Meet the Staff / Board

Chamber Staff

Stephanie Layton
Executive Director

Mallory Burell
Event & Membership Coordinator

Board of Directors

John Atherly
Westside Furniture

Paul Joyce
Joyce Properties

Glenn Black, President
Taft Plumbing

Yvette Mayfield
Independent Director

Max Goosen, 1st Vice President
Westside Waste Management

Carol Newkirk
Westside Outreach & Rescue

Terra O’Neill
California Resources Corporation

Jeremy Gregory
Retired Sheriff

Mary Ann Hagstrom
Taft ARC

Julie Ortlieb
Dr. Bryan, DDS

Greg Hammett
West Kern Water District

Brian Jameson
Jameson Transport Service LLC

Janice Ashley
Independent Director

Tom Kelley
Greener World, Director of Compost Sales

Cory Beilby
Taft Police Department

Faith Melton
City Clerk, City of Taft

Bo Bravo
Chevron

Steve Melton, 2nd Vice President
Jerry Melton & Sons Construction

Jeffrey Cooper, Treasurer Co-Owner
Cooper’s True Value Home Center

Dr. Samasoni “Sam” Aunai
Superintendent/President Taft College

Ryan Shultz
Executive Director, West Side Health Care District

Julie Franks
Julie Franks State Farm

Travis Neumann
Accelerated Environmental Services

Carolyn Golleher
West Kern Adult Education Center

Cindy Taylor
Fastrip