Meet Our Team

Staff

Your Palm Desert Chamber of Commerce Staff - Here to Serve You with over 75 Years of Combined Service

Barbara deBoom, IOM, ACE President/CEO Barbara@pdacc.org	Andy Mueller, IOM, ACE Vice-President of Communications Andy@pdacc.org
Katie Slimko, IOM, ACE Vice-President of Membership Services Katie@pdacc.org	Sandy Cloyd Membership Executive Sandy@pdacc.org
Linda Davis Administrative Assistant info@pdacc.org	Linda Smith Administrative Assistant data@pdacc.org
Harriet Walters Membership Executive Harriet@pdacc.org	Tari Marek Bookkeeping - Finance Tari@pdacc.org
Debbie Pilittere Membership Sales Debbie@pdacc.org

Board of Directors

The Palm Desert Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors meet on the 4th Tuesday of every month, unless designated with a change of meeting date, time and/or location. If you wish to attend or have a question or concern you feel needs board attention, please contact the Chamber CEO at Barbara@pdacc.org to request addition to the Agenda.

Executive Committee 2012-2013

Deborah McGarrey Chairwoman Southern California Gas Company	Dave Mourhess Chair Elect Revco Solar Energy
Natalie Russo Past Chairwoman Firstbank	Adam Ochoa CFO Executive Member The Practice, CPAs
Linda Long Vice Chair Lamar Outdoor Advertising	Meegan Sullivan Vice Chair Proper Solutions

Board of Directors 2012-2013

Rob Ballew  Family YMCA of the Desert	Steve Bohm  VIP Promotional Services/Precision Screen Printing and Embroidery
Robin Calder  First Foundation Bank	Jay Chesterton  Fantasy Springs Resort Casino
Mike Hardin The Lock Shop	Ian Helmstadter Automated Telecom
Melanie Hinrichs Indian Wells Tennis Garden	Christine Hunter Kiner Communications
Patrick Klein Westfield	Matt Johnson Wilson Johnson Commercial RE
Steve Little Hire Standards Americas Pool Svc	Dennie Marks Your Promotional Products
Naran Reitman Law Offices of Naran Reitman	Dominique Shwe The Desert Sun
Council Member Van Tanner City of Palm Desert Liaison	Stacy Thetford Thetford Web Development
J.R. Thomas Electric Car Distributors	Monica Vazquez Eisenhower Medical Center

Ambassadors - Terri Bona - YMCA of the Desert - President/Chair EMAIL Terri

Amy Brassard Proper Solutions amy@propersolutions.biz	Angela Henderson America West Bank Angela.henderson@awbank.net
Betty Baxter Betty Baxter Coaching bettybaxtercoach@earthlink.net	Bob Solomon Desert Business Machines Bobs@desertbiz.com
Chris Romero	Debbie Frazer Mary Kay Consultant dfrazer@marykay.com
Don Raiselis HALO Branded Products donraiselis@verizon.net	Dorcas Greene Life Coach lifecoachdorcasgreene@gmail.com
Jason Robinson Morgan Stanley Jason.robinson@morganstanley.com	Karen Mourhess Visiting Nurse Association of the Inland Empire Karen.mourhess@vnacalifornia.org
Margaret Claggett Rabobank Margaret.claggett@rabobank.com	Margaret Hines Desert Sunbelt Business Brokers Margaret@desertsunbelt.com
Marianne Burton MBX International muburton@gmail.com	Oriana Hoffert Riverside County Office of Economic Development ohoffert@rivoeda.org
Patrick Boyd Boyd & Associates kpatrickboyd@gmail.com	Pastor Robert Cummings Palm Desert Christian Church Pdcc777@gmail.com
Susy McMillen-Ring Champion Income Tax taxattack@earthlink.net	Terri Bona - President Family YMCA of the Desert tbona@desertymca.org

Who are the Ambassadors?

The Ambassadors act as public relations and membership retention assistants for the Chamber. They are a group of business leaders who generously give their time to act as official Palm Desert area Chamber of Commerce business boosters. They call on members throughout the year to remind them of the upcoming events, chamber meetings, and the work that the Chamber does to promote businesses and build a strong local economy. They act as official hosts of the Chamber at such functions as: mixers, networking events, membership inductions, and other events as called upon. They also place monthly phone calls to new members and distribute "toolkits" in order help them get a complete understanding of what the Chamber has to offer.

Feel free to ask any of the Ambassadors for assistance and guidance on getting the best return on membership investment through attending events, serving on committees and networking with other members. The Ambassadors are a team of enthusiastic members who believe in creating productive working relationships, encouraging member involvement, and acting as a catalyst in the Chamber's effort to produce a dynamic business climate within the Palm Desert Area. Then Link to Terri Bonas Email. President Ambassadors

Ambassadors help in the following areas as well:

• Welcome new members at the Chamber's Membership Induction
• Invite and accompany new Chamber members to Chamber functions.
• Contact first-year members to encourage participation in chamber events and meetings
• Develop new memberships by referring business prospects to our Membership Sales Executives.