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    Chris Knierim

    Chris is an humorous enigmatic board member who creatively co-leads our Podcast Partnership, serving as its podcast Host.

    Friedrich Künzler

    Friedrich Künzler is an expert executive contributor for a large corporation that integrates many sciences…

    Désirée Loya

    Thank you for volunteering, Désirée! Désirée Loya is a long-time member and former Board member…

    Susan Zytnik-Künzler

    Susan Zytnik-Künzler, Board of Directors. She is a twice credentialed coach (ACC, BCC) with special certifications in executive, business, career, goal-focused, leadership, emotional intelligence, & conversational intelligence coaching as well as multiple other assessments.

    Mary Brown

    Thank you for volunteering, Mary! Mary Brown is a member of and traveler with A-Squared…

    Dana B. Parker

    Dana is an artist, administrator, and natural networker. She serves as our board secretary, assists in planning our biennial member trips, does pre-production support for our Stop Diggin! community podcast, provides insight on our wellness courses, and skillfully coordinates paint-n-sip or pilates/yoga events led by her.

    SueAnn Freeman, MA, CPCC, PCC, BCC

    SueAnn Freeman is a valuable participant in our We-Learn LMS shared-cost project at A-Squared LAMP…

    Yvonne Gaines

    Yvonne is an integral participant in our We-Learn LMS shared-cost project, which operates loosely as…

    Lynn Pearson, MS, ACC

    Thank you for volunteering, Lynn! Lynn Pearson is a long-time member of A-Squared LAMP Groups…

    Brian Branagan

    Brian is the official “Member Mentor,” training new participants in our We-Learn LMS shared-cost project.…

    Christina Aragon-Aguilar

    Recently retired and busier than ever! Serving on the board as a founding director with A-Squared LAMP Groups since 2015.

  • Peter Camacho

    Peter Camacho is a leader with a style that naturally mentors, trains, and empowers staff with loyalty, diligence, truthfulness, and empathy that consistently builds up company good will.

Chris Knierim

Board of Directors/Podcast Coordinator

We love Chris! He is an humorous enigmatic board member who creatively co-leads our Podcast Partnership, serving as its “podcast coordinator.” You can hear him host our Stop Digging! community podcast for episodes beginning in June 2025, and he will co-lead our podcast apprenticeship program in 2026.
His mission to inspire and equip leaders who create workplaces where people feel empowered, connected, and driven by purpose aligns PERFECTLY with our own nonprofit’s mission and work. We are thrilled to have him on our team. In addition to being the founder and CEO of Stand-Up Success, Chris has helped organizations transform their leadership and culture through dynamic communication, impactful learning experiences, and engaging development programs. He specializes in transforming managers into powerful communicators and culture shapers. He has over 15 years of experience in the Medical Device industry where Kevin M, a manager in his $2 billion company describes Chris like this: “He is excellent. He…is able to deliver in a manner that gets people’s attention.”
As an international trainer, speaker, and comedian, he brings a unique ability to blend insight with humor to make training memorable, meaningful, and motivating. Chris has already led award-winning leadership development and quality systems training programs across global teams and he is ready to do it again with us. We are grateful to have him and honor his deep passion to spend time with his teenage children, play sports, practice good health, and continue to volunteer and help others.

Friedrich Künzler

Participant, We-Learn LMS project

Friedrich Künzler is an expert executive contributor for a large corporation that integrates many sciences into its product inventions for government and commercial use.  His talent for bringing people together from multiple areas of scientific discover at every level of STEM competency has made him passionate to make sure that neither information and people are lost. One never knows when inspiration might strike from an old out-of-print book or paper or from a person sharing their insight on a particular topic from today. This passion project of his is designed to involve others to connect, create, and learn from each other using his platform. Learn more by visiting his learning portal here: thespectrum.learntogether.space.

Désirée Loya

Volunteer

Thank you for volunteering, Désirée! Désirée Loya is a long-time member and former Board member of A-Squared LAMP Groups who talented administrator and compassionate leader who has more than 30 years working in property management and HUD. She currently is a manager for care housing facilities with the state of California and also has serves as a caretaker for many of her ill relatives. Her interests converge in our nonprofit and benefit you directly as she and the entire LA-outings team work to create local field trips, learning experiences, and personal connections that are fun.

