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Henry Lo

March 29, 2022 No Comments

Henry’s history of public service spans over 20 years. In March of 2020, he was elected to the Monterey Park City Council. Previously, Henry served from 2003 to 2020 on the Garvey Elementary School District Board of Education. As a Board member, he co-founded the Garvey Education Foundation, which has raised community support for the schools in the district since its founding in 2007. As a proponent of creating collaborative relationships between public agencies, Henry’s leadership helped to create an academic partnership between the Garvey Elementary School District and East Los Angeles College. Between 2016 and 2020, Henry was an appointed member of the City of Monterey Park Economic Development Advisory Commission in which he and his fellow commissioners provided input on how to improve the city’s economic climate. Since 1999, Henry has been an advocate for our communities to the State of California having served as staff for several of the San Gabriel Valley’s state legislators including State Senator Dr. Gloria Romero, State Assembly member Mike Eng, and State Assembly member Ed Chau.

Glenn Evans – Part 3

March 22, 2022 No Comments

Glenn Evans is a Director of Photography and Adventure Camera man specializing in filming tv shows about Hidden Treasure, Ancient Architecture and Endangered and Exotic Animals. Glenn has filmed in 68 countries around the world for Discovery Channel, History Channel, Netflix, ABC and many other networks. Born in Oregon on a blueberry farm and leaving for California to work in the film and tv industry the camera has been Glenn’s key to world travel and adventure.

Terri Huerta

March 1, 2022 No Comments

Terri Huerta is the Director of Mission Development & Communications at Mission San Gabriel Arcángel. She is the visionary behind conserving the Mission and the stories that surround it. Terri has had an affinity for San Gabriel ever since she was a little girl when her family first moved to the San Gabriel Valley. Over the years she has been given opportunities that have lead her to where she is now, serving her community in San Gabriel through Mission San Gabriel Arcángel. Now with the recent fire that the Mission has experienced Terri has brought everything that she has learned through years of experience and her passion into bringing about the reopening of Mission San Gabriel Arcángel.

John Matise

February 22, 2022 No Comments

John Matise is an accomplished private equity investor and senior operating executive. He is currently the CEO and Board Member of Vege Labs, a local company he purchased with other investors in February 2021. John has served as the CEO of many different companies ranging from high tech data analytics to basic manufacturing businesses in diverse industries including beauty care, software, automotive, satellite communications, children’s products and others. He has been a Managing Director and advisor of several private equity and venture capital funds where he assists middle market companies and entrepreneurs in growing their businesses.

David Lozano

January 11, 2022 No Comments

David Lozano has a remarkable background, both professionally and personally, spanning over four decades. His career started as a Los Angeles County Deputy Sheriff and a Reserve Police Officer for the City of Monterey Park – a law enforcement officer – but not just any law enforcement officer. Lozano was an extremely seasoned, highly experienced, well trained deputy sheriff and police officer.
He is currently an accomplished and well-recognized attorney in State and Federal Court that specializes not only in business and personal finance, but is known to be an aggressive and skillful negotiator as well, advising and instructing other attorneys and law firms throughout the country. Lozano has owned, managed, and operated his own law firm and several other law firms as a senior law partner for over 28 years with numerous office locations, sometimes employing over a hundred staff and legal personnel.

Jason Han

January 4, 2022 No Comments

Dr. Jason Han is the co-founder of HealthFit Physical Therapy & Chiropractic and the Head of Rehabilitation for the Los Angeles Football Club. In 2016, Dr. Jason and his wife Dr. Kelli opened up HealthFit Physical Therapy & Chiropractic in Pasadena with the ultimate goal of creating a one-stop wellness shop for the people in his community. As a business owner and healthcare professional, Dr. Jason Han aims to keep his clients active and mobile so they can get back to doing what they love. His business does this by giving you the same level of care he provided to all of his professional clients during his stints with the Pittsburgh Steelers, Cirque du Soleil and now the Los Angeles Football Club. Over the years, he has worked with several Olympians, professional, collegiate, junior, elite level athletes and high level executives.

Shahan Der Ohannesian

November 29, 2021 No Comments

Shahan Der Ohannesian was born and grew up in Lebanon, moving from city to city trying to avoid the wars as much as possible. When he was 16 his mother decided that it was time for him to join his siblings in the Untied States. Staying with his sister and brother-in-law Shahan learned how to make his dream a goal and how to pursue that goal. Starting from a dishwasher going to busboy, server, and then as a cook for other restaurants, Shahan eventually opened his own. At 29 years old Shahan opened Lee’s Hoagie House in Pasadena which has been going strong for more than 25 years. Shahan is looking forward to passing on the family business to his oldest son. Over the years Lee’s Hoagie House has become a staple in the Pasadena community, even building lifetime relations with almost half their customers.

Paul LeDoux – Part 1

November 15, 2021 No Comments

Paul was born in Taos, New Mexico, and lived in Eastern Europe for two years from the age of 9. His family then moved to Dubrovnik, Croatia for a year and a half. When Paul was 19 he moved to Los Angeles with the dream of becoming an actor. He later left acting to become a youth soccer coach. At 30 years old he started his own business teaching children. Paul continues to work with children between the ages of 2 and 16. Recently he wrote and self published a children’s book. Paul has also started a non-profit organization for underprivileged children.

Tawnya Nguyen

November 3, 2021 No Comments

Tawnya’s love for movement started when she was dancing at the age of 7 with focuses in ballet, contemporary, and various choreography styles. From there, she was always seeking different ways to explore movement athletically and artistically. What gravitated her towards fitness was the ability to unlock the human potential by utilizing numerous schools of thoughts through the medium of science. Fitness not only rehabilitated Tawnya’s chronic injuries, but it has elevated her day to day and athletic performance. These experiences have shaped her into the coach that she is today and she hopes to be able to share that passion and knowledge with others to help them in their personal journey.

Larry Wilson

September 5, 2021 No Comments

Larry Wilson is public editor of the Pasadena Star-News, the San Gabriel Valley Tribune and the Whittier Daily News. He is on the editorial board of the parent Southern California News Group, 11 papers throughout the Southland, including the Orange County Register, the Riverside Press Enterprise, the Long Beach Press Telegram and the L.A. Daily News. For 12 years he was editor of the Star-News, where he has now worked for 33 years. Prior to overseeing the news side, he was the paper’s editorial page editor. He was on the founding business team at the Pasadena Weekly in 1984, and then was a reporter and assistant editor there.

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