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