Board of Directors

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Culture eats strategy for breakfast. -Peter F. Drucker
Culture eats strategy for breakfast. -Peter F. Drucker

Eli Enciso

President and CEO

Eli serves as the President and CEO of Elias & Co. Staffing.  He has over 15 years of experience in the staffing industry.  He earned an undergraduate degree at UCLA and an MBA from the Drucker School of Management at Claremont Graduate University.  Currently, Eli is earning an additional Masters degree in HR Management and he has zero plans to ever stop learning.

Maniya is a legal eagle and an avid outdoors woman.
Maniya is a legal eagle and an avid outdoors woman.

Maniya Gatmaitan

Board Member

Maniya serves on the board of directors.  She has over 10 years of employment law experience.  She has worked as an employment attorney for LYFT and for Jackson Lewis, a national employment law firm.   She earned an undergraduate degree at UCLA and a law degree from USC. When asked whether she roots for the Bruins or Trojans, she pleas the 5th.

Mark received the 2016 OCA Asian American Corporate Achievement Award and the 2016 Community Service Award.
Mark received the 2016 OCA Asian American Corporate Achievement Award and the 2016 Community Service Award.

Mark Ng

Board Member

Mark serves on the board of directors and has been in marketing management with Wells Fargo for over 10 years.  Mark is based in Wells Fargo headquarters in San Francisco, CA.  He earned an undergraduate degree at UCLA and a Masters in Public Policy from Princeton University.  He is also a gifted artist (painting and photography).

Here is Tommy on the luckiest day of his life.
Here is Tommy on the luckiest day of his life.

Tommy Koga

Board Member

Tommy serves on the board of directors and has worked in Silicon Valley for over 10 years. He is a lead engineer for the Research & Development team at Apple, Inc. Tommy earned both an undergraduate degree and a Masters in Engineering at UCLA.  Tommy and his wife are foodies have two adorable kids.