Co-Chairs
Andy Barnes
Tom Hart

President
Jim Chappell

Executive Director
Gabriel Metcalf

Vice Chairs
Lisa Feldstein
Anne Halsted
Jim Salinas, Sr.
Libby Seifel

Treasurer
Terry Micheau

Secretary
Jean Fraser

Immediate Past Chair
Vince Hoenigman

Board Members

Michael Alexander
Retired Photojournalist
Board Member, San Francisco Beautiful
Member, People of the Presidio
Former Commissioner, GGNRA
Former Commissioner, Point Reyes National Seashore Advisory Commission
Former Chair, Sierra Club Presidio Task Force
Former Vice Chair, San Francisco Board of Supervisors Doyle Drive Task Force

Jim Andrew, Jr.
Land-use Attorney, Ellman Burke Hoffman & Johnson PC
Chair, SPUR Board Development Committee
Co-chair, SPUR Ballot Analysis Committee
President, Terrace Neighbors Association
Former Board Member, Russian Hill Neighbors
Former Executive Committee Member, Coalition for San Francisco Neighborhoods

David Baker
Architect, David Baker + Partners
Fellow, American Institute of Architects
Former Principal, Sol-Arc
Member, SFMOMA Architecture and Design Accessions Committee
Lecturer, California College of the Arts, School of Architectural Studies, San Francisco

Andy Barnes
Barnes & Company
SPUR Co-Chair
Chair, SPUR Downtown Transit Center Task Force
Former Lead, Stapleton Development Corporation
Former Lead, Broadacre Pacific Co.
Former Lead, Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation
Board Member, Yamas Controls
Board Member, Greenbelt Alliance
Board Member, Dean’s Advisory Council, McLaren Business School at the University of San Francisco

Gwyneth Borden
Northwest States’ Corporate Community Relations Manager, IBM
Co-Chair, SPUR Municipal Fiscal Advisory Committee (MFAC)
Co-Chair, SPUR Young Urbanists Committee
Former Government Relations Director, Chamber of Commerce

Margo Bradish
Partner, Cox, Castle & Nicholson LLP
Member, Urban Land Institute San Francisco District Council
Member, ULI Urban Plan and Programs Committees
Lecturer, UC-Berkeley Haas School of Business, Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics

Pam Brewster
Vice President of Government Affairs, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
Treasurer, Charles Schwab Corporation Political Action Committee
Former Head of Alexander Ogilvy’s Tech Policy Communications Practice
Former Chief Spokesperson for the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

Laurence Burnett
Real Estate Portfolio Manager, Cisco Systems, San Jose, CA
Former Chair of Housing & Land Use Committee, Silicon Valley Leadership Group
Member, San Francisco Chapter of the Urban Land Institute

Michaela Cassidy

Claudine Cheng
Founder and President, Cybertrade Strategies Group Chair, Treasure Island Development Commission
Trustee, St. Francis Memorial Hospital
Co-Chair, SPUR Spring Event Committee
Former Chair, Bay Area World Trade Center

Julienne Christensen
Design Consultant, Surface Strategy
Founding Member, Pioneer Park Project
Board Member, Telegraph Hill Dwellers
Member, Friends of Washington Square
Member, Neighborhood Parks Council District 3 Committee
Co-Chair, SPUR Silver SPUR Committee

Charmaine Curtis
President, Curtis + Partners Development
Former President, A.F. Evans Development
Former Director of Housing Development, Mercy Housing California
Former Project Manager, Holliday Development

Gia Daniller
President, Daniller Consulting
Co-Chair, SPUR Young Urbanists Committee
Former Government Relations Director, Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC)
Former Field Representative, Senator Barbara Boxer
Former Protocol Assistant, U.S. Ambassador to France in the Paris Embassy

Kelly Dearman
Executive Director, San Francisco Urban Community Housing Corporation (SF Urban CHC)
Vice President, San Francisco Human Services Commission
Board Member, San Francisco/Marin YWCA
Board Member, Out of Site
Former Staff, San Francisco City Attorney’s Office

S. Osborn Erickson
Housing and commercial developer
President, Emerald Fund
Former Director, Planned Parenthood
Former Director, Tehiyah Day School and Windrush School

Luisa Ezquerro
Consultant, San Francisco Board of Education
President, Mission Neighborhood Health Center
Board Member, Coleman Advocates for Children and Youth
Board Member, United Educators of San Francisco
Board Member, Jamestown Community Center
Former Board Member, Mission Economic Development Association

