2025-2026 CALED Board of Directors
Executive Committee
Jennifer McLain Hiramoto
Executive Director Economic Development Agency, City of Ontario, Chair
Message from Chair Jennifer McLain Hiramoto
David White
Chief Executive Officer, Opportunity Stanislaus, Chair Elect
Larry Vaupel
Past Chair
Eric Romero, ACE
Pier H Bureau Manager, City of Long Beach, Treasurer
Aaron Laurel
City Manager, City of West Sacramento, Secretary
Stephen Baiter
Executive Director, East Bay Economic Development Alliance, Vice Chair
Michelle Geller, ACE
Economic Development Manager, City of Oceanside, Vice Chair
Board of Directors
Scott Adair, ACE
Chief Economic Development Officer, City of Santa Rosa
Amalia Cunningham
Principal, Amalia Cunningham Consulting
Dwayne Dalman, ACE
Division Manager, Economic Development, City of Alameda
PJ Gagajena, ACE
City Manager, City of Moorpark
Andy Haussler, ACE
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
Josh Metz
Planning & Economic Development Executive, Regional Government Services Authority
Michael Washam, ACE
Associate Director – Economic Development & Planning, County of Tulare
Rafael Yaquian
Partner, Goldfarb & Lipman LLP
Advisory Board Committee
Robert Burris
Rural County Representatives of CA
Mike Daniel
Orange County/ Inland Empire SBDC Network
Hosted at California State University, Fullerton,
Mihaylo College of Business and Economics
Kevin Engstrom
Keyser Marston Associates
Lance Hastings
CA Manufacturing & Technology Association
Bruce Kern
Retired East Bay EDA
Larry Kosmont
Kosmont Companies
Rochelle Mills
Innovative Housing Opportunities, Inc.
Ryan Sharp
University of California, Santa Cruz
Leni Zarate
DTA
David Zehnder
Economic & Planning Systems, Inc. (EPS)