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President |
Tara Fournier, SPHR, SHRM-CP |
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Vice President |
Susan Bowman, SPHR, PHRca, SHRM-SCP |
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Immediate Past President | Patti Sprinkle Human Resources Director Retired |
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Treasurer |
Ray Cooke, PHR, SHRM-CP |
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Secretary |
Brenda Trujillo, PHR, SHRM-CP, CSC |
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Regional Representative Valley Region Burbank/Glendale, Pasadena, Woodland Hills |
Karen Boublis, SPHR, SHRM-SCP |
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Regional Representative Central Region Gateway Cities, Inland Valley, Los Angeles |
Maru Trevizo, PHR, SHRM-CP |
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Regional Representative Eastern Region Coachella Valley, Riverside, Temecula Valley |
Michael Sousa |
Regional Representative Northern Region Antelope Valley, Santa Clarita, Ventura County |
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Regional Representative Southern Region North OC, San Diego Community, South OC |
Jenny Roney, MPA, SPHR, IPMA-CP |
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Regional Representative Western Region Long Beach, South Bay, West Los Angeles |
Karen Whittaker, SPHR, SHRM-SCP |
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Membership |
Matthew Paletz |
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Programs |
Baskaran Ambalavanan, SPHR, PHRca, GPHR, SHRM-SCP |
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Government Affairs |
Dana Mayhew, MPA, PHRca, SPHR, SHRM-SCP |
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Emerging Leaders |
Elizabeth Bolanos, SHRM-CP |
Organizational Continuity | Open | |
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Club PIHRA | Jay Lewis Owner Lewis Events |
Our Chapter Chairs each lead their chapter’s board of directors, serving HR professionals all over Southern California with innovative programming, community resources, and hybrid social events.
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Antelope Valley Chair |
Jeannette Cook, Ph.D. |
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Burbank/Glendale Chair |
Armine Muradyan, MBA-HRM, CUHRcp, PHRca, HRSM |
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Coachella Valley Chair |
Dominique Fruchtman, SPHR |
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Gateway Cities Chair |
Cody Farzad |
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Inland Valley Chair |
Cindy Kao |
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Long Beach Chair |
Oscar Velasco |
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Los Angeles Chair |
Jennifer Blair, SPHR |
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North OC Chair |
Ron Herrera, PHR, SHRM-CP |
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Pasadena Chair |
Joel Riegsecker |
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Riverside Chair |
Christina Gonzalez Hicks, SPHR |
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Santa Clarita Chair |
Sandi Malmquist, SPHR |
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South Bay Chair |
Bridget Toomey |
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South OC Chair |
Amanda Osburn, SPHR |
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Temecula Valley Chair |
Kim Rutherford |
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Ventura County Chair |
Mary Valdivieso, SHRM-CP |
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West Los Angeles Chair |
Hunt Turner |
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Woodland Hills Chair |
Alison Norrup, SPHR, SHRM-SCP |
The PIHRA Foundation provides scholarship and educational opportunities for emerging HR professionals and HR professionals in transition. Learn more about the PIHRA Foundation at pihra.org/foundation.
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President |
Michelle Schuh, PHR, SHRM-CP |
President
President-Elect
Treasurer
Secretary
Regional Representation
To be eligible to serve on the Board of Directors, the individual must be a current voting PIHRA member in good standing and have previously served or currently serving in any one of the following positions:
A voting member of the PIHRA Board
A voting member of a PIHRA Chapter Board
A member of a standing committee or an ad hoc committee of the Board of Directors
Secretary
Treasurer
Regional Representative – Northern Region
Regional Representative – Central Region
Regional Representative – Southern Region
Learn more about PIHRA leadership opportunities.
Please do not hesitate to reach out to PIHRA Secretary Brenda Trujillo at secretary@pihra.org or Chapter Engagement at wayne@pihra.org if you have any questions or need further assistance.
2015 – 2016 | Marilyn Monahan, Esq. | 1978 | Neil Christensen | |
2013 – 2014 | Wayne Munyer, PHR, SHRM-CP | 1977 | Bernice Hird | |
2011 – 2012 | Richard Propster, SPHR-CA | 1976 | J. William Oldenkamp | |
2009 – 2010 | Jenny Roney, SPHR | 1975 | Mary Lou Pyle | |
2007 – 2008 | Dan Roleder, SPHR | 1974 | Stanley Croonquist, Jr. | |
2005 – 2006 | Mark Gross | 1973 | William Stamper | |
2004 | Terry Kolasa | 1972 | H. Walter Samson | |
2003 | Pamela Winters, SPHR | 1971 | Gerald Townsend | |
2002 | Mike Deblieux, SPHR | 1970 | Grant Kenyon | |
2001 | Gregory Sims, SPHR | 1969 | William Foster | |
2000 | Nancy Mellinger, SPHR | 1968 | David English | |
1999 | Dennis Smith | 1967 | John Haynes | |
1998 | Sandra Deming, SPHR | 1966 | Roy Cheney, Jr. | |
1997 | Philip Barquer, SPHR | 1965 | Gordon Madden | |
1996 | Anita Gorino, SPHR | 1964 | Herbert Sutton | |
1994 – 1995 | William Groenekamp | 1963 | William Rule | |
1993 | Thomas Christy | 1962 | Robert Vanderlip | |
1992 | Jeanette Parr, SPHR | 1961 | Edmund Briggs | |
1991 | Jim Rockett, PhD | 1960 | Carl Kaiser | |
1990 | Earnest Preacely | 1959 | William Lee, PHR | |
1989 | Roger Sommer, SPHR | 1958 | Paul Kaponya, PE | |
1988 | Alan Dias | 1956-1957 | Robert Armstrong | |
1987 | Gilbert Honeycutt | 1955 | John McLean | |
1986 | Wanda Lee, SPHR | 1954 | Gerald Bradley | |
1985 | Jon Weakly | 1953 | Bonar Dyer | |
1984 | A. William Yochum | 1952 | Lawrence Cooper | |
1983 | Wayne Strong | 1951 | Roy Madsen | |
1982 | Ardith Gillis, SPHR | 1949-1950 | Paul Bell | |
1981 | Robert Wenzel, Esq. | 1948 | Lewis Peck | |
1980 | James Lacy | 1947 | Gerald Honey | |
1979 | Sylvia Landa | 1946 | Eugene Hassett | |
1945 | A.W. Abrahamsen |
There are many ways to volunteer with PIHRA & hone your leadership skills.