Lisa Feldstein
Independent Affordable Housing Consultant
Vice-chair, SPUR Executive Committee
Co-Chair, SPUR Urban Planning Committee
Former Loan Officer, Low Income Investment Fund (formerly Low-Income Housing Fund)
Former Member, San Francisco Planning Commission

Linda Jo Fitz
Co-Founder, Kochis Fitz/Quintile
Co-Chair, SPUR Individual Giving Committee
Former Executive Director and President, San Francisco Architectural Heritage
Member, SPUR Investment Committee
Author and Lecturer, University of California Berkeley
Author and Lecturer, University of California Los Angeles

Jean Fraser
CEO, San Francisco Health Plan (SFHP)
Board Member, Local Health Plans of California
Board Member, California Association of Health Plans
Board Member, San Francisco Bicycle Coalition
SPUR Secretary
Co-Chair, SPUR Transportation Committee
Former Commissioner, Geary Bus Rapid Transit Citizen’s Advisory Committee
Former Staff, San Francisco City Attorney’s Office

Barbara French
Associate Vice Chancellor, University Relations, University of California, San Francisco
Former CEO & President, Reputation, LLC
Former Executive Vice President, Solem & Associates
Former Business Editor, San Francisco Examiner

Frank Fudem
Senior Vice President, BT Commercial Real Estate
Director, BOMA Political Action Committee
Former Director, San Francisco Chamber of Commerce
Former Director, Leadership San Francisco

Robert Gamble
Senior Management Consultant, Public Financial Management
Former Executive Director, Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund
Former Chief Financial Officer, San Francisco Redevelopment Agency
Former Budget Director, City and County of San Francisco
Former Deputy Chief Administrative Officer, City and County of San Francisco

Gillian Gillett
Vice-President, Graffio
Co-Chair, San Jose/Guerrero Coalition to Save Our Streets
Member, St. Luke’s Hospital Community Advisory Committee
Board Member, Walk San Francisco
Member, San Francisco Community Challenge Grant Program Advisory Committee

Chris Gruwell
Partner, Platinum Advisors
Former Finance Director, Gavin Newsom Mayoral Campaign
Former Finance Chairman, Mayor Gavin Newsom Inaugural Committee

Anne Halsted
Acting Chair, Bay Conservation and Development Commission
Vice-chair, SPUR Executive Committee
Chair, SPUR Human Resources Committee
Former Commissioner, Treasure Island Development Authority
Director, San Francisco Maritime National Parks Association
Director, Chinatown Resource Center

Tom Hart
Executive Vice President, Shorenstein Company
SPUR Co-Chair
Co-Chair, SPUR Business Membership Committee
Former President, Brigham Young University Alumni Association
Board member, Paramount Theatre for the Arts in Oakland

David Hartley
Board Member, Bolinas Art Museum
Former SPUR Development Director
Former Development Director, San Mateo County Health Center Foundation
Former Vice President, Development and Marketing, Family Service Agency of San Mateo County
Former Board Member, Fort Mason Center Foundation
Former Board Member, Foundation for San Francisco’s Architectural Heritage

Vincent Hoenigman
Founder, Vice-President, Director, Citymark Development
Founder, Former Director, Proxicom, Inc.
Director, Larkin Street Youth Center
Director, The Orphanage
SPUR Immediate Past Chair

Travis Kiyota
Director of Governmental Relations, Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Former Manager of Regulatory and Public Affairs, RCN Corporation
Former Senior Policy Advisor, Mayor Willie L. Brown, Jr.
Former Program Officer, U.S. Department of Justice
Former Staff Aide, Mayor of Los Angeles

Patricia Klitgaard
Co-Chair, SPUR Capital Campaign Committee
Co-Chair, SPUR Silver SPUR Committee
Former SPUR Treasurer
Former Officer, San Francisco Jr. League Real Estate Development

Richard Kunnath
President/Chief Executive Officer, Pankow Management Company Ltd.
President, Design Build Education and Research Foundation
Member, American Arbitration Association Northern California
Board member, National Chairman for the Design Build Institute of America

Jim Lazarus
Executive Director, San Francisco Museum and Historical Society
Co-Chair, SPUR Capital Campaign Committee
Former State Director, Office of Senator Dianne Feinstein
Former Mayoral Chief of Staff
Former Deputy Mayor
Former Deputy City Attorney

Ellen Lou
Associate Partner, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM),
Licensed Architect
Certified City Planner
Board of Directors, Transbay Redevelopment Area Design for Development Plan
Board of Directors, 1990 Mission Bay Master Plan

John Madden
Elected Member, Retired Employees of City and County of San Francisco (RECCSF) Executive Board
Former Member, Transport Workers San Francisco Municipal Railway Trust Fund
Former Member, Muni Improvement Fund
Former Chief Assistant Controller, City and County of San Francisco
CEO, Madden Associates

