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
- 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