Gateway Cities, Inland Valley, Los Angeles
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President |
Tara Fournier, SPHR, SHRM-SCP Chief People Officer Enthusiast Gaming |
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Vice President |
Susan Bowman, SPHR, PHRca, SHRM-SCP |
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Immediate Past President |
Patti Sprinkle |
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Treasurer |
Ray Cooke, PHR, SHRM-CP |
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Secretary |
Kristina Hess |
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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 |
Lauren Sweeney |
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Regional Representative Eastern Region Coachella Valley, Riverside, Temecula Valley |
Frank Miller, SPHR, SHRM-CCP |
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Regional Representative Northern Region Antelope Valley, Santa Clarita, Ventura County |
Jeannette Cook, Ph.D. |
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Regional Representative Southern Region North OC, San Diego Community, South OC |
Ailene Dewar, aPHR |
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Regional Representative Western Region Long Beach, South Bay, West Los Angeles |
Glenda (Amena) Tariq, SHRM-CP |
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Membership |
Matthew Paletz |
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Programs |
Baskaran Ambalavanan, SPHR, PHRca, GPHR, SHRM-SCP |
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Government Advocacy Team |
Dana Mayhew, MPA, PHRca, SPHR, SHRM-SCP |
Emerging Leaders |
Christina Gonzalez-Hicks, MBA, SPHR |
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College Relations |
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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 |
Wandala Johnson, SHRM-CP |
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Burbank/Glendale Chair |
Armine Muradyan, MBA-HRM, CUHRcp, PHRca, HRSM |
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Coachella Valley Chair |
Jason Press |
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Gateway Cities Chair |
Rob Boldt |
Inland Valley Chair | ||
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Long Beach Chair |
Oscar Velasco |
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Los Angeles Chair |
Robert Hawkes, CEBS, SHRM-SCP |
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North OC Chair |
Ron Herrera, PHR, SHRM-CP |
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Pasadena Chair |
Rudy Ramirez |
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Riverside Chair |
Merrell Botello |
Santa Clarita Chair |
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San Diego Community Chair |
Kristina Hess
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South Bay Chair |
Edgar Garcia-Mora |
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South OC Chair |
Liz Flores, HRM, WCCP, CRTO |
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Temecula Valley Chair |
Jacquelyn Thorp, PHRca, SPHR, SHR |
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Ventura County Chair |
Cheryl Johnston, SPHR, SHRM-SCP |
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West Los Angeles Chair |
Patrick Guthrie |
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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 |
Ed Johnson, SPHR |
As a current, voting member of PIHRA, you have the benefit of running for a leadership position on the PIHRA Board of Directors or on a PIHRA Chapter Board. The elected positions range from one – two year commitments. There are also standing committee chair positions on the PIHRA Board of Directors. These are appointed positions and lead the following areas for the association: Professional Development, Membership Development, Organizational Continuity, Legislative Affairs, College Relations and Emerging Leaders.
To find out more about the annual election process, including contact information for the nominations committee, please visit the PIHRA Volunteer page.
We look forward to your contribution in helping take PIHRA to its next stage of development.
2017 – 2020 | Patti Sprinkle | 1978 | Neil Christensen | |
2015 – 2016 | Marilyn Monahan, Esq. | 1977 | Bernice Hird | |
2013 – 2014 | Wayne Munyer, PHR, SHRM-CP | 1976 | J. William Oldenkamp | |
2011 – 2012 | Richard Propster, SPHR-CA | 1975 | Mary Lou Pyle | |
2009 – 2010 | Jenny Roney, SPHR | 1974 | Stanley Croonquist, Jr. | |
2007 – 2008 | Dan Roleder, SPHR | 1973 | William Stamper | |
2005 – 2006 | Mark Gross | 1972 | H. Walter Samson | |
2004 | Terry Kolasa | 1971 | Gerald Townsend | |
2003 | Pamela Winters, SPHR | 1970 | Grant Kenyon | |
2002 | Mike Deblieux, SPHR | 1969 | William Foster | |
2001 | Gregory Sims, SPHR | 1968 | David English | |
2000 | Nancy Mellinger, SPHR | 1967 | John Haynes | |
1999 | Dennis Smith | 1966 | Roy Cheney, Jr. | |
1998 | Sandra Deming, SPHR | 1965 | Gordon Madden | |
1997 | Philip Barquer, SPHR | 1964 | Herbert Sutton | |
1996 | Anita Gorino, SPHR | 1963 | William Rule | |
1994 – 1995 | William Groenekamp | 1962 | Robert Vanderlip | |
1993 | Thomas Christy | 1961 | Edmund Briggs | |
1992 | Jeanette Parr, SPHR | 1960 | Carl Kaiser | |
1991 | Jim Rockett, PhD | 1959 | William Lee, PHR | |
1990 | Earnest Preacely | 1958 | Paul Kaponya, PE | |
1989 | Roger Sommer, SPHR | 1956-1957 | Robert Armstrong | |
1988 | Alan Dias | 1955 | John McLean | |
1987 | Gilbert Honeycutt | 1954 | Gerald Bradley | |
1986 | Wanda Lee, SPHR | 1953 | Bonar Dyer | |
1985 | Jon Weakly | 1952 | Lawrence Cooper | |
1984 | A. William Yochum | 1951 | Roy Madsen | |
1983 | Wayne Strong | 1949-1950 | Paul Bell | |
1982 | Ardith Gillis, SPHR | 1948 | Lewis Peck | |
1981 | Robert Wenzel, Esq. | 1947 | Gerald Honey | |
1980 | James Lacy | 1946 | Eugene Hassett | |
1979 | Sylvia Landa | 1945 | A.W. Abrahamsen |