Susan Zytnik-Künzler

President & Founder

Susan Kunzler, MS, CBC, BCC is the founder of A-Squared LAMP Groups that brings professional development coaching and OD consulting resources to communities. She is a twice-credentialed career coach (ACC, BCC) and is a organizational development practitioner skilled to streamline design, development, and detox. She is certified in business, leadership & executive coaching (WCI), business incubation (INBIA), behavioral consultancy, DISC personalities, Emotional Intelligence, and Conversational Intelligences. With humor, she specializes in mobilizing and inspiring others as a certified coach and is a Six Sigma Black Belt (project, finance/fundraising). She has traveled on five continents, working, studying, and volunteering with a variety of persons in many multinational settings. She holds dual-degrees in Political Science & International Relations (Asian studies) as well as a Master’s degree in Organizational Leadership.

Mary Brown

Member Volunteer

Thank you for volunteering, Mary! Mary Brown is a member of and traveler with A-Squared LAMP Groups who loves traveling, musicals, theater, mysteries, and museums. She cares for her grown special needs son and loves to have him join her in her many adventures, which he also enjoys a great deal. Her interests converge in our nonprofit and benefit you directly as she and the entire LA-outings team work to create local field trips, learning experiences, and personal connections that are fun.

Dana B. Parker

Director, Wellness & Funding

Dana has so many talents and skills, that it is hard to just list them here. However, she is a highly sought-after pilates & yoga instructor, dance teacher, and painter with a love of all things beautiful and cultural. She is certified as a grant writer, was a successful entrepreneur who sold her business, worked as a paralegal, and holds a PhD in choreography; but her highest passions (apart from dance) are painting, traveling, and showing others how to love both. She has hosted many Paint-n-Sip events and is currently in charge of A-Squared LAMP Groups’ bienniel member trips around the world. She serves to actively supervise and support our membership FUN Teams with local outings, fundraisers, and support events. Integral to our fundraising and wellness focus for our organization, Dana brings a love of culture to everything she does, and we are so very grateful to work with her. In addition to her wellness and funding board role, she also serves as the official secretary for our nonprofit.

SueAnn Freeman, MA, CPCC, PCC, BCC

Participant, We-Learn LMS project

SueAnn Freeman is a valuable participant in our We-Learn LMS shared-cost project at A-Squared LAMP Groups, which operates like a cooperative. We are lucky to have her on the team. She is a Certified Co-active Coach (CPCC – Coaches Training Institute), Board Certified Coach (BCC) and certified by the International Coach Federation as a Professional Certified Coach (PCC). She holds a MA in Leadership from Saint Mary’s College. In addition she is a certified mediator with the California Lawyers for the Arts, Leader Effectiveness Trainer (L.E.T.) and Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), Team Coach and EQi2 assessor. She coaches and trains individuals and teams on difficult, sensitive and important conversations and the process by which they make decisions. She works with Leadership/Managers-Executives, Non-Profits, Relationships, Career & Balance, and General Life Coaching. To work with SueAnn, become part of our We-Learn LMS shared-cost project or go to her company, Active Coaching Techniques, found here: https://activecoachingtechniques.com.

Yvonne Gaines

Participant, We-Learn LMS project

Yvonne is an integral participant in our We-Learn LMS shared-cost project, which operates loosely as a cooperative. We are grateful to have her working with this team of professionals. She is a Credentialed Coach & Organizational Development Leader, the President, Founder and Senior Coach of Elderberi Coaching Group. Her passion is to support and facilitate awareness, spark insight, and encourage actions that yield sustainable results in her clients personal and professional lives. As a coach, consultant, and facilitator with over eighteen years of experience in learning, leadership development, organizational development, and human resources management she has a deep and nuanced toolkit.  As a certified NeuroLeadership Coach she brings the benefits of a neuroscience-based, emotionally intelligent coaching and consulting approach to transform conversations, improve performance and build leaders. Her certification specialization in team coaching means she is able to facilitate complex issues from a group perspective as well. The results: alignment of vision, mission, goals, execution of strategies, effective leadership, enhanced performance, and improved interpersonal and communication skills. Yvonne has an MS in Applied Psychology from Stevens Institute of Technology and a BA in Psychology from the City College of New York.  She is certified to administer a number of instruments, including Leadership Architect®, Learning Agility Architect®, Team Architect®, CPI 260, Herrmann Brain Dominance Instrument®, DiSC® Personal Profile System, and various 360° Assessment tools. Join her here in the We-Learn LMS shared-cost project or at her company, Elderberi Coaching Group, found here: https://elderbericoaching.com.

Lynn Pearson, MS, ACC

Member Volunteer

Thank you for volunteering, Lynn! Lynn Pearson is a long-time member of A-Squared LAMP Groups who is a credentialed and certified coach with years of experience working and teaching in higher education, people development, and career discovery. She currently works for a major healthcare corporation as an employee development coach. Her interests converge in our nonprofit and benefit you directly as she and the entire LA-outings team work to create local field trips, learning experiences, and personal connections that are fun.

