Leadership

Served 20 years in the United States Marine Corps; then started a company (Intelli-Flex Inc.) from the garage with a credit card and 2 other parters in the field of telecommunications with a specialization on contact center applications.  In 2020 after 20 years, sold my shares to a Canadian company.  Currently serving as President of the Orange County/Long Beach chapter of the Great Outdoors.  Great Outdoors (GO) is an all-volunteer nonprofit organization predominately serving the LGBTQ+ community interested in hiking, camping, backpacking and other outdoor activities.

 https://youtu.be/X44PsLj0X3c   I am a Realtor, serving the Long Beach and Southern California area. I have worked with many sellers and buyers all over SoCal. Long Beach, La Mirada, East Los Angeles, Carson, Gardena, Lakewood, etc. 

I am hear to help you make the right decision when it comes to buying your first home or condo. 

My many year of being in the real estate field as a license realtor plus my peronal experience with  my own purchases  gives me knowledge and experience. 

You can also find links to my social media plateforms and other information thru my https://linktr.ee/JoeM1108 
 

Justine Nevarez is the Community Outreach & Events Manager at the DLBA. After moving to Long Beach for college (Go Beach!), she fell in love with the LBC and planted roots here. Nevarez has worked in a variety of industries, but her time as Manager and Event Coordinator at L’Opera Ristorante for nearly 10 years was most influential. Because of her long history in DTLB, she has developed relationships with all types of businesses (local and from afar, thanks to the LB Convention Center) and feels most at home on Pine Avenue. Currently, you will find Nevarez riding bikes around town, traveling, enjoying all the amazing restaurants and live music Long Beach has to offer, and spinning records at home with her kittens, Jolie and Ani.

Baypoint Insurance Services is a family run, independent brokerage where Pejmon works with individuals and groups on any and all of their Life and Health insurance needs. 
They specialize in working with small businesses to create personalized health benefits packages for business owners and their employees. Pejmon takes pride in creating custom plans to maximize efficiency and value for a business’s insurance requirements, essentials and benefits.  
At Baypoint Pejmon also works side by side with individuals to help secure the financial futures of his clients through Life, Disability and Long Term Care insurance.  He helps plan for the unexpected curve balls that life throws.

Anne has worked as a nonprofit professional for twelve years, and is a do-gooder at heart with a passion
for connecting good people to good causes. 

Anne worked for a community foundation for five years before taking on the role of Executive Director at Gay For Good, a nonprofit that mobilizes LGBTQ+ and ally volunteers in the broader community. Under Anne's leadership the nonprofit has grown from ten to twenty-one chapters and tripled it's reach, growing the mailing list to over 20k stakeholders.

Anne holds a BA in Communication Studies from California State University Long Beach and currently
sits on the Advisory Board for the Long Beach LGBTQ+ Chamber of Commerce. Anne has two grown
children and resides in Long Beach, CA, with her wife Kelli and their two cats.

As a Senior Ops Director and Continuous Improvement Leader, I excel at aligning people, mission, processes, and tech. My mission is to guide innovative, mission-driven companies, including LGBTQ+ and Minority-owned businesses, to outperform competitors, uplift Operational Agility, foster authentic belonging, and deliver customer Impact. I've led teams to improve enterprise KPIs for Safety, Quality, Delivery, Customer Experience, and Operational Excellence, saving millions for every company and team I've worked with.

I'm a feminist business coach, speaker, licensed therapist and the owner of Prospect Therapy, a queer and trans affirming therapy team practice with a focus on immigrant and diaspora mental health. In my limited free time, I geek out about the history of art and music, dissecting the production history of my favorite TV shows, and entrepreneurship for real people. I also host a podcast called You Did That! which invites people to share their stories of how they did their thing without a blueprint or role model to follow. I'm a first-generation Afghan-American cis bisexual woman.