5. Nominating &
Election: In charge of the 2009/10
Section Election and in nominating any member or
officer for outstanding service awards.
Sutida Bergquist – Chair
Chi Diep – Member
Reza Jahromi – Member
Ali Mian – Member
Syed Alishah – Member
Art Salazar – Member
6. Political
Involvement Committee: In close
coordination with PECG PAC, to assist in the
Corporate Statewide PAC effort, to project a
positive image of PECG and to advocate for its goals
and beliefs.
John Vassiliades - Chair
Sutida Bergquist – Member
John K. Lee – Member
Iqbal Qazi - Member
Lily Chang - Member
Syed Alishah - Member
Reza Jahromi - Member
Victor Zengler - Member
Edward Vergaray – Member
Mohamed Ghannoum – Member
Jalil Khan – Member
Vin Kumar – Member
Mitra Vahid - Member
Jiwanjit Palaha - Member
Safwat Salahieh – Member
7. Scholarship,
Student Mentoring & Science Fair Committee:
To utilize the good will of membership in order to
uphold and promote the image of PECG as a bonafide
Professional Organization that serves the
Engineering Profession well.
John Vassiliades - Chair
Lily Chang - Member
Syed Alishah - Member
Safwat Salahieh - Member
Mohamed Ghannoum - Member
Orlando H. Gonzalez - Member
Bashar Nasser - Member
Reza Jahromi – Member
Hammer X. Sui - Member
Pinaki Guha-Niyogi - Member
Ojas Sheth - Member
Betty Bahraini - Member
Shafiq Rahman - Member
Art Salazar - Member
Deborah Ibanez – Member
8. Policy & Bylaws
Committee: To render assistance on all
procedures and activities by Section for full
compliance with the Bylaws and Policy Files.
Jorge Fuentes - Chair
Ben Ehsani - Member
Art Salazar - Member
Khan A Hossain – Member
Safwat Salahieh - Member
Jalil Khan - Member
Bachubhai Dani – Member
9. Ethics & Conflict
Resolution: To assist at a Section level,
in resolving conflicts or disputes between members,
or in matters relating to alleged ethics violations,
or to escalate the matter to the Section EC
Committee for a course of action or for referral to
Corporate Ethics Committee.
Ugo Anakwenze - Chair
Khan A. Hossain - Member
Sutida Bergquist - Member
Jorge Fuentes - Member
Iqbal Qazi – Member
Jalil Khan - Member
Shafiqul Islam - Member
Bachubhai Dani - Member
Hammer X. Sui – Member
Lily Chang - Member
Deborah Ibanez – Member
10. Members on H1-B
Visa Committee: To maintain an updated
list of employees on H1-B Visa and to promptly
inform them on any new information relating to the
status of their employment.
Syed Alishah - Chair
Ben Ehsani - Member
Shafiq Rahman - Member
Betty Bahraini - Member
Ramesh Patel – Member
Jalil Khan – Member
11. Benefits
Committee: To provide updated information
on membership benefits and discount programs that
are available to our members through PECG, and to
inform the EC on any new programs that may become
available.
Mitra Vahid - Chair
Sharas Bangalore - Member
Sue McGinn - Member
Samir Bakar - Member
Ralph Thunstrom – Member
Vin Kumar - Member
Monica Robledo - Member
Betty Bahraini - Member
Safwat Salahieh - Member
Jalil Khan – Member
Shafiqul Islam – Member
12. PE License Review
Committee: To help members attain their
PE license and to educate them on PE License
requirements and occasional policy changes.
Sharas Bangalore - Chair
Ben Ehsani – Member
Hamid Toossi - Member
Jiwanjit Palaha – Member
Munshi Mohsin – Member
13. LA Section
Website Committee: To provide up-to-date
Section information on the internet, and to make a
report at each EC monthly meeting with latest news
and website revisions.
Sutida Bergquist - Chair
Lily Chang - Member
Chi Diep - Member
John Vassiliades - Member
Victor Zengler – Member
MD Rohul Amin Bhuiyan - Member
Ramesh Patel – Member
14. Bargaining Unit
Benefits Analysis Committee: To collect
data and relevant information on public jurisdiction
employee salaries and benefits and to develop an
archive that will show the disparities of benefits
to those of the Unit 9 employees. To provide support
and assistance to the Corporate Bargaining Unit and
Meet and Confer Teams with updated new information.
Victor Zengler - Chair
Jalil Khan - Member
Reza Jahromi - Member
Iqbal Qazi - Member
Stefan Cajina – Member
Sutida Bergquist - Member
Edward Vergaray - Member
Lily Chang – Member
Betty Bahrani - Member
Mohamed Ghannoum - Member
Hammer X. Sui - Member
Ramesh Patel – Member
Bashar Nasser - Member
Reza Fateh - Member
Jorge Fuentes – Member
MD Rohul Amin Bhuiyan - Member
Shafiqul Islam - Member
Farid Rekabi - Member
Hamid R. Toossi – Member
Shafiq Rahman – Member
Bachubhai Dani - Member
15. Liaison Committee:
To research other state bargaining unit MOUs,
share information with the other bargaining units,
cooperate with other bargaining units pertaining to
Bargaining Unit 9 common issues, and to coordinate
with the other bargaining units on political
campaigns.
Safwat Salahieh - Chair
Jalil Khan - Member
Munshi Mohsin – Member
Sue McGinn - Member
Jerry Wahl – Member
Victor Zengler - Member
Sutida Bergquist - Member
John Vassiliades - Member
