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

• Carol Wu, VP of Business and Lending: cwu@pacela.org

BUSINESS COUNSELING TEAM

(LABSC Pico Union/Westlake Region)

• Veronica Lopez, Business Counseling Manager II: veronicalopez@pacela.org
• Jeanie Yang, Business Counselor: jyang@pacela.org
• Irene Cho, Loan Counselor II: icho@pacela.org
• Osmany Cano, Business Counselor: ocano@pacela.org

(LABSC Hollywood Region)

• Vartoohi Andreassian, Business Counseling Manager II: vandreassian@pacela.org
• Supranee May, Business Counselor II: smay@pacela.org
• David Holop, Loan Counselor: dholop@pacela.org

(SBA WBC)

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

(GO-Biz)

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

(LACDA CDBG)

• Ingrid Lopez, Program Associate: ilopez@pacela.org

LOAN TEAM

• Michelle Lee, Loan Manager: michellelee@pacela.org
• Francisco Peralta, Credit Underwriter: fperalta@pacela.org
• Jennifer Whelan, Relationship Manager: jwhelan@pacela.org
• Irene Cho, Loan Counselor II: icho@pacela.org
• Humera Aftab, Loan Counselor II: haftab@pacela.org
• Tiffany Yomjan, Portfolio Officer: tyomjan@pacela.org
• Maria Bernal, Loan Servicing Specialist: mbernal@pacela.org
• Maria Barragan, Loan Assistant, mbarragan@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
• Christy Tran, Program Associate: ctran@pacela.org

ADMINISTRATION TEAM

• Nicole Diangani, Office Manager: ndiangani@pacela.org
• Ingrid Lopez, Program Associate: ilopez@pacela.org
• Yarelid Delgado, Program Assistant: ydelgado@pacela.org

Updated Aug. 2026