Staff
SPUR main number: (415) 781-8726
Facility rentals: [email protected]
Sarah Atkinson
(She/Her)
Earthquake Resilience Policy Manager
Hazard and lifeline infrastructure resilience, community preparedness and social equity
Director of Private Events
Facility rentals for the SPUR Urban Center
Development Operations Manager
Individual membership communications, data and reporting
Senior Accountant
Accounts payable and accounts receivable
Jamie Coleman
(She/Her)
Development Events Manager
Events project management, vendor relations and event sponsor communication
Director of Institutional Giving
Corporate partnerships, business membership and event sponsorship
Jacob Denney
(He/They)
Economic Justice Policy Director
Economic justice policy, research and advocacy
Katie Ettman
(She/Her)
Food and Agriculture Senior Policy Manager
Food in healthcare, institutional food procurement and food access
Laura Feinstein
(She/Her)
Sustainability and Resilience Policy Director
Environmental policy, climate resilience and environmental equity
Annie Fryman
(She/Her)
Director of Special Projects
Local impact, housing and transportation advocacy
Chief Financial Officer
Finance, administration and human resources
Alicia John-Baptiste
(She/Her)
President and CEO
SPUR policies and positions, fundraising and organization-level decisions and media inquiries
Chief Policy Officer
Policy team management, policy development and advocacy, media inquiries
Chief Communications Officer
Communications and engagement strategy, press relations and media inquiries, brand identity and digital storytelling
Lawrence Li
(He/They)
Strategy and People Operations Director
Internal strategy, information systems, facilities and office
Food and Agriculture Program Manager
Double Up Food Bucks, CalFresh and healthy food access
Chief of Strategy & Operations
Organizational strategy and operationalizing equity
Chief Development Officer
Fundraising including membership, planned giving, and grants and event sponsorships
Transportation Policy Manager
Regional transit governance and policy, transit economics and funding
Housing & Planning Manager
Community and neighborhood plans, and public space and urban design in San José
HR & Operations Associate
Equity, finance, human resources and administration
Paloma Sisneros-Lobato
(She/Her)
Food and Agriculture Policy Manager
Food in healthcare, food access and soda taxes
Housing & Planning Director
SPUR policies, positions, fundraising and media inquiries in San Francisco
Transportation Policy Director & Interim Chief Policy Officer
Strategic policy direction, project and process design, transportation policy, infrastructure planning and delivery
Strategy & Ops. Associate & Executive Assistant to Chief Policy Officer
Executive support, policy projects and operations
Eli Zigas
(He/Him)
Food and Agriculture Policy Director
Healthy food access, agricultural land preservation and institutional procurement