Committees | South Pasadena

The Chamber stays active and engaged through the volunteer efforts of its membership. Here are some of the opportunities to get involved in the community that are available to Chamber members.

The Chamber recently hosted a Mixer to welcome the new Chamber members! Over 40 new businesses joined the Chamber in the last year.

Economic Development Committee

The objective of the Economic Development Committee is to create a vision for a healthy local economy and work to attract and retain top quality businesses in South Pasadena.

Jamie Khuu Inzunza
Committee Chair
Mamma's Brick Oven Pizza & Pasta

Andrew Berk
Member
Avison Young Commercial Real Estate

Jeff Burke
Member
BurkeTriolo Studios

Dollie Chapman
Member
Dollie Chapman Design Planning

Salvatrice Cummo
Representative
Small Business Development Center

Steven P. Dahl
Member
Dahl Architects, Inc.

Lucy Demirjian
Asst. City Manager
City of South Pasadena

Stephanie DeWolfe
City Manager
City of South Pasadena

Megan Dostal
Member
Further Products, Inc.

Dan Evans
Member
Evans & Associates

Thomas Field
Member
Thomas R. Field American Antiques

Robert Joe
City Council
City of South Pasadena

Marina Khubesrian
City Council
City of South Pasadena

Dave Lubs
Member
South Pasadena Unified School District

Jason Mak
Member
Golden Oaks Senior Apartments

Kris Morrish
Member
The Kutzer Company

Gary Pia
Member
Mission Street Wealth Planning

Jon Primuth
Member
Primuth & Driskell, LLP

Karan Raina
Member
Aro Latin/Radhika Modern Indian Bistro

Mark Smeaton
Member
Crux Studio

Rebecca Thompson
Member
Crux Studio

John Vandercook
Member
ReImagine Your Home

David G. Watkins, AICP
Director of Planning and Building
City of South Pasadena

Laurie Wheeler
President/CEO
South Pasadena Chamber of Commerce

Legislative Affairs Committee

The objective of the Legislative Affairs Committee is to represent the business community with all levels of government in an effective, timely fashion and to provide a communications link between business and government. See what we have been doing. HERE

Ellen Wood
Chair
WISSPA

Connie Aguilar
Member
Options for Learning

Ed Chen
Member
Athens Services

Becky Cheng
Representative
Judy Chu, Congressperson, 27thDistrict

Patty Cortez
Representative
Upper San Gabriel Valley Water Mgmt District

Christian Daly
Representative
Kathryn Barger,
District 5 Supervisor

Lucy Demirjian
Asst. City Manager
City of South Pasadena

Stephanie DeWolfe
City Manager
City of South Pasadena

Megan Dostal
Member
Further Products, Inc.

Betty Emirhanian
Member
WISPPA

Evette Kim
Representative
Anthony Portantino,
California State Senator, 25th District

Patrick Kirchen
Member
Crossings Restaurant

Faith Lee
Representative
Chris Holden
Assemblymember,
41st District

Diana Mahmud
City Council
City of South Pasadena

Talin Mangioglu
Representative
Anthony Portantino,
California State Senator, 25th District

Savannah Moore
Representative
Kathryn Barger,
District 5 Supervisor

Sussy Nemer
Representative
Kathryn Barger,
District 5 Supervisor

Jon Primuth
Member
Primuth & Driskell, LLP

Helen Romero Shaw
Representative
Southern California Gas Company

Joshua Torres
Representative
Southern California Edison

John Vandercook
Member
Reimagine Your Home

Linda Wah
Representative
Pasadena City College Area 5 Trustee

Geoff Yantz
Member
South Pasadena Unified School District

Rainbow Yeung
Representative
SCAQMD
South Coast Air Quality Management District

Laurie Wheeler
President/CEO
South Pasadena Chamber of Commerce

Ambassador Committee

The objective of the Ambassador Committee is to welcome all new members to the South Pasadena Chamber of Commerce, provide support for ribbon-cuttings and other recognition events, and to assist in the planning and execution of all mixers, networking breakfasts and special events.

Tanya Alexis
Member
Original Kids by Tanya Alexis

Gloria Bennett
Member
Young Stars Theatre

Matilde Gonzalez
Member
Coldwell Banker Dynasty

Celinda Grande
Member
Priority One Credit Union

Camille Levee
Member
Rotary Club of South Pasadena

Lawrence Sin
Member
Core Benefits

Christine Smith
Member
Family Chiropractic Center

Laurie Wheeler
President/CEO
South Pasadena Chamber of Commerce

Events Committee

The objective of Events Committee is to plan and execute major annual city-wide events on behalf of the Chamber of Commerce. These events include the Eclectic Music Festival in the Spring and Arts Crawls throughout the year.

Laurie Wheeler
Chair
President/CEO
South Pasadena Chamber of Commerce

Cathy Billings
Assistant Director of Library
City of South Pasadena

Jeff Burke
Member
BurkeTriolo Studios

Nichole Clark
Independent

Brad Colerick
Member
Deepmix

Kathryn Compton
Member
Mission Street Wealth Planning

Ximena Dussan
Member
Deepmix

Steve Fjeldsted
City Librarian
City of South Pasadena

Jamie Khuu Inzunza
Member
Mamma’s Brick Oven Pizza and Pasta

Elda Marquez
Member
Real Estate Heaven

Kris Morrish
Member
The Kutzer Company

Hope Perello
Member
SPACE