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

• Daniel Han, Director of Business: DHan@pacela.org

MARKETING TEAM

• Kevin Kim, Marketing 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
• Irene Cho, Loan Counselor II: icho@pacela.org

(LABSC Hollywood Region)

• Vartoohi Andreassian, Business Counseling Manager II: vandreassian@pacela.org
• Supranee May, Business Counselor II: smay@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 II: haftab@pacela.org

(GO-Biz / LACDA CDBG / SBA CNP)

• Jennifer Whelan, Loan Counselor II: jwhelan@pacela.org
• Humera Aftab, Loan Counselor II: haftab@pacela.org

LOAN TEAM

• Carol Wu, VP of Lending, PACE Finance Corporation: cwu@pacela.org
• Michelle Lee, Loan Manager: michellelee@pacela.org
• Jennifer Whelan, Loan Counselor II: jwhelan@pacela.org
• Irene Cho, Loan Counselor II: icho@pacela.org
• Humera Aftab, Loan Counselor II: haftab@pacela.org
• Francisco Peralta, Credit Underwriter: fperalta@pacela.org

PROCUREMENT TEAM

• Andrew Barrera, Procurement Relationship Manager: abarrera@pacela.org
• Cristina Espiritu, Procurement Manager: cespiritu@pacela.org
• Jennifer Whelan, Loan Counselor II: jwhelan@pacela.org
• Pratiksha Patel, Procurement Manager: ppatel@pacela.org

ADMINISTRATION TEAM

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

Updated June 2025