Committees
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. to the 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, 27th District - Patty Cortez
Representative
Upper San Gabriel Valley Water Mgmt District - Christian Daly
Representative
Kathryn Barger, District 5 Supervisor - Catherine (Cat) Del Rosario
Representative
Chris Holden, Assemblymember, 41st District
- Lucy Demirjian
Asst. to the 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 - 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 - Jeannette Soriano
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.
- Gloria Bennett
Member
Young Stars Theatre - Francisco Cardenas
Member
Wells Fargo - Xavier Coronado
Member
Xavier MC Artistry
- Celinda Grande
Member
Priority One Credit Union - Jeanie Joe
Member
Sew Joe Stitch Lounge - Ivonne Lanzas
Member
Welcome Wagon
- Tracy Macrum
Member
Keller Williams Realty - Lawrence Sin
Member
Core Benefits
- 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 - Nichole Clark
South Pasadena Chamber of Commerce - Brad Colerick
Member
Deepmix - Kathryn Compton
Member
Mission Street Wealth Planning
- Lucy Demirjian
Asst. to the City Manager
City of South Pasadena - Ximena Dussan
Member
Deepmix - Kerry Etheridge
Independent - Steve Fjeldsted
City Librarian
City of South Pasadena - Lawrence Fudge
Member
MOSAIC LA - Jamie Khuu Inzunza
Member
Mamma’s Brick Oven Pizza and Pasta
- Debrah Lemattre
Member
Good Citizen Media Group - Elda Marquez
Member
Real Estate Heaven - Kris Morrish
Member
The Kutzer Company - Hope Perello
Member
SPACE - Mitzye Ribas
Independent - Michael Ribas
Independent
- Toni Rodriguez
Independent - Martin Smith
Member
SoSound Entertainment - Howard Spector
Member
South Pasadena Arts Council – SPARC - Odom Stamps
Member
Stamps & Stamps - Maida Wong
Senior Librarian
Children’s Services
City of South Pasadena
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