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President |
Susan Bowman, SPHR, PHRca, SHRM-SCP |
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Vice President |
Lauren Sweeney, SHRM-CP,B.S |
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Immediate Past President |
Tara Fournier, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, MSHR |
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Treasurer |
Daniel Erickson |
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Secretary |
Kristina Hess |
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Regional Representative Central Region Gateway Cities, Inland Valley, Los Angeles |
Kim Ho |
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Regional Representative Eastern Region Coachella Valley, Riverside, Temecula Valley |
Frank Miller, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, MBA/HRM |
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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, North County San Diego, South OC |
Ailene Dewar Costello, CBPA, aPHR |
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Regional Representative Valley Region Burbank/Glendale, Pasadena, Woodland Hills |
Ignacio Plascencia |
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Regional Representative Western Region Long Beach, South Bay, West LA |
Sheryl Bender, SPHR |
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Membership |
Sonja Montiel |
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Programs |
Earl Clarkston, SHRM-SCP |
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Government Advocacy Team |
Dana Mayhew, MPA, PHRca, SPHR, SHRM-SCP |
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Emerging Leaders |
Jennifer Blair, SPHR |
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College Relations Chair |
Eric De Wames |
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College Relations Co-Chair |
Stephany Morris-Nelson, PHR, SHRM-CP |
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.
Antelope Valley Chair |
Vacant |
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Burbank/Glendale Chair |
Armine Muradyan, MBA-HRM, CUHRcp, PHRca, HRSM |
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Coachella Valley Chair |
Del Peeples, SHRM-CP |
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Gateway Cities Chair |
Rob Boldt |
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Inland Valley Chair |
Cindy Kao |
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Long Beach Chair |
Mark Halushka |
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Los Angeles Chair |
Christy Hodson, PHR |
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North OC Chair |
Natalie Will |
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Pasadena Chair |
Michelle Landrum |
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Riverside Chair |
Merrell Botello |
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Santa Clarita Chair |
Sonny Huynh |
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North County San Diego Chair |
Kristina Hess
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South Bay Chair |
Edgar Garcia-Mora |
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South OC Chair |
Tremaine Friend, PHR, SHRM-CP |
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Temecula Valley Chair |
Rick Magtira, PHR, SCHRM-CP |
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Ventura County Chair |
Clarissa Paz |
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West Los Angeles Chair |
Patrick Guthrie |
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Woodland Hills Chair |
Danone Simpson |
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 |
Valentina Fiorentino |
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.
2021-2024 | Tara Fournier, SHRM-SCP, SPHR, MSHR | 1978 | Neil Christensen | |
2017 – 2020 | Patti Sprinkle | 1977 | Bernice Hird | |
2015 – 2016 | Marilyn Monahan, Esq. | 1976 | J. William Oldenkamp | |
2013 – 2014 | Wayne Munyer, PHR, SHRM-CP | 1975 | Mary Lou Pyle | |
2011 – 2012 | Richard Propster, SPHR-CA | 1974 | Stanley Croonquist, Jr. | |
2009 – 2010 | Jenny Roney, SPHR | 1973 | William Stamper | |
2007 – 2008 | Dan Roleder, SPHR | 1972 | H. Walter Samson | |
2005 – 2006 | Mark Gross | 1971 | Gerald Townsend | |
2004 | Terry Kolasa | 1970 | Grant Kenyon | |
2003 | Pamela Winters, SPHR | 1969 | William Foster | |
2002 | Mike Deblieux, SPHR | 1968 | David English | |
2001 | Gregory Sims, SPHR | 1967 | John Haynes | |
2000 | Nancy Mellinger, SPHR | 1966 | Roy Cheney, Jr. | |
1999 | Dennis Smith | 1965 | Gordon Madden | |
1998 | Sandra Deming, SPHR | 1964 | Herbert Sutton | |
1997 | Philip Barquer, SPHR | 1963 | William Rule | |
1996 | Anita Gorino, SPHR | 1962 | Robert Vanderlip | |
1994 – 1995 | William Groenekamp | 1961 | Edmund Briggs | |
1993 | Thomas Christy | 1960 | Carl Kaiser | |
1992 | Jeanette Parr, SPHR | 1959 | William Lee, PHR | |
1991 | Jim Rockett, PhD | 1958 | Paul Kaponya, PE | |
1990 | Earnest Preacely | 1956-1957 | Robert Armstrong | |
1989 | Roger Sommer, SPHR | 1955 | John McLean | |
1988 | Alan Dias | 1954 | Gerald Bradley | |
1987 | Gilbert Honeycutt | 1953 | Bonar Dyer | |
1986 | Wanda Lee, SPHR | 1952 | Lawrence Cooper | |
1985 | Jon Weakly | 1951 | Roy Madsen | |
1984 | A. William Yochum | 1949-1950 | Paul Bell | |
1983 | Wayne Strong | 1948 | Lewis Peck | |
1982 | Ardith Gillis, SPHR | 1947 | Gerald Honey | |
1981 | Robert Wenzel, Esq. | 1946 | Eugene Hassett | |
1980 | James Lacy | 1945 | A.W. Abrahamsen | |
1979 | Sylvia Landa |