Meet The Team

Mr.Salem has been a member since mid 1980's and joined the board approximately 10 years later. He’s in his second term as DCWC President and is currently overseeing the most extraordinary growth of membership activity in DCWC history and among any other current WFDB club.

Mervyn Hahn joined DCWC in 1995 and joined the board in 2005. He is widely recognized as the most active member within the club and to many he is the face of the club as he is credited with directing each of the committee’s under him to extraordinary results.

Kalpesh Jhaveri has been a part of our club since 2000 and is currently serving his first term as Vice President. Mr Jhaveri presided over two vital committees: One ensured state-of-the-art synthetic testing machines and the other oversees the arbitration and mediation committee.

Rahul Parikh became a member in 1990 joined the board in 2000. As our prudent Treasurer, he has ensured the continued financial health that DCWC enjoys and allows us fiscal strength to seek and tackle the challenges of the current marketplace.

Vatche Shirikjian joined DCWC in 2014 and the board in 2016. He has served as a replacement Board Secretary since the summer of 2017. He has helped improve the overall quality and quantity of the communication between the club members and to the greater community.

Gaby Bachoura has been a club member since 2000 and joined the board in 2010. He has been the driving force behind the recent surge in trading activity at the club along with creating many bridges between our club and other organizations for all members to benefit.

Doron Auslander joined the club in 1995 and joined the board in 2010. Doron is widely recognized as a top recruiter for the club and provide a large amount of time to help club members in arbitration/meditation, creating tremendous value for all members.

Vipul Udani became a club member in 2012 and joined the board in 2016. As Chairman of the membership committee, Vipul oversaw the recent growth of DCWC membership by nearly 25% over the summer of 2018.

Steve Korshak joined DCWC in 1989 and has served the board on a few occasions in the past. He was recently voted back to the BOD and his impact has been felt immediately. Steve is currently working on making the internal handlings of the board more professional.

Anto “Tony” Ayvazian has been a member since 1990 and has served on the board since 2010. In the past few years, as the number of resident members spiked, Tony has been instrumental in managing the growth of the club through the Residents Committee

Lisa Weiner joined the DCWC in 2014 and was quickly voted to the board in 2017. Lisa is leading the social committee to revitalize the interaction between members and he has been on the forefront of developing the Newsletter, which has been a big value for many members.

Avida Giloh joined the Diamond Club in 2015 and was quickly voted to the board in 2017. He is seeking to add to our diamond testing machinery, and was recently named the chairperson of the Delinquent List committee which was created as a big potential value for members.

Setu Doshi joined DCWC in 2015 and joined the board in 2017. Setu has helped mobilize a valuable asset for the members to benefit, and consistently brings dynamic opinions to help enhance efforts and features. He recently joined the digital committee to work on our new site.

David Marcus is synonymous with Diamond Club West Coast in the US and around the globe in other WFDB bourses. He joined the Diamond Club in 1972, has served the board on many occasions on a variety of capacities, and is a decorated past president.

Nikhil Jhaveri is the most recent outgoing President, who joined the club in 1976, served the board on many capacities and has proudly carried DCWC’s name in to prominence among all other bourses until the recent handover in April 2017.

Lon Stein joined the club in 1970 and has served the board in a multitude of capacities. Currently he helps interface DCWC with some of the largest trade show organizations in helping our brand awareness and market visibility to capitalize on trade show events.