Our History
Chartered May 2009
In October, 2007, Lance Webster, a Board Member of the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (LAGLCC), recruited 20 members of the Chamber to create the first LGBT Toastmasters club in Los Angeles - Chamber Communicators (now Studio City Speakers), centered in Studio City.
The club was highly successful and provided the momentum for Webster and 2009 LAGLCC President Dawn Ackerman to hold a meeting at the home of two Chamber members to promote a second LGBT Toastmasters club in LA. In short order, 25 more LAGLCC members joined, and on May 1, 2009, Toastmasters International chartered the club as West Hollywood Toastmasters.
Charter Members
Doran Farnum, President
Jason Mannino, Vice President Education
Kirkland Tibbels, Vice President Membership
Tom W. Kribben, Vice President Public Relations
Tony Frankel, Secretary
Darryl J. Anderle, Treasurer
Thomas Guy Royer
Imin Lu
Adam Comeau
Luis Menjivar
David Tochman
David Michael Bertnick
Oren Rosenthal
Jordana Tiger
Lance Webster
Travis W. Stobbe
Randy Malmud
Cesar Jass
Preston Lee Ames
Matt Avallone
Cesar Jass
Preston Lee Ames
Matt Avallone
Xiaofeng Gu
Tommy Ho
Ed Mullen
Eric W. Anderson
Melanie Camille Winfrey
Floyd C. Van Dyke