Our Team

We are proud of our team and are always looking for more people to help. We love to help our clients, their businesses, and the community reach a higher and greater level of success!

Our Team

DEPARTMENT HEAD

  • Bo Sivanunsakul, Business Director: bsivanunsakul@pacela.org
  • Susie Choy, Assistant Director & Compliance Coordinator: schoy@pacela.org

 

MARKETING TEAM

  • Kevin Kim, Marketing / Outreach Manager: kkim@pacela.org
  • Karin Chan, Marketing / Outreach Specialist: kchan@pacela.org

 

BUSINESS COUNSELING TEAM

 

(LABSC Pico Union/Westlake Region)

  • Veronica Lopez, Business Counseling Manager II: vbryden@pacela.org
  • Jeanie Yang, Business Counselor: jyang@pacela.org
  • Ivan Vazquez, Business Counselor: ivazquez@pacela.org
  • Irene Cho, Loan Coach: icho@pacela.org

 

(LABSC Hollywood Region)

  • Diana Chung, Business Counseling Manager II: dchung@pacela.org
  • Supranee May, Business Counselor: smay@pacela.org
  • Elaine Pang, Loan Coach: epang@pacela.org

 

(SBA WBC)

  • Swann Do, Director of PACE Women's Business Center: sdo@pacela.org

 

(WBC EP)

  • Cristina Espiritu, Procurement Manager: cespiritu@pacela.org
  • Humera Aftab, Loan Counselor:haftab@pacela.org

 

(GO-Biz / LACDA CDBG / SBA CNP)

  • Wai-Ling Chin, Business Counseling Manager II: wchin@pacela.org
  • Vartoohi Andreassian, Business Counseling Manager: vandreassian@pacela.org
  • Jennifer Whelan, Loan Counselor II: jwhelan@pacela.org
  • Humera Aftab, Loan Counselor:haftab@pacela.org
  • Bryan Lac, Business Intake Specialist: blac@pacela.org

 

(ORR MED / EOCF)

  • Vartoohi Andreassian, Business Counseling Manager: vandreassian@pacela.org
  • Wai-Ling Chin, Business Counseling Manager II: wchin@pacela.org

 

LOAN TEAM

  • Babita Nayak, Loan Manager: bnayak@pacela.org
  • Jennifer Whelan, Loan Counselor II: jwhelan@pacela.org
  • Martin Pirgiotis, Loan Counselor: mpirgiotis@pacela.org
  • Elaine Pang, Loan Coach: epang@pacela.org
  • Irene Cho, Loan Coach: icho@pacela.org
  • Humera Aftab, Loan Counselor: haftab@pacela.org
  • Francisco Peralta, Credit Underwriter: fperalta@pacela.org
  • Sean Guo, Portfolio Analyst: sguo@pacela.org

 

PROCUREMENT TEAM

  • Diana Chung, MBDA Director / Business Counseling Manager II: dchung@pacela.org
  • Andrew Barrera, Procurement Relationship Manager: abarrera@pacela.org
  • Cristina Espiritu, Procurement Manager: cespiritu@pacela.org
  • Lynna Ochoa, Procurement Manager: lochoa@pacela.org
  • Jennifer Whelan, Loan Counselor II: jwhelan@pacela.org

 

ADMINISTRATION TEAM

  • Nicole Diangani, Office Manager: ndiangani@pacela.org
  • Maria Bernal, Program Assistant / Data Entry Clerk: mbernal@pacela.org
  • Ingrid Lopez, Program Assistant / Data Entry Clerk: ilopez@pacela.org
  • Vianca Campos, Program Assistant: vcampos@pacela.org

Updated Oct 2023

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