2023-2024 CALED Board of Directors
Executive Committee
Jessica Gonzales
Director of Economic Development, City of Corona, Chair
Jennifer McLain Hiramoto
Executive Director Economic Development Agency, City of Ontario, Incoming Chair
Larry Vaupel
Director of Economic Development, City of Vista, Immediate Past Chair
Robert Burris
Deputy Chief Economic Development Officer, Rural County Representatives of CA, Treasurer
Josh Metz
Planning & Economic Development Executive, Regional Government Services Authority, Secretary
Aaron Laurel
City Manager, City of West Sacramento, Vice Chair
David White
Chief Executive Officer, Opportunity Stanislaus, Vice Chair
Board of Directors
Scott Adair, ACE
Director of Economic Development, County of Humboldt
Stephen Baiter
Executive Director, East Bay Economic Development Alliance
Amalia Cunningham
Principal, Amalia Cunningham Consulting
Dwayne Dalman, ACE
Economic Development Division Manager, City of Fairfield
PJ Gagajena, ACE
Assistant City Manager, City of Moorpark
Andy Haussler, ACE
Assistant City Manager, City of Clovis
Carolyn Hull
General Manager, EWDD, City of Los Angeles
Timothy Kelley
President & CEO, Imperial Valley EDC
Stewart Knox
Secretary, California Labor and Workforce Development Agency
Kendall DeMatteo Levan
Principal Attorney, Kane, Ballmer & Berkman
Barbara Levine
Director of Business Assistance, Los Angeles County EDC, Los Angeles County EDC
Eric Romero, ACE
Economic Development Manager, City of Carson
Rafael Yaquian
Partner, Goldfarb & Lipman LLP
Advisory Board Committee
Mike Daniel
Orange County/ Inland Empire SBDC Network
Hosted at California State University, Fullerton,
Mihaylo College of Business and Economics
Chris Dombrowski
Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development
Kevin Engstrom
Keyser Marston Associates
Lance Hastings
CA Manufacturing & Technology Association
Daniel Johnson
USDA Rural Development
Bruce Kern
Retired East Bay EDA
Larry Kosmont
Kosmont Companies
Rochelle Mills
Innovative Housing Opportunities, Inc.
Mike Nuby
Southern California Edison, Economic Development Services
Ryan Sharp
University of California, Santa Cruz
David Zehnder
Economic & Planning Systems, Inc. (EPS)