Name: Charisse Older Position: Director of Sales & Marketing Where are you from originally? Born in Oxnard Grew up in Burbank When did you start working at the Chamber? February 2013 What were you doing before you started working at the Chamber? 13+ years in upscale restaurants. 10+ years with Morton’s The Steakhouse & 3 years with The Capital Grille. Favorite thing about your job: Being able to work with and continually meet
I call myself a “kindness instigator.” But I’m getting ahead of myself. My name is Gabriella van Rij and I am a speaker, author, and activist for kindness. An activist is a person who campaigns for some kind of social change. Through my life experiences—first being adopted from Pakistan into a Dutch family, and then growing up in a culture where I was