Executive Committee

Steven Hanson MBA, CBI, CBB
President
Steven Hanson is the Co-Owner of Transworld Business Advisors San Diego North, a full-service Business Brokerage firm focusing on assisting both… Read More

Richard Rayl CBB, CBI, Broker
Immediate Past President
Rick Rayl is Co-Owner and CEO of Transworld Business Advisors – Coachella Valley serving the Eastern Inland Empire. Rick is the current… Read More

Gregory Michail CBB
President Elect, Director of Annual Conference
Gregory Michail is a second generation Broker, with extensive knowledge of the Los Angeles and Orange County marketplace. Prior to becoming a full-… Read More

Cynthia Moller
Secretary, Co-Director of Marketing/Communications

Chris Beckman CBB, Business Broker
Treasurer
A highly developed executive with exceptional leadership and vision that has overseen multi-million-dollar wholesale operations and
delivered… Read More

Hercules (Eric) Landis CBI, ABI, CBB
Director of Member Benefits and Co-Director of Affiliate Membership
Eric Landis is the Managing Partner of M&A Business Advisors, Orange County, a full-service Business Brokerage and M&A Advisory Firm. Eric… Read More

Jack Chung CBB
Director of Education
Jack currently manages the team of agents in the San Francisco office. He has worked on a variety of transactions in many different industries,… Read More

Matt Manavi MBA, CBI, CM&AP, M&AMI
Director of Broker Membership
Matt Manavi is a certified business broker with Transworld Business Advisors. We have been in business for over 40 years. Matt's specialties… Read More

Shannon Brown
Director of CBB and Co-Director of Marketing and Communications
I represent sellers and buyers of businesses throughout Southern California, with an emphasis in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties. I have… Read More

Brittany Grunau
Director of Forms

Robert Porter
Co-Director of Affiliate Membership
Robert Porter began his career in SBA Lending in 1989 after graduating from California State University, Sacramento - Finance. For the past 35 years… Read More

Thomas Georgianna
Director of Corporate Governance
Thomas David Georgianna, III is the Managing Attorney of the Civil Litigation Division and Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Divisions of Boyd Law’s Los… Read More