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Staff

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

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

(She/Her)
Business Operations and Finance Manager
Operations, finance, accounting
[email protected]
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Morgan Cásarez

(She/Her)
Director of Private Events
Facility rental of the SPUR Urban Center
[email protected]
Michelle Chang

Michelle Chang

Development Operations Manager
Individual membership communications, data and reporting
[email protected]
415.322.0731
Carolyn Chung

Carolyn Chung

(She/Her)
Engagement Manager
Public programs and member events
[email protected]
510.560.3884
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Suzanne Cox-Santos

(She/Her)
Director of Engagement
Program development, community building, partnerships
[email protected]
415.644.4282
Sam Fishman

Sam Fishman

Sustainability and Resilience Policy Manager
Climate policy, resilient cities, equitable building decarbonization
[email protected]
510.590.2924
David Friedman, Interim President and CEO, SPUR

David Friedman

(He/Him)
Interim President and CEO
SPUR policies and positions, fundraising and organization-level decisions, media inquiries
[email protected]
Annie Fryman

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, accounting, audits
[email protected]
‭415.309.6830‬
Julie Hernandez

Julie Hernandez

(She/Her)
Board Liaison and Operations Associate
Board relations, office operations, administrative support
[email protected]
Michael Lane

Michael Lane

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

Aubrey Littleton

(He/Him)
Marketing Manager
Marketing, communications, and public engagement
[email protected]
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Erika McLitus

(She/They)
Housing and Planning Policy Manager
Affordable housing and urban policy, neighborhood planning initiatives
[email protected]
415.644.4283
Michael Mosby

Michael Mosby

Chief Operations Officer
Operations, strategy, finance, human resources
[email protected]
Nicole Neditch

Nicole Neditch

Governance and Economy Policy Director
Local government effectiveness, economic and fiscal policy
[email protected]
510.435.9429
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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

Senior Transportation Policy Advisor
Regional transit governance and policy, transit economics and funding
[email protected]
415.320.7784
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Sujata Srivastava

Chief Policy Officer
Policy team management, policy development and advocacy, media inquiries
[email protected]
415.322.8140
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Ren Steen

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

Transportation Policy Director
Strategic policy direction, project and process design, transportation policy, infrastructure planning and delivery
[email protected]
415.644.4295
Rafael Luis Tolosa

Rafael Luis Tolosa

(He/Him)
Senior Strategic Initiatives Fellow
Operational strategy, reimagining SPUR's value proposition
[email protected]

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