Jacinta McCann
Managing Principal, EDAW
Fellow, Institute of Urban Design, New York
Co-Chair, SPUR Disaster Planning Committee
Former Principal-in-Charge, Sydney 2000 Olympic Projects
Former Board Member, National Capital Planning Authority

Mary McCue
President/Chief Executive Officer, MJM Management Group
Director, Treasurer, Yerba Buena Alliance
Director, Treasurer, Downtown Parking Corporation
General Manager, Yerba Buena Gardens

John McNulty
Architect
Founding Principal, MBH Architects
Member, American Institute of Architects
Member, NCARB

Chris Meany
Co-Managing Member, Wilson Meany Sullivan, LLC
Board of Directors, San Francisco Architectural Heritage

Ezra Mersey
Board Member, Community Housing Partnership
Member, Mayor’s Green Building Council
Member, Technical Advisory Committee, Planning Department

Peter Mezey
Commissioner, Municipal Transportation Authority
Chair, SPUR Audit Committee
Co-Chair, SPUR Ballot Analysis Committee
Former Commissioner, San Francisco Parking and Traffic Commission
Former President, San Francisco School Board
Retired Executive Vice President and General Counsel, U.S. Leasing

Terry Micheau
SPUR Treasurer
Co-Chair, SPUR Business Membership Committee
Retired Civil Engineer, O’Brien Kreitzberg, Inc.
Member, San Francisco Transportation Authority CAC

Ken Mintz
External Affairs Area Manager, AT&T
Board Member, Jewish Vocational Services Member, San Francisco School Alliance Advisory Council
Member, San Francisco Chamber Public Policy Committee
Former Trustee, San Ramon Parks and Community Services Commission
Former Commissioner, San Ramon Planning Commission
Former Commissioner, San Ramon Valley Unified School District’s Board of Education

Sandy Mori
Development Director, Kimochi, Inc.
Founding Member, National Pacific/Asian Resource Center in Aging
Former Executive Secretary, San Francisco Health Commission
Former Appointee, Commission on the Status of Women

Leroy Morishita
Vice President, Administration and Finance, San Francisco State University
Board Member, American Association for Higher Education
Board Member, Society for College and University Planning
Board Member, Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California

Dick Morten
Former Group Manager, Andersen Consulting
Member, Lake Merced Task Force
Co-Chair, SPUR Disaster Planning Committee
Former Vice President of Economic and Public Affairs, San Francisco Chamber of Commerce

Brian O’Neill
Superintendent, Golden Gate National Recreation Area
Board Member and Former Chairman, Bay Area Ridge Trail Council
Member, Bay Area Open Space Council

Paul Okamoto
Architect Partner, Okamoto Saijo Architecture
Co-Chair, SPUR Sustainable Development Committee
Co-Chair, SPUR Capital Campaign Committee
Co-Chair, SPUR Individual Giving Committee
Former Loeb Fellow, Harvard University Graduate School of Design
Former Board Member, Urban Ecology
Former Member, Greenbelt Alliance Board of Directors

Chris Poland
Chairman, National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program Advisory Committee
Chairman, Strong Motion Instrumentation Program Strong Motion Advisory Committee, California Seismic Safety Commission
Chairman, American Society of Civil Engineers Standards Committee on Seismic Rehabilitation
Chairman, Department of Veterans Affairs Advisory Committee on Structural Safety, Washington, DC
Chairman, Council of American Structural Engineers Executive Committee
Co-Chair, SPUR Disaster Planning Committee
Member, 2003 College of Fellows, Structural Engineers Association of Northern California
Member, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
Member, Seismological Society of America
Member, American Institute of Architects

Teresa Rea
Principal, Real Estate Planning Strategies
Former Member, SPUR Building Committee
Former Member, Architectural Selection Committee for the Urban Center
Former Co-Chair, SPUR Bay Discovery Cruise

Byron Rhett
Deputy Director, Planning & Development, Port of San Francisco
Former Senior Project Manager, San Francisco Redevelopment Agency
Former planner, Newark Watershed Conservation and Development Corporation
Former Special Assistant, City Manager’s Office, Kansas City, Missouri

Criss Romero
Union Representative, International Federation of Professional & Technical Engineers
Board Member, Building Inspection Commission
Former Union Organizer, Service Employees International Union, Local 790
Former Assistant to the Director, Office of Client Services, San Francisco AIDS Foundation
Founding Board Member, California Association for Pride and Equity

