Paola Avila
Chief of Staff
PAvila@sandiego.gov

Nick Serrano
Deputy Chief of Staff
NSSerrano@sandiego.gov

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

Dave Rolland
Senior Advisor of Communications
DRolland@sandiego.gov

Courtney Pittam
Press Secretary
CPittam@sandiego.gov

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

Kohta Zaiser
Deputy Director of Community Engagement and Internship Manager
(Council Districts 2 and 3)
ZaiserK@sandiego.gov

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

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

Christopher Ackerman-Avila
Community Representative
(Council Districts 5 and 7)
cackermanavi@sandiego.gov

Rita Fernandez
Director of Global Affairs
RSFernandez@sandiego.gov

Sarah Moga-Alemany
Binational Affairs Manager
SAlemany@sandiego.gov

Adrian Granda
Director of Government Affairs
ADGranda@sandiego.gov

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

Dion Akers
Regional Government Affairs Manager
DAkers@sandiego.gov

Keith Corry
Grants Manager
Kcorry@sandiego.gov

Marie Joyce
Grants Manager
MJoyce@sandiego.gov

 

Hafsa Kaka
Director of Homeless Strategies and Solutions
HKaka@sandiego.gov

 

Kim Desmond
Chief Officer of Race and Equity
kdesmond@sandiego.gov

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 of Resiliency and Economic Recovery
Policy Areas: Arts and culture, business and economic development
HillS@sandiego.gov

Javier Gómez
Senior Advisor of Policy and Council Affairs/ LBGTQ+ Liaison
JavierG@sandiego.gov

Brittany Bailey
Senior Policy Advisor
Policy Areas: Budget and infrastructure
BNBailey@sandiego.gov

Alexandra Berenter
Senior Water Policy Manager
ABerenter@sandiego.gov

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

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