FIRESIDE CHATS ANNOUNCEMENT
The Voices Shaping Global Business
Edvinas Grikšas, Minister of Economy and Innovation of Lithuania
Ambassador Katherine Tai, Former U.S. Trade Representative | Executive Director, Coalition for New Trade
Toks Omishakin, Secretary of Transportation, California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA)
Carlos Ramos, EVP, Banc of California
Dr. Noel Hacegaba, CEO, Port of Long Beach
Atif Elkadi, CEO, Ontario International Airport
Leonard Jackson, CEO, Norfleet Transportation
Andrea Sasse, German Consul General of Los Angeles
Harumi Hata, Partner, Buchalter LLP
Emily Desai, Chief Deputy Director, California Governor’s Office of Business & Economic Development (GO-Biz)
Dr. Richard Tang, Assistant Professor of Marketing, Loyola Marymount University (LMU)
Matthew Cacciato, President & CEO, Los Angeles Sports Council
David Siegel, Chief Revenue Officer, ATHLOS
Tyler Curley, Deputy City Manager, City of Long Beach
Raffaella Valentini, Italian Consul General of Los Angeles
Elli Thermos, Managing Director, Multinational Corporations, J.P. Morgan
Darren Eng, Executive Director, Los Angeles Venture Association (LAVA)
Gunjan Siroya, Chief Solutions Officer, Larta Institute
John Keisler, CEO & Managing Partner, Sunstone
Omid Yazdi, Partner, KPMG LLP
Heather Repenning, Vice President, Jacobs
Jason Caudle, CEO, FPH2
Steve Dowell, Infrastructure Advisory Services Lead, Mott MacDonald
Jeff Wilson, Corporate Affairs Manager, Chevron
Tanya Bennett, Australian Consul General of Los Angeles
Dayle Smith, Dean of the College of Business Administration, Loyola Marymount University (LMU)
Danny J Varela, Chief Technology Officer - Tech Strategist, Microsoft
Vincent Calip, Associate Professor of Computer Studies and Artificial Intelligence, Long Beach City College
Dan Gober, Executive Director, Biocom
Minna Laajava, Finnish Consul General of Los Angeles
Amalia Ghukasyan, Founder & CEO, Rosewalk Consulting
Vahan Yepremyan, Founder, Yepremyan Law
Christine Peterson, Senior Director of International Trade & Investment, City of Los Angeles
Jorrit De Vries, CEO, Netherlands Business Support Office (NBSO)
Ron Frierson, Chairman, Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation (LAEDC) Board of Governor | Former Director of Economic Development (Western Region), Amazon
Jonathan Larsen, Principal and Managing Director, Avison Young
Tod Sword, Economic Development Consultant, Southern California Edison (SCE)
Kelly LoBianco, Director, Los Angeles County Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO)
Dustin McDonald, Business Development Manager - Los Angeles & Orange Counties, California Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz)
London Kemp Boykin, Director of Global Realty Sustainable Development, Amazon
Adam Burke, CEO, Los Angeles Tourism & Board
Noor Menai, CEO, CTBC Bank USA
Katja Ackerley, New Zealand Consul General of Los Angeles