Brian Branagan

Member Mentor, We-Learn LMS shared-cost project (cooperative)

Brian is the official “Member Mentor,” training new participants in our We-Learn LMS shared-cost project. He is a Leadership Coach who specializes in Remote Team Development, Increasing Listening Intelligence, and Conversational Intelligence, Retired technical manager who relaunched successfully as a leadership and conversational specialist coach that is in high demand on betterup.com. He has bravely and skillfully taken the lead in onboarding new participants to the We-Learn LMS shared-cost project at A-Squared LAMP Groups, which he adeptly describes as operating like “a cooperative.” His expertise and level of service and skill has been invaluable to us, and we are grateful to be working with him. We encourage other to do so as well, both here at A-Squared LAMP Groups and also in his company, Quality Conversations, found at qualityconversations.com.

Christina Aragon-Aguilar

Director, role TBD

Recently retired & busier than ever! Former Assistant Superintendent with a demonstrated history of working in the education management industry. Skilled in Budgeting, Customer Service, Staff Development, Educational Leadership, and Leadership Development, she is passionate about helping others and learning. She is active on our local outings group and also herself started a book club under our membership FUN Teams where she is integral in facilitating learning conversations with others in that group. Though she has a strong background an degree in Accounting and Business/Management from California State University-Fullerton, she has been immersed on bettering relationships and exploring her more creative side. She loves watching softball leagues, hiking, mentoring leaders, training others for financial transformation, empowering people to learn and explore their own creativity, traveling, and has many more interests she is just tapping into through her membership and service as a FOUNDING BOARD MEMBER of A-Squared LAMP Groups.

Peter Camacho

Board of Directors/Grant Administrator

A-Squared LAMP Groups is so honored and appreciative that Peter has chosen to volunteer his time serving on our board of directors! Peter is passionate about driving excellence int HR function, structures, policies, and procedures for a positive company impact. His extensive experience working with multicultural team members at all stakeholder levels, his business finance and startup executive expertise, plus his bilingual fluency in Spanish and English, helps him lead with technical accuracy and with heart. For decades he has worked in the medical field for companies where he oversaw multi-state and multinational locations and practices, as well as managing many independent facilities and staff in the entertainment industry.

He is a leader with a style that naturally mentors, trains, and empowers staff with loyalty, diligence, truthfulness, and empathy that consistently builds up company good will. Team members provide much feedback that elevates Peter into being “the most understanding and approachable person [they’ve] ever worked for.” Peter is most proud of this and his ability to strategically enable workers to do their jobs with less stress and more support. In fact, his best and most valuable speciality is to create order out of chaos and to ensure 100% compliancy for all governmental and corporate and organizational requirements. Along those lines, he researches new systems and learns new methods to ensure that the right systems, portals, and platforms are being used. But that’s only the beginning of his vast leadership experience – there’s more!

Peter Camacho has been a community leader in the Boy Scouts of America, serving in many capacities. He is elated to use his talents and skills to help develop leadership in young boys as they grow into manhood, and has been a valuable resource amongst the parents and organizational leadership structure to ensure excellence in their programs. He even annually volunteers his medical presence in an official capacity at events for the safety of all participants in regional camps.

Truly, Peter is a leader that everyone at A-Squared LAMP Groups holds up as a leadership standard for development in every community. He is here to help us and we are all here to help you. You can reach him directly at pc******@***********ps.org.

 

 

Membership Teams

Leadership Teams

TRIP PLANNING TEAM. 

Criteria to join: Has a travel/trial membership and gone on at least one biennial A-Squared LAMP Groups excursion. Previous trips include Italy, Japan, Alaska. For more information about our trips or to help plan one, email board member Dana at dp*****@***********ps.org. 

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FUN TEAMS. 

Criteria to join: Has any level of membership, has previously gone on an outing or attended one of the groups.

— Connect Groups. 
— Impact Groups. 
— Interest Groups. 
  • Book/Movie Club – Los Angeles area. Read and watch fictional and nonfictional works, then discuss leadership and personal insights. To co-host this group or to start your own local or virtual group, contact Christina at ca*****@***********ps.org. To participate, go to the community calendar at https://asquaredlamps.org/calendar. 

Criteria to join any of our leadership teams requires at least a Leadership & Teams Skills Development level of membership. You can join the leadership teams below from your profile area on the “member benefits” page, solely based upon your ability and agreement to fulfill the requirements for leading on each team. For additional information or inquiry, contact Susan at sk******@***********ps.org. 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS. 

COACHING SCHOLARSHIP CIRCLE.

MEDIA ADVISORY TEAM.

PROGRAM/PROJECT ADMINISTRATIVE TEAMS.

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  • February 1, 2023

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