Office of the Director
Vivian Guerra, Chief of Staff
Jordan Chafetz, Special Assistant to the Chief of Staff
David Lieb, Senior Counsel
Brian Lampert, Attorney Advisor
Mekdy Alemayehu, Communications Director
Jennifer Barber, Executive Assistant to the Director
Edward Giefer, Associate Director of Operations
Rita Poindexter, Operations Staff Assistant
Sandra Harp, Human Resources Advisor
Lori Todd, Resource Allocation Analyst
Community Planning & Design
Karen Harris, Executive Assistant for Community Planning & Design and Citywide Strategy & Analysis
Neighborhood Planning
Melissa Bird, Associate Director, Neighborhood Planning
Deborah L. Crain, Lead Planner for Engagement and Outreach
Ebony Dumas, Senior Planner
Erkin Ozberk, Senior Neighborhood Planner, Wards 1, 3 & 4
Valecia Wilson, Senior Neighborhood Planner, Wards 7 & 8
Jessica Williams, Community Planner Wards 5-8
Ron Barron, Community Planner
Vincent Ubiera, Community Planner
Ashley Stephens, Engagement and Outreach Coordinator
Urban Design
Elisa Vitale, Acting Associate Director, Urban Design
Chris Shaheen, Program Manager, Urban Design
Le An, Senior Urban Designer
Timothy Maher, Urban Designer
Rita Abou Samra, Urban Designer
Alex Krefetz, Grants Management Specialist
Citywide Strategy & Analysis
Sakina Khan, Deputy Director, Citywide Strategy and Analysis
Karen Harris, Executive Assistant for Community Planning & Design and Citywide Strategy & Analysis
Citywide Systems
Dan Emerine, Associate Director, Citywide Planning
Art Rodgers, Senior Housing Planner
Ryan Hand, Senior Economic Planner
Stephen Gyor, Senior Sustainability Planner
Wilton (Will) Oliver, Cross-Systems Planner
Rebecca Schwartzman, Cross-Systems Planner
Martin Brown, Capital Facilities Planner
Data Analysis and Visualization
Joy E. Phillips, Associate Director, State Data Center
Minwuyelet Azimeraw, Demographic Specialist
Travis Pate, Demographic Specialist
Alemayehu Anna, Database and GIS/IT Application Specialist
Dennis Waardenburg, Cartographer
Eddie Luthy, GIS Specialist
Rishawna Gould – Visual Information Specialist
Jamie Chandler – Data Visualization Analyst
Jose Funes – Economic Geographer
Development Review & Historic Preservation
Jennifer Steingasser, Deputy Director, Development Review and Historic Preservation
Joyetta Delaney, Executive Assistant for Development Review and Historic Preservation
Development Review
Joel Lawson, Associate Director, Development Review
Stephen Cochran, Zoning and Special Projects Planner,
Matthew Jesick, Development Review Specialist
Jonathan Kirschenbaum, Development Review Specialist
Stephen J. Mordfin, Development Review Specialist
Crystal Myers, Development Review Specialist
Maxine Brown-Roberts, Development Review Specialist,
Karen Thomas, Development Review Specialist
Historic Preservation
David Maloney, State Historic Preservation Officer
Steve Callcott, Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer
Anne Brockett, Historic Preservation Specialist
Toni Cherry, Historic Preservation Compliance Specialist
Timothy Dennee, Historic Preservation Specialist and Landmarks Coordinator
Julianna Jackson, Historic Preservation Staff Assistant
Todd Jones, Historic Preservation Specialist
Keith Lambert, Historic Preservation Inspector
Andrew Lewis, Historic Preservation Specialist
Brendan Meyer, Historic Preservation Specialist
Moira Nadal, Historic Preservation Specialist
Imania Price, Historic Preservation Specialist
Anthony E. Williams, Historic Preservation Inspector
Kim Williams, Historic Preservation Specialist and National Register Coordinator
Bruce Yarnall, Historic Preservation Operations Manager
Ruth Trocolli, Archaeologist
Christine Ames, Assistant Archaeologist
Food Policy
Tariq Sheriff, Policy Analyst
Mamiko Vuillemin, Policy Analyst
Ashley Stephens, Staff Assistant