Senior Director - Engineering
Boeing
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
Keesal, Young & Logan
President & CEO
Jeremy Harris
Long Beach Area Chamber of Commerce
2024-2025 Board of Directors
Rhiannon Acree
Cambrian Homecare
Greg Alexander
P2S, Inc.
Lisa Arias
Hyatt Regency
Robert Beasley
Moffat & Nichol
Alicia Berhow
Charter
Scott Bristol
Brascia Builders
Dana Buchanan
Primal Alchemy
Cliff Buford
Southwest Airlines
Carolyn Caldwell
Dignity Health-St. Mary Medical Center
Megan Christensen
Bryson
Mario Cordero
Port of Long Beach
Bryce Cullinane
Keesal, Young & Logan
Brian Devot
Farmers & Merchants Bank
Mark Dodson
Bank of America
Kris Gragson
GK Media Inc.
Greg Guthrie
Hotel Maya
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.
Blair Kent
MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center
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
Lynette McKinnon
Boeing Company
Silvano Merlo
Courtyard Marriott
Long Beach Downtown
Jon Mesko
Long Beach BLAST
Mark Miller
AES Alamitos
Pejmon Noori
BRNC Insurance Services
Seffrah Orlando
Scan Health Plan
Nital Patel
California Resources Corporation
Dr. Lourdes Ramos
MOLAA
Christopher Reese
California State University Long Beach
Tomi Riley
Air Products
Mitra Rogers
Amazon Web Services
Yvonne Santos
Poppy Bank
Patty Senecal
Western States Petroleum Association
Brissa Sotelo-Vargas
Valero Wilmington Refinery
Carmen Shoemaker
AT&T
Hans Stone
BluPrint Home Loans
Heather Summers
LBS Financial Credit Union
Fred Sutton
California Apartment Association
Brandon Tanner
Special Olympics of Southern California
Dr. Nishan Tchekmedyian MD
City of Hope
Sumer Temple
Don Temple Storage
Kevin Wetzel
City National Bank
Justin White
Centennial Advisers
Jim Zehmer
TABC, Toyota
2024-2025 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
Dana Buchanan
Primal Alchemy
LONG BEACH YOUNG PROFESSIONALS
Pejmon Noori
Bayshore Insurance Services