Acquanetta Warren

Elected as mayor in December 2010 and overwhelmingly re-elected in 2014 and 2018, Acquanetta Warren is serving her third term as the mayor of the City of Fontana. Mayor Warren focuses her administrations on bolstering economic development, creating educational opportunities, improving public safety, and advocating for a healthier community.

During her eight years as a councilwoman and now third term as mayor, Warren has spearheaded significant economic growth and infrastructure improvement initiatives, including four reconstructed freeway interchanges resulting in reduced traffic congestion, safer streets, and ease of facilitating the movement of goods throughout San Bernardino County. Ms. Warren has played a critical role in positioning Fontana as a supply chain hub that provides critical goods and services to businesses in the United States and throughout the world.

To continue this economic growth, Mayor Warren began the “Mayor’s Manufacturing Council,” which saw more than 500 women attend the first annual Inland Empire Women in Manufacturing event.

From the day Mayor Warren was inaugurated, she has emphasized that Fontana is “Open for Business” and works directly with the Fontana Chamber of Commerce to support the needs of the business community. This effort was rewarded in 2017 with the City being ranked fourth in California in the five-year annual growth of retail sales. To showcase businesses that call Fontana home, Mayor Warren started a television show titled Open for Business. The segment features local businesses and the services they provide.

Ensuring that every child in Fontana receives the highest level of education and career readiness, Ms. Warren declared a State of Emergency on education in 2019. Since then, she formed the Mayor’s Education Coalition – a network of schools, businesses, and local leaders – committed to preparing students for current and future job and career opportunities after graduation.

Mayor Warren strives to improve public safety. In 2013, Fontana was named one of the top 20 safest communities in the country. Continuing to keep the community safe, the Mayor holds open conversations connecting the community with the police officers that serve to protect them.

Realizing that a strong economy requires a healthy community, Mayor Warren founded the award-winning and model program across the nation, Healthy Fontana. The program promotes an active community lifestyle and teaches smart nutrition choices. Stemming from Healthy Fontana is the Fontana Walks! program. What began as a challenge to the community to cumulatively walk 2 billion steps in 2017 has turned into monthly walks with nearly 9 billion steps taken to date.

Through Mayor Warren’s efforts, the United States Conference of Mayors (USCM) named the City of Fontana the number one mid-sized city in the nation for eliminating childhood obesity in 2016.

Ms. Warren has received numerous recognitions and several awards for her efforts on health education, including the Helen Putnam Award of Excellence in 2019 and 2008, the Health Champion Award for Southern California Elected Officials from the California Center for Public Health in 2017, and the California Health & Public Advocacy Health Champion Award in 2015.

Edward Ornelas, Jr.

Edward has been spearheading the Inland Empire Regional Chamber of Commerce since 2015. Under his leadership, the IERCC has been looked to as a proactive, fast-moving business organization.
Currently, Edward sits on the board of the American Red Cross; Inland Empire United Way; CA Hispanic Chambers of Commerce (Associate Director).

Additionally, he is a newly appointed member of the California Inland Empire District Export Council, appointed by the United States Secretary of Commerce.

Eddy Sumar

Edward Ornelas, Jr.

Edward has been spearheading the Inland Empire Regional Chamber of Commerce since 2015. Under his leadership, the IERCC has been looked to as a proactive, fast-moving business organization.
Currently, Edward sits on the board of the American Red Cross; Inland Empire United Way; CA Hispanic Chambers of Commerce (Associate Director).

Additionally, he is a newly appointed member of the California Inland Empire District Export Council, appointed by the United States Secretary of Commerce.

Vilma Brager

I'm a Senior Human Resources Professional who thrives as a valued strategic thought partner and business advisor to company leaders. My education and experience have provided me with strong ability to find solutions to meet the goals and objectives of organizations.

Throughout my career I have worked with business leaders to transfer Human Resources operations. My work involves collaborating with leaders to set pipeline strategies, conduct talent acquisition planning and forecasting sessions, and implement best practices for the full HR lifecycle.

I effectively partner with leaders, reduce labor and operational costs and employee turnover while providing solutions to foster positive work environment and productivity.

I create programs to train leaders and employees on company culture, policies and workflows. I act as a driving force to help business teams meet their hiring and operational goals.

Those that work with me find that I am a relationship builder who is energetic and contagiously passionate about Human Resources. I am a collaborative leader who supports others in their professional and personal growth, aligning them for professional excellence.

In my free time I am board member and chapter president for a nonprofit affiliate with SHRM Organization. Inland Empire SHRM has over 600 members. I collaborate with members, volunteers, and business partners to provide member benefits including educational events and managing financial aspects.

Core Competencies:
* Human Resources strategies and Planning
* Human Resources Transformations
* Talent Sourcing and Management
* Federal/California labor and employment laws
* Workforce and Succession Planning
* Human Resources Compliance
* Team Leadership and Mentoring
* Performance Management
* Employee Engagement
* Employee Relations
* Change Management
* Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Eddy Sumar

Edward Ornelas, Jr.

