Mission Statement
California Education Connection brings people and knowledge together through innovative educational courses and unique networking opportunities.

Biographies
Brian D. Chavarin, MS, ATC, CSCS,
Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer, and Owner of California Education Connection earned his bachelor's degree in psychology from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, and earned his master's degree from the United States Sports Medicine Academy in Daphne, Alabama, in Sports Medicine. He worked for the NBA's Los Angeles Clippers as an Assistant Athletic Trainer and was then recruited to Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey, as Assistant Athletic Trainer and Head Strength & Conditioning for SHU's 19 Division I Athletic Teams. Then he was the Head Athletic Trainer for the International Hockey League's Los Angeles Ice Dogs before joining USC University Hospital as the Director of Sports Medicine. After serving 8 years at USCUH he moved onto to start up the Department of Sports Medicine at St. Vincent Medical Center. After successfully starting up the department he was recruited to Brotman Medical Center to start up the Southern California Spine Institute and was the Director for Rehabilitation Services. Currently he is working with RehabCare Group, Inc. as the Program Director for Acute Rehab Unit based at St. Vincent Medical Center.

Susan Mazmanian 
Co-Founder, Consultant to California Education Connection
received her B.S. in Occupational Therapy from Boston University in 1979. She practiced in the areas of hand and rehabilitation in the Los Angeles area before pursuing her continued career in sales. Susan worked for Titus, now McKesson HBOC for over 20 years. Recently she joined the Rajala / Dynatron team. She has lectured on a variety of topics including modalities, women’s health and therapeutic exercises for both the physical therapy and occupational therapy communities. She has also taught at Mount St. Mary’s College. Susan was awarded the 1997 CPSIG Service Award. Susan is always suggesting innovative ways to enhance your practice and expand your services with seminars, equipment, exercise, taping and other ideas.

Combined, Brian and Susan bring over 35 years of professional experience in the fields of Allied Health and the Strength & Conditioning. This combined experience has allowed them to conduct innovative and quality continuing education courses for many years. They both strive to conduct innovative courses that will allow the participant to make a new connection with knowledge and the ability to apply the course knowledge within a practice setting immediately to achieve positive outcomes.