Meet Our GABA Southern California Board of Directors

Michael Metzger

Chair

Partner at Drake Star Partners

Jim Jiao

Vice-Chair, Regional Chair San Diego

Managing Partner at Transatlantic Investment Partners LLC

Dr. Christoph Kirchner

Treasurer

Chief Financial Officer at Martin Bauer Group North America

Wolfram Doelker

Director, Co-Founder GABA Southern California Chapter

President & CEO at WD Enterprises International Inc.

Dr. Roland Rueppell

Director, Secretary

Senior Packaging & Pricing Manager at AuditBoard

Peggy Schier-Glattes

Director, Corporate & Member Development

Business Coaching & Consulting

Meet Our GABA Southern California Team

Business Mixers

Peggy Schier-Glattes

Business Mixer Co-Director Los Angeles

Business Coaching & Consulting

Lucas Mittenentzwei

Business Mixer Co-Director Los Angeles

Real Estate Professional at Heyler Realty

Hannah Nixdorf

Business Mixer Co-Director Los Angeles

Internal Audit at Western Alliance Bank

Anna-Sophie Tirre

Business Mixer Co-Director Los Angeles

Attorney at Tucker Ellis LLP

Bettina Kanno-Munoz

Business Mixer Co-Director Orange County

German Tutor and Teacher at GASA German American School

Carlos Cota

Business Mixer Co-Director Orange County

Broker/Owner at Cota Financial
Loan Officer at EMAC Financial
Realtor at SoCal Dwell

Joana Ball

Business Mixer Co-Director Orange County

Travel Agent

Marie Christophersen

Business Mixer Co-Director San Diego

Nourhen Haouas

Business Mixer Co-Director San Diego

Business & Executive Coach

Marketing, Events & Business Development

Kathrin Hager

Consultant Operations, Marketing, and Events;
Marketing Communications Director for Film Initiative

Costume and Apparel Designer at www.kathrinhager.com

Jock Breitwieser

Head of Global Marketing Strategy

Vice President Global MarCom and Brand at Arcserve

Christina Gruen

Campaign Development

Head of Brand at Emburse

Dustin Luther

Marketing Operations

Founder at Spinnio

Christian Gruenert

Branding & Design

Founder & Creative Director at plus3mm Creative

Marta Wrobel

Branding & Design

Founder & Art Director at plus3mm Creative

Charlotte Mahns

Content Marketing

Account Project & PR Manager at Brand Pier GmbH

Rebecca Engola

Content Manager

Senior Counsel, Corporate at Pioneer Electronics (USA) Inc.

Hillary Heer

Database Manager

Project Coordinator-Inside Sales at VS America

Teresa Seitle-Martinez

Social Media Manager

M.A. Strategic Marketing Management

Lara Morales

Social Media Marketing

Assistant Media Buyer, Corinthian Media

Katharina Wiesner

Social Media Marketing

Digital Marketer at Wise Agent

Emma Zilger

Social Media Marketing

Psychology Student at Chapman University

Miriam Farnbauer

Business Development Manager

Program Director of Skills Initiative

Alanna Gill

Videographer / Video Editor

Technical Media Operator at WTEN-TV

Sofor Ali

Motion Graphics & Video Content

Technical Media Operator at WTEN-TV