
Maria Salinas
President & CEO
LA Chamber of Commerce

Tracy Hernandez
Founding CEO
LA Bizfed

Stephen Cheung
Chief Operating Officer
LA County Economic Development Corporation

Ali Sahabi
Co-Founder & COO
Optimum Seismic, Inc.

Evan Reis, PE, SE
Executive Director & Co-Founder
U.S. Resiliency Council
Key Elected Leaders:

Fiona Ma
California State Treasurer

Eric Garcetti
Mayor of Los Angeles
Adrin Nazarian
California State Assemblymember
District 46
Key Officials:

Glenn Pomeroy
Chief Executive Officer
California Earthquake Authority

Aaron Gross
Chief Resilience Officer
City of Los Angeles
Webinar Champions:

Shane Diller
Assistant Development Services Director
CALBO President

Ben Stapleton
Executive Director
USGBC-LA

Linda Dishman
President and CEO
Los Angeles Conservancy

Jeremy Harris
President & CEO
Long Beach Area Chamber of Commerce

Tracy Hernandez
Founding CEO
LA Bizfed

Ross Stein
CEO
Temblor

Lance Hastings
President + CEO
California Manufacturers & Technology Association

Laurel Rosen
President/CEO
Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce

Paul Little
President & CEO
Pasadena Chamber of Commerce

Matthew Wall
Executive Director
Western States Seismic Policy Council
Webinar Panelists:

Michelle Jones, AIA NCIDQ LEED AP BD+C
MANAGING PRINCIPAL – WESTERN REGION
RIM Architects

Jim Malley
Group Director, Senior Principal
Degenkolb San Francisco

Tracy Hernandez
Founding CEO
LA Bizfed

Aaron Gross
Chief Resilience Officer
City of Los Angeles

Jessica Westermeyer PE
Associate
KPFF

Paul Little
President & CEO
Pasadena Chamber of Commerce

Laurel Rosen
President/CEO
Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce

Lance Hastings
President + CEO
California Manufacturers & Technology Association

Dave Mar, SE,
Owner,
Mar Structural Design

Maryann Phipps, SE,
President
E Structure

Craig Stockbridge, AIA, LEED AP,
Principal
GBD Architects

Jeremy Harris
President & CEO
Long Beach Area Chamber of Commerce

Shane Diller
Assistant Development Services Director
CALBO President

Laurie Schoeman
Senior Program Director, National Initiatives, Resilience
Enterprise Community Partners, Inc.

Jeff Fullerton
Senior Vice President, Real Estate Development
The Plenary Group

David Cocke, S.E.,
President
Structural Focus

Jonathan Cohen,
Partner
The Society Hotel

Linda Dishman
President and CEO
Los Angeles Conservancy

Madison Spach Jr.,
Attorney
Spach, Capaldi & Waggaman

Ben Stapleton
Executive Director
USGBC-LA

Elaine Aye,
Associate Regional Manager
RWDI

Maria Salinas
President & CEO
LA Chamber of Commerce