Jill Lederer

The Thousand OaksWestlake Village Regional Chamber of Commerce has selected as interim president to lead the Chamber upon the retirement of president and CEO Janet Levett, who will leave the position at the end of January.

The board has chosen Jill Lederer as interim president. She will assume the day-to-day operations of the Chamber.

Lederer is a local businesswoman, former board chair of the Conejo Valley Chamber of Commerce (now the TOWestlake Village Regional Chamber) and a past Chamber Woman of the Year. She's been a Chamber member for 25 years and is involved in many local civic and charity organizations.

Lederer is owner of BTR Inc., with a chain of 10 local Domino's pizza franchises, which she recently sold.

She has an MBA from Pepperdine University.

The Chamber also announced its 2009 board of directors.

The executive committee includes chair of the board, Madeline Hess of Sage Publications; chair emeritus, Mark T. Jessee of the Law Offices of Mark T. Jessee; chair elect, Pete Turpel of Phone OnHold Marketing Systems; treasurer, Tammie Helmuth of Conejo Awards; secretary, Kristen Davis of Amgen; and memberat-large, Susan Murata of Silver Star Automotive Group.

The directors are Lisa Bailey of Four Seasons Hotel Westlake Village, Mark Boos Benhard of MBB Communications, Rodd Feingold of VR Business Brokers, Nicole Flynn of The Oaks mall, Dave Friedl of CR Print, Adrian Gaines of State Farm Insurance, Leonard Greenlee of Baxter Healthcare, Mary Guy of First California Bank, Steven Guzzo of the Ventura County Star, Peggy Hinz of Anthem/ Blue Cross of California, Yoon J. Hugh of Dole Food Company, Phillip A. Koonce of PAK Financial Group, John LaRocca of U.S. Telesis, Rick Lemmo of Caruso Affiliated, Ryan VanOmmeren of California Lutheran University, Gary Wartik of city of Thousand Oaks and Jacqueline Pick, doctor of chiropractic.