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Management Staff

Chief Executive Officer (916) 340-6205
Mike McKeever   [bio]
 
Chief Executive Officer's Secretary (916) 340-6240
Elena Fong
 
Chief Operating Officer/General Counsel (916) 340-6210
Kirk Trost   [bio]
 
Chief Operating Officer's Secretary (916) 340-6236
Lanette Espinoza
 
Director of Research & Analysis (916) 340-6230
Gordon Garry   [bio]
 
Administrative Assistant (916) 340-6236
Lanette Espinoza
 
Director of External Affairs & Member Services (916) 340-6224
Rebecca Thornton Sloan   [bio]
 
Administrative Assistant (916) 340-6211
Sabrina Bradbury
 
Director of Transportation Services (916) 340-6276
Matt Carpenter   [bio]
 
Administrative Assistant (916) 340-6206
Gayle Greene
 
Data Services Manager (916) 340-6234
Joe Concannon
 
Finance Manager (916) 340-6258
David Ghiorso
 
Clerk of the Board & HR Specialist (916) 340-6208
Rochelle Tilton

Departments

Transportation Services Contact for these topic areas:
 
Theresa Arnold (916) 340-6220 Transportation Programming & Project Delivery
Manager of Capital Programs
 
Jim Brown (916) 340-6221 Transit Planning & Funding
Principal Program Expert
 
José Luis Cáceres (916) 340-6218 Metropolitan Transportation Improvement Program
Associate Planner
 
Edward Coviello (916) 340-6223 Transportation Development Act
Assistant Planner
 
Renée DeVere-Oki (916) 340-6219 Transportation Programming and Project Delivery
Senior Planner
 
Mark Heiman (916) 340-6232 511 & Intelligent Transportation System
ITS/511 Manager
 
Clint Holtzen (916) 340-6246 Planning and Revenue Forecasts
Assistant Planner
 
Robert McCrary (916) 340-6228 Universal Fare Card (Connect Card)
Senior Planner
 
Samson Okhade (916) 340-6222 Transportation Programming and Project Delivery
Senior Planner
 
Christine Scherman (916) 340-6262 Transportation Planning
Junior Planner
 
Lacey Symons-Holtzen (916) 340-6212 Bicycle & Pedestrian Committee
Assistant Planner
 
Gary Taylor (916) 340-6279 Transit Planning & Funding, Agricultural Worker Vanpools
Senior Planner
 
Barbara VaughanBechtold (916) 340-6226 SAFE, Transportation Development Act & Unmet Transit Needs
Associate Planner
 
Modeling Contact for these topic areas:
 
Bruce Griesenbeck (916) 340-6268 Travel Demand Forecasting & Analysis
Principal Transportation Analyst
 
Shengyi Gao (916) 340-6239 Transportation Analyst & Forecasting
Associate Research Analyst
 
Yanmei Ou (916) 340-6204 Transportation Analyst & Forecasting
Associate Research Analyst
 
Binu Abraham (916) 340-6242 Travel Demand Modeling
Assistant Research Analyst
 
Raef Porter (916) 340-6261 Climate Change & Land Use Forecasting
Senior Research Analyst
 
Data and GIS Contact for these topic areas:
 
Pete Atwood (916) 340-6233 GIS Cooperatives & Application Development
Associate Research Analyst
 
Laura Bell (916) 340-6248 Data Center & Data Requests
Assistant Research Analyst
 
Luis Elizondo (916) 340-6213 Housing Transit Monitoring
Research Technician
 
Tina Glover (916) 340-6207 Data Center & Demographics
Associate Research Analyst
 
David Hodgson (916) 340-6217 IT Infrastructure Support
Senior Information Technology Analyst
 
Jin Eui Hong (916) 340-6241 Mapping Services
Associate Research Analyst
 
Land Use Planning Contact for these topic areas:
 
Gregory Chew (916) 340-6227 Community Design, RHNA, & Airports
Senior Planner
 
Jennifer Hargrove (916) 340-6216 I-PLACE3S
Associate Planner
 
Kacey Lizon (916) 340-6265 Blueprint Implementation & Analysis, MTP2035 Update
Senior Planner
 
David Shabazian (916) 340-6231 Rural-Urban Connections Strategy (RUCS)
Senior Planner
 
External Affairs and TDM Contact for these topic areas:
 
Monica Hernández (916) 340-6237 Outreach & Events
Community Outreach Specialist
 
Erik Johnson (916) 340-6247 Government Affairs & Media
Government & Media Affairs Coordinator
 
Tara Scheiter (916) 340-6229 Transportation Demand Management (TDM)
Transportation Demand Management Clerk
 
Sage Smith (916) 340-6278 Publications
Graphic Designer
 
A.J. Tendick (916) 340-6215 Rideshare, 511, Websites, Graphic Design & Materials
511-Rideshare / Public Information Coordinator
 
Finance Contact for these topic areas:
 
Daphne Chavarria (916) 340-6245  
Accountant III
 
Stacy Niccum (916) 340-6243  
Accountant III
 
Debra Overton (916) 340-6209 Accounts Payable
Accountant I
 
Administration Contact for these topic areas:
 
Penny McNamer (916) 340-6201  
Administrative Clerk II/
Receptionist
 
Scott Overton (916) 340-6238 Room Requests & Publications Request
Administrative Clerk III


Sacramento Area
Council of Governments
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Sacramento, CA 95814
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