Featured Members

TARA PETERSON
Executive Director
Tara is the Executive director who manages all of YWCA Glendale’s work, and serves as the organizations primary spokesperson. She has more than 15 years of experience addressing domestic violence, youth violence, sexual assault, and reproductive rights. Tara spent a decade working at the California Partnership to End Domestic Violence, including five years as its Executive Director. While there, she led statewide policy, legislative, and budget advocacy efforts and represented the organization at the state and national level. Tara has in depth program development, governmental and policy affairs experience in the non-profit sector. She is at ease with budgets and budget limitations, deadlines, high-pressure situations, and has the strong ability to influence thinking, forge strategic alliances and build consensus.

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TARA PETERSON
Executive Director
Tara is the Executive director who manages all of YWCA Glendale’s work, and serves as the organizations primary spokesperson. She has more than 15 years of experience addressing domestic violence, youth violence, sexual assault, and reproductive rights. Tara spent a decade working at the California Partnership to End Domestic Violence, including five years as its Executive Director. While there, she led statewide policy, legislative, and budget advocacy efforts and represented the organization at the state and national level. Tara has in depth program development, governmental and policy affairs experience in the non-profit sector. She is at ease with budgets and budget limitations, deadlines, high-pressure situations, and has the strong ability to influence thinking, forge strategic alliances and build consensus.

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Ani Adjemian
Senior Counsel
Ani Adjemian focuses her practice on defending product liability and personal injury cases, specifically in the areas of environmental and toxic tort cases; defending product manufacturers, distributors, and suppliers in complex product liability cases involving medical devices, pharmaceutical drugs, nutritional supplements, and food products; defending property owners and contractors in premises liability cases; and defending and litigating various business, commercial, and general liability disputes. She handles matters ranging anywhere from single plaintiff matters to multi-party complex ones.

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Daniel Arias
Sales Manager
As a Sr. Mortgage Banker I provide consulting services for clients navigating through the home lending process. Together with my team of 3 Mortgage Banker Assistants, we provide service excellence by streamlining the home lending process, compartmentalizing it and walking our clients through each step one at a time. We provide client support through each step of the process with constant communication via email, phone, and text. As leader in the Mortgage Banking industry, our client’s best interest is never compromised and our commitment to integrity provides a solid lending platform for all of our clients to benefit from.

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EDEN GILLOTT BOWE
Crisis & Reputation Manager
In strategic communications, you’re focused on influencing how situations are perceived through how you frame and word your message. Your body language is part of the equation. Think about how your posture, arms, hands and facial expressional are perceived. If you’re not sure, practice delivering your message in front of a mirror. Ask yourself, “If I was on the receiving end of this, how would I feel?”

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ALEX BRUNO
Business Attorney
Alex is an entrepreneur himself. He understands the various responsibilities and time limitations entrepreneurs experience daily. Alex’s approach is designed to streamline a business’ legal needs, anticipate and eliminate potential issues and set a framework for a business to meet its goals. In practice for over sixteen years, Alex has long-lasting relationships with his clients. He is fortunate to contribute to his clients’ business evolution, from a mere idea to a thriving and successful organization. As part of his client’s “team,” Alex sees his clients’ success as his own success and looks forward to his continued contribution to their development.

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LORNA CAMPBELL
Managing Director
Lorna Campbell is Managing Director at Beagle Freedom Project. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two dogs, Belle and Harris. Beagle Freedom Project rescued belle from a California laboratory in August 2012. Lorna has worked in animal welfare since she arrived in the US six years ago. She is also passionate about arts and culture, civil rights, social action, politics, the environment, and human rights. Lorna has a master’s degree from the University of Leicester in England, an Honors BA in history an Honors BA in History from the University of Glasgow in Scotland and a postgraduate diploma in Journalism Studies from the University of Strathclyde in Scotland. She has a certificate of nonprofit management from the Center for Nonprofit Management and our team won the Lush Prize in 2016.

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CAROLINA CARO
Executive & Corporate Coach
Carolina is a Leadership Coach and the founder of Parinama Consulting, an Executive and Corporate Coaching & Consulting firm dedicated to “Transforming People & Workplaces” as its Sanskrit name implies. The firm specializes in leadership development through a lens that enhances employee engagement and celebrates diversity and inclusion. Programs include facilitated workshops, personalized coaching or customized consulting plans. Carolina is also passionate about serving her community. She is proud of her role as the Facilitator for Leadership Pasadena, a non-profit organization that develops community leaders. She is also a board member of the Los Angeles Chapter of the Healthcare Business Women’s Association (HBA) supporting their mentorship program, helping Women in Film with their mentorship program and a proud member of Screen Actors Guild/American Federation of Television and Radio Artists.

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TIM DENTON
Managing Associate
Tim Denton is very experienced and dedicated to his clients and his practice. He has been in business for 8+ years with Capstone Partners Financial and Insurance Services, which speaks to the conviction and high level planning that is done. Tim provides financial needs analysis through a network of experienced professionals with expertise which includes Retirement analysis and programs, estate strategies, employee benefit and retention services, business continuation strategies, and trust services. Tim coworkers describe him as a person who is driven to achieve his goals and determined to provide top quality advise to the clients he services. He always has a consistent line of communication that is the critical piece of the service, and experience that his clients receive. At the end of the day, his clients simply want to know that they are going to ‘Be OK’ and that’s a large component of the relationship Tim has with them.

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Jodi Deranja
Realtor
Jodi resides in Glendale with her husband, 2 kids, and their 2 dogs. She serves as a foundation board member at The Campbell Center, whose mission is to provide developmentally disabled adults the opportunity to participate in mainstream community life. She is a frequent visitor to her spin studio, hiking trails and the Cabrillo Beach Yacht Club. As a connoisseur of Los Angeles cuisine Jodi can often be spotted at restaurants throughout the Los Angeles area and can always be relied upon for a great recommendation.

Featured In September 2016’s Topic: Enhance Business Branding Beyond a Logo

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IVAN ESTRADA
Broker Associate & CPA
As a realtor, first impressions are everything. People decide within moments of meeting me if they are comfortable trusting me with the biggest financial transaction of their lives. Exuding confidence and trustworthiness in my body language is paramount to my business and building relationships with my clients.

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MAGGIE-MAE LAUFMAN
Marketing Director
Maggie-Mae is am well-known in the marketing and sales field and is dedicated to the non-profit realm. She has worked for Greenpeace as a team leader, with Hurricane Katrina being her largest case. Additionally, she has worked with the Red Cross, Shelter of Hope, City of Hope, and many other charitable organizations and currently serves on the board for Relay for Life SCV. She is constantly trying to not only grow in business, but grow as an individual.

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