Welcome 2024–25 SPUR Board Directors and City Advisory Board Members

Tiled portraits of SPUR Board of Directors and City Advisory Boards members


This month, 12 years after SPUR's regional expansion, the organization ushered in a new board governance structure. Our smaller, 30-member Board of Directors will provide fiduciary and strategic leadership to the organization in partnership with our three City Advisory Boards, which will support SPUR’s local research and advocacy efforts.

These new appointees bring extensive knowledge in planning, housing, transportation, good government, economics, and sustainability and resilience. We look forward to their leadership as we continue our work to make the Bay Area a place where everyone can thrive. For more details about our Board of Directors and City Advisory Board members, please visit spur.org/about/board.

 

SPUR Board Executive Committee

Lydia Tan, Chair
Principal, Tan Consulting


Ariane Coleman Hogan, Vice Chair
Director for Local Government Affairs, Genentech


Lindsay Baker, Secretary
CEO, International Living Future Institute


Cynthia Wong, Treasurer
Director of Operations, Education Initiative, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative


Jaye Bailey
Chief of Staff, VTA


Daniel Cedeño
Chief of Staff, Principal Regional Operations Specialist, PG&E


David Friedman
Retired


Ed Harrington
Retired: Former Controller, City and County of San Francisco (1991-2008), former General Manager San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (2008-2012)


Carl Shannon
Senior Managing Director, Tishman Speyer


SPUR Board Directors

Jay Bradshaw
Executive Officer, Nor Cal Carpenters Union


Daniel Cedeño
Chief of Staff, Principal Regional Operations Specialist, PG&E


Shiyama Clunie
Public Affairs Director, Golden Gate Service Area, Kaiser Permanente


Sam Cobbs
CEO, Tipping Point Community


Lynette Dias
President, Principal, Urban Planning Partners


John Diffenderfer
President, Aedis Architects


Oz Erickson
Principal, Emerald Fund


Don Falk
Independent Affordable Housing Consultant


Sally Ann Flood
West Region Real Estate Audit Leader, Deloitte


David Hart
President, Steinberg Hart


Brian Jencek
Senior Principal, Global Director for Urban Planning & Landscape Architecture, HOK


Dawn Kamalanathan
Chief Facilities Officer, San Francisco Unified School District


Hao Ko
Managing Director, Principal, Gensler


Gregg Miller
Partner, Real Estate and Land Use, Coblentz, Patch, Duffy, & Bass, LLP


David Nieh
Partner, AGI Avant Group


Shannon Peloquin
Partner, San Francisco, McKinsey & Company, Inc.


Rebecca Prozan
Senior Manager, Government Affairs and Public Policy, Google


Shakirah Simley
Executive Director, Booker T. Washington Community Service Center


Joe Speicher
Chief Sustainability Officer, Autodesk


Ari Takata-Vasquez
Executive Director, Oakland Indie Alliance


Ben Tripousis
Associate Vice President and Senior Program Manager, HNTB


Molly Turner
Lecturer, University of California, Berkeley

 

San Francisco City Advisory Board Members

Hao Ko, Chair
Managing Director, Principal, Gensler


Genevieve Cadwalader, Vice Chair
Vice President, Investment Officer, Prologis


Ana Luisa Aldana
Public Sector Client Account Director, DEIB+ Lead, Accenture


Jay Bradshaw
Executive Officer, Nor Cal Carpenters Union


Chris Brown
Senior Vice President, U.S. Business Partnerships & Policy, Citi


Shiyama Clunie
Public Affairs Director, Golden Gate Service Area, Kaiser Permanente


Kim-Mai Cutler
Partner, Initialized Capital


Kelly Dearman
Executive Director, Disability and Aging Services, San Francisco Human Services Agency


Sarah Dennis Phillips
Executive Director, San Francisco Office of Economic and Workforce Development


Tamsen Drew
Chief of Staff, Office of the General Counsel, Salesforce


Stephen Engblom
Faculty, College of Environmental Design, University of California, Berkeley


Don Falk
Independent Affordable Housing Consultant


Tyra Fennell
Director of Community Relations and Commissions, San Francisco Mayor's Office of Housing and Community Development


Jean Fraser
Chief Executive Officer, The Presidio Trust


Ed Harrington
Retired: Former Controller, City and County of San Francisco (1991-2008), former General Manager San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (2008-2012)


Brian Jencek
Senior Principal, Global Director for Urban Planning & Landscape Architecture, HOK


Dawn Kamalanathan
Chief Facilities Officer, San Francisco Unified School District


Dorka Keehn
Principal, Keehn on Art


Gregg Miller
Partner, Real Estate and Land Use, Coblentz, Patch, Duffy, & Bass, LLP


Shannon Peloquin
Partner, San Francisco, McKinsey & Company, Inc.


Rebecca Prozan
Senior Manager, Government Affairs and Public Policy, Google


Guillermo Rodriguez
California State Director, The Trust for Public Land


Jack Sylvan
Founder and Principal, SDG, LLC


Kate White
Associate Principal for Planning and Policy, Arup


Lauren Wilson
Senior Manager, Government Affairs, New Markets West, Cruise

 

San José City Advisory Board Members

Ben Tripousis, Chair
Associate Vice President and Senior Program Manager, HNTB


Kathy Duong, Vice Chair
Manager, Public Policy, Amazon


Anil Babbar
Senior Vice President, Public & Government Affairs, California Apartment Association


Daniel Cedeño
Chief of Staff, Principal Regional Operations Specialist, PG&E


John Diffenderfer
President, Aedis Architects


Gary Dillabough
Managing Partner, Navitas Capital


Shelley Doran
Senior Vice President, Webcor


Rosalynn Hughey
Deputy City Manager, City of San José


Ria Hutabarat Lo
Transportation Manager, City of Mountain View


Christine Laing
Studio Director, Principal, Gensler


Jim Lightbody
Principal, Lightbody Consulting


Camille Llanes-Fontanilla
Vice President, Silicon Valley Programs, Sobrato Family Foundation


Barbara Marshman
Retired


Chris Neale
Executive Vice President, The Core Companies


David Nieh
Partner, AGI Avant Group


Kristina Raspe
Vice President, Global Real Estate and Facilities, Apple


James Reber
Executive Director, San José Parks Foundation


Karla Rodriguez Lomax
Public Affairs Director, South Bay and Central Coast, Kaiser Permanente


Jasneet Sharma
Director, Office of Sustainability, County of Santa Clara


Kelly Snider
Professor in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Director of the Certificate in Real Estate Development Program, San José State University


Leah Toeniskoetter
President & CEO, San José Chamber of Commerce


Geri Wong
Senior Managing Director, Newmark San José

 

Oakland City Advisory Board Members

Lynette Dias, Co-Chair
President, Principal, Urban Planning Partners


Molly Turner, Co-Chair
Lecturer, University of California, Berkeley


Kim-Mai Cutler
Partner, Initialized Capital


Carolyn Johnson
Chief Executive Officer, Black Cultural Zone


Andrea Lowe
President & CEO, Lowe Consulting Group, Inc.


Jay Murphy
Capital Projects Team Manager, National Facility Services Support Services Administrator, Kaiser Permanente


Ari Takata-Vasquez
Executive Director, Oakland Indie Alliance


Chek Tang
President, Studio T Square


Amy Tharpe
Director of Social Responsibility, Port of Oakland


Lauren Wilson
Senior Manager, Government Affairs, New Markets West, Cruise