As part of its 2025 Celebrate Irvine event, the Greater Irvine Chamber recognizes exemplary businesses and individuals who are driving positive change and innovation in the community.
Meet the 2025 Celebrate Irvine honorees:
EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR - Kathy Azeez-Narain
Kathy Azeez-Narain is the Chief Digital and Innovation Officer at Hoag, where she leads the health system’s digital transformation and strategic marketing initiatives. In this role, she is advancing Hoag’s position as a national leader in digitally enabled, patient-centered care—integrating technology, data, and design to improve access, experience, and health outcomes. With more than 20 years of experience across healthcare and financial services, Azeez-Narain spent 15 years at American Express, where she led digital product innovation and marketing strategy. She is widely recognized for translating bold vision into meaningful change and for championing innovation that improves lives, empowers teams, and redefines what’s possible.
ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR - Peter Cline
Peter Cline is a U.S. Army veteran and founder of Service to Success, a recruiting and technology firm that helps leading employers—from Fortune 500 companies to federal agencies—connect with and hire talent from the military community. In addition to his work at Service to Success, Cline founded Boots to Books, a nonprofit that has awarded more than $200,000 in scholarships and supported over 15,000 veterans and their families in pursuing education and employment. His efforts earned him the Lifetime Presidential Volunteer Service Award. Before launching his ventures, Cline worked in mergers and acquisitions, completing hundreds of millions in transactions, including the carveout of FindLaw from its parent company, Thomson Reuters. Today, he draws on his finance and entrepreneurial background to serve the broader community—as a member of the Investment Committee for RevHub, a volunteer commercialization funding reviewer with UC Irvine, a mentor with the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship, and an advisor on various municipal and nonprofit boards.
BUSINESS OF THE YEAR - Doing Good Works
Doing Good Works is a certified social enterprise driven by a mission to harness the power of business to transform lives and connect communities. Since its founding in 2015, the organization has reinvested nearly $4 million toward creating life-changing outcomes for individuals with lived experience in the foster care system. A two-time Inc. 5000 honoree and four-time Real Leaders Impact Award recipient, Doing Good Works advances its mission through two key initiatives: DGW Branded, a promotional products and brand marketing agency, and Foster Greatness, a nonprofit that provides individuals from the foster care system with access to vital resources and a supportive community of peers with shared lived experience.
The 2025 Celebrate Irvine honorees will be presented awards at the event held on Thursday, June 5, 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m., at the Irvine Marriott, 18000 Von Karman Ave.
City of Hope Orange County, the diamond-level Leaders Circle partner of the Greater Irvine Chamber, is the presenting sponsor for the 2025 Celebrate Irvine.
A focal point of the program, Kate Klimow, Chief Operating Officer and Associate Vice Chancellor, Advancement Operations, University Advancement & Alumni Relations, UC Irvine, will moderate a panel discussion on sustaining relevance for your business in a changing world. Panelists include Massis Chahbazian, President & CEO, The Printery, Inc., and Manuel Gonzalez, Director of Food Production and Product Development, Northgate Markets. Additional panelists will be announced soon!
Early-bird tickets for the 2025 Celebrate Irvine event are $155 for Greater Irvine Chamber members and $200 for non-members, through May 16. Beginning on May 17, ticket prices are $195 and $250, respectively. Plated lunch and complimentary parking are included. Sponsorships and tables are available for purchase.
For more information and sponsorship opportunities, email events@irvinechamber.com.
