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

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