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Staff

SPUR main number: (415) 781-8726
Facility rentals: [email protected]
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Sarah Atkinson

(She/Her)
Earthquake Resilience Policy Manager
Hazard and lifeline infrastructure resilience, community preparedness and social equity
[email protected]
510.589.1626
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Jade Boufford

(She/Her)
Finance Associate and Board Liaison
[email protected]
702.340.9861

Morgan Cásarez

Director of Private Events
Facility rentals for the SPUR Urban Center
[email protected]
Nadia Chan

Nadia Chan

(She/Her)
Executive Operations Lead to the CEO
Executive support
[email protected]
415.322.0917
Michelle Chang

Michelle Chang

Development Operations Manager
Individual membership communications, data and reporting
[email protected]
415.322.0731
Terri Chang

Terri Chang

Senior Accountant
Accounts payable and accounts receivable
[email protected]
415.935.3613
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Carolyn Chung

(She/Her)
Senior Associate of Public Engagement
Public engagement and business events
[email protected]
714-886-7455
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Jamie Coleman

(She/Her)
Development Events Manager
Events project management, vendor relations and event sponsor communication
[email protected]
415.644.4283
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Jackie Curran

Director of Institutional Giving
Corporate partnerships, business membership and event sponsorship
[email protected]
925.642.1442
Katie Ettman

Katie Ettman

(She/Her)
Food and Agriculture Senior Policy Manager
Food in healthcare, institutional food procurement and food access
[email protected]
415.644.4296
Laura Feinstein

Laura Feinstein

(She/Her)
Sustainability and Resilience Policy Director
Environmental policy, climate resilience and environmental equity
[email protected]
510.827.1286
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Annie Fryman

(She/Her)
Director of Special Projects
Housing and transportation advocacy in San Francisco
[email protected]
Pia Gheen

Pia Gheen

Chief Financial Officer
Finance, administration and human resources
[email protected]
‭415.309.6830‬
April Gubatina

April Gubatina

(She/Her)
Senior Corporate Relations Manager
Corporate partnerships and engagement
[email protected]
415.322.0140
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Alicia John-Baptiste

(She/Her)
President and CEO
SPUR policies and positions, fundraising and organization-level decisions and media inquiries
[email protected]
415.322.0917
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Sarah Karlinsky

(She/Her)
Research Director
Housing and land use policy, organizational strategy
[email protected]
415.577.1411
Michael Lane

Michael Lane

State Policy Director
State-level housing advocacy
[email protected]
415.860.9579
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Aubrey Littleton

(He/Him)
Senior Associate of Public Engagement
Public engagement and business events
[email protected]
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Grecia Marquez-Nieblas

Food and Agriculture Program Manager
Double Up Food Bucks, CalFresh and healthy food access
[email protected]
408.638.0091
Ronak Davé Okoye

Ronak Davé Okoye

Chief of Strategy and Operations
Organizational strategy and operationalizing equity
[email protected]
510.827.1296
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Heather Olinto

Chief Development Officer
Fundraising including membership, planned giving, and grants and event sponsorships
[email protected]
415.644.4281
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Sebastian Petty

Transportation Policy Manager
Regional transit governance and policy, transit economics and funding
[email protected]
415.320.7784
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Erika Pinto

Housing and Planning Policy Manager
Community and neighborhood plans, and public space and urban design in San José
[email protected]
408.673.2273
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Ixchel Ramirez

HR and Operations Associate
Equity, finance, human resources and administration
[email protected]
510.393.5080
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Pacita Rudder

(She/Her)
Director of Engagement
Public engagement, culture and programs
[email protected]
517.214.1080
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Sujata Srivastava

Housing and Planning Policy Director
Housing and land use policy, research, and advocacy
[email protected]
415.322.8140
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Karen Steen

(She/They)
Communications and Content Director
Content strategy and management
[email protected]
510.295.3285‬
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Laura Tolkoff

Transportation Policy Director & Interim Chief Policy Officer
Strategic policy direction, project and process design, transportation policy, infrastructure planning and delivery
[email protected]
415.644.4295
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Crystal Yang

Strategy and Operations Associate & Executive Assistant to the Chief Policy Officer
Executive support, policy projects and operations
[email protected]
628.629.5476
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Eli Zigas

(He/Him)
Food and Agriculture Policy Director
Healthy food access, agricultural land preservation and institutional procurement
[email protected]
415.644.4881

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