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Member Spotlight: Monica Banken, Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger
Member Spotlight: Patrick Gittisriboongul, Lynwood Unified School District
This month’s member spotlight is Dr. Patrick Gittisriboongul, Assistant Superintendent of Technology & Innovation for Lynwood Unified School District. Dr. Patrick Gittisriboongul has been involved in information and educational technology … Continued
LAEDC Member Spotlight: Ron Frierson, Amazon
Member Spotlight: Dr. Narineh Makijan, LARC
LAEDC Member Spotlight: Art Bilger, WorkingNation
LAEDC Member Spotlight: Brett Howroyd, ActOne Group
LAEDC Member Spotlight: Alejandra Santamaria, Univision
Member Spotlight: Justin Erbacci, Los Angeles World Airports
LAEDC Member Spotlight: Punita Patel, Npower
Member Spotlight: Travis Kiyota, East West Bank
Travis Kiyota is the Senior Vice President, Head of Global Corporate Affairs for East West Bank. As a member of the Bank’s senior leadership team, Mr. Kiyota leads the Bank’s public … Continued
Member Spotlight: Winston Damarillo, Talino Labs
Winston Damarillo is the Founder and CEO of Talino Venture Labs, a global venture studio of inclusive fintech startups that bridge the financial inclusion gap for underserved, underrepresented groups around … Continued
Member Spotlight: Justin X. Thompson, Nixon Peabody
Justin X. Thompson is a partner at Nixon Peabody who represents clients across the spectrum of the real estate industry, from acquisition, financing and development to leasing and disposition.
LAEDC Member Spotlight: Ellie Casson, Waymo
Ellie Casson is Waymo’s Head of City Policy and Government Affairs. Waymo began as the Google self-driving car in 2009, and is designing the Waymo Driver, an autonomous vehicle that … Continued
LAEDC Member Spotlight: Linda Oubré
Linda Oubré, Ed.D., M.B.A., an accomplished leader in higher education and highly successful businesswoman, took office as Whittier College’s 15th president on July 1, 2018.
LAEDC Member Spotlight: Gene Hale
Gene Hale is the CEO of G&C Equipment Corporation one of the nation’s largest Black owned businesses. The company is engaged in the sale and lease of construction equipment, material, … Continued
LAEDC Member Spotlight: Mayra Vazquez, Meta
Mayra was born and raised in National City, CA, a low income, predominantly Latino community located 12 miles north of the US-Mexico border.
LAEDC Member Spotlight: Rudy Medina, U.S. Bank
Rudy Medina serves as the Southern California Market President for U.S. Bank and is also currently the Chair of the Board for the LAEDC.