Meet the Staff / Board

Chamber Staff

Dr. Kathy Orrin
Executive Director

Mallory Burrell
Event & Membership Coordinator

Board of Directors

Rene Adamo, 1st Vice President
West Side Recreation & Park District

Brian Jameson
Jameson Transport Service LLC

Cory Beilby
Taft Police Department

Yvette Mayfield
Independent Director

Glenn Black, President
Taft Plumbing

Faith Melton
City of Taft

Carolyn Golleher
West Kern Adult Education Center

Carol Newkirk
Westside Outreach & Rescue

Max Goosen, 2nd Vice President
Westside Waste Management

Julie Ortlieb
Dr. Bryan, DDS

Jeremy Gregory
Retired Sheriff

Ryan Shultz
Westside Health Care District

Mary Ann Hagstrom
Taft ARC

Cindy Taylor
Fastrip

Greg Hammett
West Kern Water District

Paul Joyce
Joyce Properties

Janice Ashley
Independent Director

Tom Kelley
Greener World, Director of Compost Sales

John Atherly
Westside Furniture

Steve Melton
Jerry Melton & Sons Construction

Bo Bravo
Chevron

Leslie Minor
Taft College, Interim Superintendent / President

Jeffrey Cooper, Treasurer
Cooper’s True Value Home Center

Travis Neumann
Accelerated Environmental Services

Julie Franks
Julie Franks State Farm