Bill Rosetti
CEO, J&R Associates
Founding Member, Coalition for Better Housing
Founding Member, Jobs & Housing Coalition

Jim Salinas, Sr.
Marketing Director, Carpenters Union, Local 22
President, Latino Democratic Club
Delegate, San Francisco Labor Council
Board Member, Mission Hiring Hall
Vice-chair, SPUR Executive Committee
Former San Francisco Planning Commissioner
Former Recreation and Park Commissioner

Nicole Sawaya
General Manager, KALW Radio
Former Staff, New California Media
Former General Manager, KPFA-FM Radio

Victor Seeto
Board Director, International Hotel Senior Housing
Board Treasurer, Kearny Street Housing
Board Treasurer, Indochinese Housing Development Corp.
Former Project Director, Neighborhood Preservation Project
Former Drug Program Planner, Office of the County Drug Program Coordinator

Libby Seifel
President, Seifel Consulting
Editor, California Affordable Housing Handbook
Principal Author, Community Guide to Redevelopment
Lecturer, University of California Berkeley Extension
Editor and Principal Author Community Guide to Redevelopment

Chi-Hsin Shao
Founder & President, CHS Consulting Group
Board Member, Yerba Buena Alliance
President, Asian American Architects and Engineers
Former Vice President, KORVE Engineering
Former Principal, Cambridge Systematics
Former Deputy Commissioner, Boston Transportation Department

Raphael Sperry, AIA, LEED AP
Green Building Consultant, Simon & Associates
Member, SPUR Sustainable Development Committee
National Board Member, Architects / Designers / Planners for Social Responsibility (ADPSR)
Member, San Francisco Municipal Green Building Task Force
Founder and Director, ADPSR’s National Prison Design Boycott Campaign

Bill Stotler
Principal, FME Architecture + Design
Member, SPUR business Membership Committee
Chair, SPUR Individual Membership Committee
Volunteer, Wheelchair Foundation/VNHelp Partnership

Michael Teitz
Professor Emeritus, University of California Berkeley
Senior Fellow, Public Policy Institute of California
Member, APA and AICP
Former Edward A. Dickson Emeritus Professor, University of California Merced
Former Chair, Department of City and Regional Planning, University of California Berkeley
Former President, Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning

Michael Thériault
Secretary-Treasurer, San Francisco Building and Construction Trades Council
Executive Board Member, San Francisco Labor Council
Executive Board Member, California State Building and Construction Trades Council
Executive Editor, Organized Labor
Commissioner, San Francisco Building Inspection Commission
Vice President, Young Community Developers
Vice President, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of Industrial Relations Research Association
Advisory Board Member, Mission Housing Development Corporation

James Tracy
President, Board of Directors, San Francisco Community Land Trust
Community Organizer, Community Housing Partnership

Stephen Taber
Partner, Attorney, Law Firm of Hanson, Bridgett, Marcus, Vlahos & Rudy
Former President, California Historical Society
Former President, Coalition for San Francisco Neighborhoods

Lydia Tan
Executive Vice President, Coo, BRIDGE Housing Corporation
Commissioner, Santa Clara County Planning Commission
Director, Northern California Community Loan Fund
Member, Housing Advisory Committee, Silicon Valley Manufacturing Group
Chair, SPUR Housing Committee

Jeff Tumlin
Partner, Nelson\Nygaard
Former Director, Urban Ecology, Inc.
Founding Board Member, Bay Area Transportation and Land Use Coalition
Former Chair, San Francisco Joint Open Space Committee

Brooks Walker, III
Partner, Walker Warner Architects, Inc.
Co-Chair, SPUR Capital Campaign Committee
Former Board Member, Aim High
Former Board Member and Co-Chair, SPUR Capital Campaign
Partner, Walker Warner Architects, Inc.
Former Board Member, Aim High
Former Board Member, Swords to Plowshares

Debra Walker
Artist
Adjunct Teacher, New College of California Creative Inquiry Program
President, San Francisco Building Inspection Commission
Chair, San Francisco Arts Task Force
Northern California vice-chair, California Democratic Party Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Caucus
Founding Member, Coalition for Jobs, Arts and Housing
Founding Member, Artist Eviction Defense Coalition
Former President, Harvey Milk LGBT Democratic Club

George Williams
Former Assistant Director, San Francisco Planning Department
Formerl Staff, United States Agency for International Development
Primary Author, San Francisco Downtown Plan

Paul Zeger
President, Pacific Marketing Associates, Inc.
Board of Directors, Camp Towonga
Board of Directors, Saints and Sinners
Board of Directors, Pacific Marketing
Former Director, SFJCC