Chris Knierim

    Board of Directors/Podcast Coordinator

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

    Dana B. Parker

    Director, Wellness & Funding

    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.

    Christina Aragon-Aguilar

    Director, role TBD

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

    Susan Zytnik-Künzler

    President & Founder

    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.

  • Peter Camacho

    Board of Directors/Grant Administrator

    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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

 

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2017 Passport Intl Wine & Food Tasting​

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International dishes hand-prepared by Désirée, board member and volunteer cook. International wines donated by Total Wines & More in Brea. Various display installations and conversation coaching starter activities were conducted. Display of our Nonprofit and its work was also a hit.

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2017 Passport Intl Wine & Food Tasting​

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International dishes hand-prepared by Désirée, board member and volunteer cook. International wines donated by Total Wines & More in Brea. Various display installations and conversation coaching starter activities were conducted. Display of our Nonprofit and its work was also a hit.

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2017 Passport Intl Wine & Food Tasting​

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