Maria Salinas

Maria Salinas currently serves as the President and CEO of the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce, the largest business association in Los Angeles County representing more than 1,600-­member companies and serving the interests of more than 235,000 businesses across the Los Angeles region. She is also the first female leader in the organization’s history. Salinas has extensive private sector experience ranging from corporations to start-ups in a cross-section of industries. She is also the President and Founder of Salinas Consulting, a finance and accounting project management firm, the Chair of the Board of Regents at her alma mater, Loyola Marymount University, Board Chair of UnidosUS, and member of the founding Board of Directors of Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine. 

Salinas lives in Pasadena with her husband and four children.