Edward has been spearheading the Inland Empire Regional Chamber of Commerce since 2015. Under his leadership, the IERCC has been looked to as a proactive, fast-moving business organization.
Currently, Edward sits on the board of the American Red Cross; Inland Empire United Way; CA Hispanic Chambers of Commerce (Associate Director).

Additionally, he is a newly appointed member of the California Inland Empire District Export Council, appointed by the United States Secretary of Commerce.

Diana Escalante

Experienced educator currently serving as a Principal with a demonstrated history of working in the primary/secondary education industry. Skilled in Staff Development, Educational Leadership, Leadership Development, Community Outreach, and Educational Technology. Strong education professional with a Doctor of Education (EdD) focused in Organizational Leadership from Brandman University, Part of the Chapman University System.

Eddy Sumar

Fiona Ma

Fiona Ma is California’s 34th State Treasurer. She was elected on November 6, 2018 with more votes (7,825,587) than any other candidate for treasurer in the state's history. She is the first woman of color and the first woman Certified Public Accountant (CPA) elected to the position. The State Treasurer’s Office was created in the California Constitution in 1849. It provides financing for schools, roads, housing, recycling and waste management, hospitals, public facilities, and other crucial infrastructure projects that better the lives of residents. California is the world’s fifth-largest economy and Treasurer Ma is the state’s primary banker. Her office processes more than $2 trillion in payments within a typical year. She provides transparency and oversight for the government’s investment portfolio and accounts, as well as for the state’s surplus funds. Treasurer Ma oversees an investment portfolio of more than $102 billion, approximately $20 billion of which are local government funds. She serves as agent for sale for all State bonds, and is trustee on over $100 billion of outstanding debt.

Edward Ornelas, Jr.

Edward has been spearheading the Inland Empire Regional Chamber of Commerce since 2015. Under his leadership, the IERCC has been looked to as a proactive, fast-moving business organization.
Currently, Edward sits on the board of the American Red Cross; Inland Empire United Way; CA Hispanic Chambers of Commerce (Associate Director).

Additionally, he is a newly appointed member of the California Inland Empire District Export Council, appointed by the United States Secretary of Commerce.

Eddy Sumar

Edward Ornelas, Jr.

Edward has been spearheading the Inland Empire Regional Chamber of Commerce since 2015. Under his leadership, the IERCC has been looked to as a proactive, fast-moving business organization.
Currently, Edward sits on the board of the American Red Cross; Inland Empire United Way; CA Hispanic Chambers of Commerce (Associate Director).

Additionally, he is a newly appointed member of the California Inland Empire District Export Council, appointed by the United States Secretary of Commerce.

Monica Robles

Monica’s personal and professional goals have centered on providing customers with excellent service by engaging companies and customers in high-performing strategies for their mutual benefit. Professionally, she has been able to realize her goals through various employment opportunities with domestic and international companies, as well as US government agencies. Personally, she enjoys giving back to her community and provide training by volunteering in different service non-profit organizations.

Monica is highly skilled at relationship-building with clients and across organizations and teams; especially at planting a seed of self-discovery and fulfillment in other's people life and helping them achieve their potential. As a dynamic, highly motivated, results oriented Sales and Training Executive, she has been able to help generate profits and market share growth for the companies who have employed her.

She has more than 20 years of experience providing professional development, team effectiveness and leadership development training to all levels of an organization. During the last 15 years Monica has excelled at MLM/Direct Selling/Party Plan Business Models.

Monica is the Founder and President of Heart Centered Leadership Coaching and Consulting Group, she created an staple program for the Hispanic Community Emprendedor@s Program, (Programa Emprendedor@s) she partnered with the OCIE-SBDC, the OCHCC, Mexican Consulates in Santa Ana & San Bernardino, CA., as well as Cities of Anaheim, Beverly Hills, Coachella Valley, Fullerton, Irvine, Riverside, Santa Ana, San Bernardino, among others, helping them improved their local economies transforming peoples lives’ through educating, motivating and empowering the Spanish speaking Community to start up their own microbusinesses, she is the Director & Lead Coach for her Program, Monica’s knows the importance of being consistent and manage herself with high ethics and professional standards.

She holds an Executive MBA from IE Business School (Instituto de Empresa) in Madrid, Spain one of the top 5 international MBA programs in the world and rated in second position worldwide in the ranking of Executive MBA’s programs drawn up for the first time by The Economist. her education, experience, and fluency in English and Spanish have been instrumental in Monica’s success with international markets.

She has personally used John Maxwell's tools to enhance her productivity,and create a more fulfilling and harmonious life. she continues to focus on transforming lives by constantly adding value to other people

Eddy Sumar

Eddy Sumar

Eddy Sumar

Eddy Sumar

Eddy Sumar