Staff

Paola Avila
Chief of Staff
PAvila@sandiego.gov

Nick Serrano
Deputy Chief of Staff
NSSerrano@sandiego.gov

Appointments/Boards & Commissions

Mathew Gordon
Director of Appointments/Boards and Commissions
MAGordon@sandiego.gov

Communications

Jen Lebron
Director of Communications
JLebron@sandiego.gov

Chida Warren-Darby
Deputy Director of Communications
CWarrenDarby@sandiego.gov

Dave Rolland
Senior Advisor of Communications
DRolland@sandiego.gov

Community Engagement

Michaela Valk
Director of Community Engagement
(Council District 6)
MValk@sandiego.gov

Kohta Zaiser
Community Representative
(Council Districts 2 and 3)
ZaiserK@sandiego.gov

Matthew Griffith
Community Representative
(Council Districts 1, 4, and 7)
GriffithM@sandiego.gov

Stephanie Estrada
Community Representative
(Council Districts 5, 8, and 9)
EstradaS@sandiego.gov

Global Affairs

Rita Fernandez
Director of Global Affairs
RSFernandez@sandiego.gov

Government Affairs

Adrian Granda
Director of Government Affairs
ADGranda@sandiego.gov

Walt Bishop
Strategic Advisor for Federal Affairs
WBishop@sandiego.gov

Juan Reyes
State and Local Government Affairs Manager
JuReyes@sandiego.gov

Keith Corry
Grants Manager
Kcorry@sandiego.gov

Marie Joyce
Grants Manager
MJoyce@sandiego.gov

Policy

Jessica Lawrence
Director of Policy
JLawrence@sandiego.gov

Matt Yagyagan
Deputy Director of Policy
Policy Areas: Public safety
MYagyagan@sandiego.gov

Stephen Hill
Senior Advisor for COVID-19 Response
HillS@sandiego.gov

Javier Gómez
Senior Advisor of Policy and Council Affairs
JavierG@sandiego.gov

Brittany Bailey
Senior Policy Advisor
Policy Areas: Budget, economic development, infrastructure
BNBailey@sandiego.gov

Alexandra Berenter
Senior Water Policy Manager
ABerenter@sandiego.gov

Randy Wilde
Policy Advisor
Policy Areas: Housing, land-use, climate
RWilde@sandiego.gov

Sarah Moga-Alemany
"Back to Work SD" Coordinator
SAlemany@sandiego.gov

Scheduling/Administration

Scheduling/
Administration

Michelle Porras
Scheduler
MPorras@sandiego.gov

Maria Bojorquez-Gomez
Confidential Executive Assistant to the Mayor
MBojorquezGo@sandiego.gov

Lauren Cazares
Confidential Executive Assistant to the Chief of Staff
CazaresL@sandiego.gov