Executive Board
Ryland Penta (‘23)
President
Community Engagement Supervisor
City of Palm Desert
Kelly Tweedie (‘25)
Vice President
Realtor
Keller Williams Realty, Inc.
Cory Ornstein (‘23)
Treasurer
Vice President
California Bank & Trust
Gerry Neighbors (‘23)
Secretary
Executive Director & Founder
A Neighbor’s Care
Nicole Trigg (‘21)
Immediate Past President
Owner, Creative, Designer
Botanical Verbiage
Members at Large
Lindsay Kinkele (‘26)
Realtor / Founder
Craft & Bauer / Everything Palm Springs
Eileen Lynch (‘25)
Executive Director
Parkinson’s Resource Organization
Matt McLeroy (‘22)
Co-Owner
Resort Carpet and Tile Care
Jessika Pollard (‘23)
Joe Spinelli (‘24)
General Store Manager
Starbucks
Honorary Board Members
Amir Afsar (‘10)
President/Owner
Afsar Law Group
Deborah Glickman (‘09)
Founder/Owner
DSG Life Coaching
Erin Hyland (‘22)
Recruitment Coordinator
Read With Me
Sean Webb (‘16)
Director I, Literacy Outreach
Riverside County Office of Education
Administration
Leadership Coachella Valley is proudly administered by the
Palm Springs Chamber of Commerce.
Araceli Flores
Administrative Assistant
Palm Springs Chamber of Commerce
Evan Gray
Director of Programs + Creative Strategy
Palm Springs Chamber of Commerce
Previous Chairpersons
2025–2026: Nicole Trigg
2024–2025: Erin Hyland
2023–2024: Kahlia Gainey
2022–2023: Abby Miller Sturgeon
2021–2022: Shawn Abramowitz
2019–2021: Sean Webb
2018–2019: Valerie Powers Smith
2017–2018: Lex Ortega
2016–2017: Greg Grub
2015–2016: Erin Scott
2014–2015: Scott Wilson
2013–2014: Tracy Tremblay
2012–2013: Amir Afsar
2011–2012: Peggy Sue Lane
2010–2011: Robin Firman
2009–2010: Susie Harvey
2008–2009: Lynda Kerney
2007–2008: Rob Anzalone
2006–2007: Bill Cuff
2005–2006: Adam Ochoa
2004–2005: Debra Kay Ahlers
2003–2004: Stu Bailey
2002–2003: Stu Bailey
2001–2002: Bob Hunt
2000–2001: Rob Gilman