Ms. Mehler joined BCI in December 2015 and is the Project Manager. Her duties include communications support for daily operations, event planning, coordinating meetings and serving as a client liaison for Principal Gwen Butterfield. Ms. Mehler’s previous work experience includes Program Coordinator for the San Pedro Peninsula Hospital where she managed schedules, record keeping, meetings and administration for the Family Practice Residency Program. In addition to the health care industry, she also previously worked for Scott Paper Co. where her duties involved coordinating the movement of shipping containers between the main warehouse and distribution centers for the West Coast and Hawaii. She also has worked in the entertainment industry doing party planning, catering, coordinating events and galas and performance.
Ms. Mehler also has extensive experience as a community volunteer. For nearly a decade, she was an active PTA member and ran numerous programs at the elementary and middle school levels. They include the Reflections Art contest at Longfellow Elementary and the primary annual fundraiser at Hughes Middle School, where $60,000 was raised the year she led the campaign. Ms. Mehler also taught art lessons for fifth-graders as part of a year-long series (30 classes) at Longfellow Elementary.
Ms. Mehler has a Bachelor of Arts in art with an emphasis in illustration from California State University, Long Beach. She was born and raised in Long Beach where she lives with her husband and son, who recently graduated from Milikan High School’s COMPASS Program, in the California Hights/Bixby Knolls neighborhood of Long Beach.
