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 Manager: kkim@pacela.org
• Karin Chan, Marketing 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, Business & Loan Counselor: icho@pacela.org
• Ivan Vazquez, Business Counselor: ivazquez@pacela.org

(LABSC Hollywood Region)

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

(SBA WBC)

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

(GO-Biz & ORR MED)

• Wai-Ling Chin, Business Counseling Manager: wchin@pacela.org
• Vartoohi Andreassian, Business Counselor: vandreassian@pacela.org
• Lynna Ochoa, Business Counseling Manager: lochoa@pacela.org

LOAN TEAM

• Babita Nayak, Loan Manager: bnayak@pacela.org
• Jennifer Whelan, Loan Counselor: jwhelan@pacela.org
• Sean Guo, Portfolio Operations Analyst: sguo@pacela.org
• Francisco Peralta, Credit Underwriter & Loan Servicing Analyst: fperalta@pacela.org
• Martin Pirgiotis, Business Loan Officer: mpirgiotis@pacela.org
• Humera Aftab, Loan Counselor:haftab@pacela.org

PROCUREMENT TEAM

• Andrew Barrera, Procurement Relationship Manager: abarrera@pacela.org
• Lynna Ochoa, Procurement & Business Counseling Manager: lochoa@pacela.org
• Cristina Espiritu, Procurement Manager: cespiritu@pacela.org

ADMINISTRATION TEAM

• Nicole Diangani, Office Manager: ndiangani@pacela.org
• Maria Bernal, Program Assistant and Data Entry Support: mbernal@pacela.org
• Ingrid Lopez, Data Entry Support: ilopez@pacela.org
• Bryan Lac, Business Intake Specialist, blac@pacela.org

Updated May 2023