The Government Relations team would like to thank the following city employees and team members for their work during the 87th Legislative Session. With only four people in our department and more than two thousand bills to analyze, we are dependent on the subject matter expertise from across the City of Houston departments.

The following represents those individuals who dedicate much of their time to work with the Government Relations team, and without whom we would not be able to effectively represent the City.

We thank them for their tireless work from November to May in reviewing legislation, crafting testimony, and understanding policy implications.

Mayor’s Office of Government Relations

• Bill Kelly, Director
• Jamaal Smith, Deputy Director
• Ande Mattei, Legislative Manager
• Nick Anderson, Senior Communications Specialist

Contract Lobby Team

• Robert Miller
• Crystal Brown
• Lorena Campos
• Reed Clay
• Shekira Dennis
• Anthony Haley
• Cliff Johnson
• Court Koenning
• Sarah Lacy
• Vilma Luna
• Neftali Partida
• Clay Pope
• Carl Richie
• Carrie Simmons
• Colette Vallot
• Leticia Van de Putte

Administrative and Regulatory Affairs

• Tina Paez, Director
• Alisa Talley
• Hank Brown
• Kathryn Bruning
• Nikki Cooper
• Lara Cottingham
• Melonie Curry
• Greg Damianoff
• Chris Glaser
• Nick Hadjigeorge
• Maria Irshad
• Jarrad Mears
• Heather Metelski
• Paulette Pastor
• Thomas Pommier
• Toya Ramirez
• Rosalinda Salazar
• Roger Seemion

Aviation

• Mario Diaz, Director
• Tim Joniec

Emergency Medical Services

• Dr. David Persse, Chief Medical Officer

Finance

• Tantri Emo, Director
• Sherry Mose
• Michelle Paul
• Jiaping Zhang
• Jerry Adams
• Jaime Alvarez
• Andrea Daniels
• Melissa Dubowski
• Fahad Gulzar
• Carolyn Hanahan
• Wade Jones
• Will Jones
• Paula Lichanpanit
• Sanjukta Maitraya
• Robert Martinez
• Levi McGuire
• Gloria Moreno
• Madhu Obla
• Elvira Ontiveros
• Sunita Patel
• Arif Rasheed
• Vishwesh Shukla
• Elizabeth Sosa
• LaToya Stephenson
• Alma Tamborello
• Cindi Truong
• Fan Zhi

Fire

• Samuel Peña, Chief
• Leonard Chan
• Justin Wells, Executive Assistant Chief
• Michelle McLeod, Executive Assistant Chief
• Rodney West, Executive Assistant Chief
• Matthew White, Assistant Chief
• Michael Mire, Assistant Chief
• Alfredo Martinez, Assistant Chief
• Michelle Bentley, Assistant Chief
• Shelby Walker, Assistant Chief
• Michael Zapata, Assistant Chief
• Terry Colburn, District Chief
• George McAteer, Deputy Chief
• Ronald Krusleski, Captain
• Dr. Chris Souders
• Dr. Sam Buser
• Dr. Leah Saulter
• Jacque Ray

Fleet Management

• Gary Glasscock, Director
• Marchelle Cain

General Services

• C.J. Messiah, Jr., Director
• Eric Alexander

Houston Health Department

• Stephen Williams, Director
• Dr. David Persse
• Michele Austin
• Isaac DeSouza
• John Fleming
• Amber Haig
• Dr. Loren Hopkins
• Decrecia Limbrick
• Beau Mitts
• Valerie Rivers
• LaTosha Selexman
• Christopher Sparks
• Kirstin Short

Housing and Community Development

• Tom McCasland, Director
• Dan Coleman
• Ray Miller

Human Resources

• Jane Cheeks, Director
• Alisa Franklin-Brocks
• Zach Daenzer
• Felicia Douglas
• Bob Johnson
• Donna Mitchell
• Betsy Ramos
• Iashia Robertson
• Jocelyn Wright
• Nancy Yue

Information Technology

• Lisa Kent, Director
• Jamil Whalen
• Reisha Beaty

Library

• Dr. Rhea Lawson, Director
• Toms Mathew
• Patrick Atkins

Legal

• Arturo Michel, City Attorney
• Deidra Penny
• Randy Zamora
• Robin Curtis
• Camrii Alexcee
• Nirja Aiyer
• Brian Amis
• Lucy Anderson
• Holland Banks
• Steven Beard
• Rene Bell
• Jill Bradford
• Robin Burgess
• Martin Buzak
• Tracy Calabrese
• Wynetta Chaney
• David Chang
• YuShan Chang
• Suzanne Chauvin
• Kene Chinweze
• Win Colbert
• Arnold Colunga
• Kelly Dempsey
• Don Fleming
• Danielle Folsom
• Rashaad Gambrell
• Cora Garcia
• Jessica Gooch
• Pierre Grosdidier
• Michelle Grossman
• Joseph Hays
• Arva Howard
• Rahat Huq
• Dennis Jackson
• Lisa Ketai
• Tyrone Lin
• Mary McKerrall
• Sameera Mahendru
• Chase Mayer
• Kim Mickelson
• Joanna Nelson
• Jenny Nguyen
• Eric Nguyen
• Lan Nguyen
• Collyn Peddie
• Douglas Ray
• David Red
• Erica Schwam
• Sokkhorn Tan
• Ondrea Taylor
• Radha Thiagarajan
• Gwen Webb
• Rebekah Wendt
• Joshua Wilson
• Gary Wood
• Yolanda Woods
• Charles Yancey

Mayor’s Office

• Andy Icken
• Brian Jackson
• Gwen Tillotson
• Stephen Costello
• Laura Patino
• Ryan Slattery
• Minal Davis
• Marc Eichenbaum
• Shaya Khorsandi

Mayor’s Office of Public Safety and Homeland Security

• George Buenik, Director
• Ray Andrews
• Nickea Bradley
• Jackie Miller
• Robert Mock

Neighborhoods

• TaKasha Francis, Director
• Landon Taylor

Municipal Courts

• Elaine Marshall, Presiding Judge
• Cheryl Lee-Collins,  Municipal Court Judge
• Bonita Tolbert, Municipal Court Judge
• John Aranda, Adjudication Hearing Officer
• Jose Soto

Office of Business Opportunity

• Marsha Murray, Director
• Enzo Mungu

Parks and Recreation

• Kenneth Allen, Interim Director
• Luci Correa
• Jarrel Washington

Planning and Development

• Margaret Wallace Brown, Director
• Nicole Smothers
• Sasha Marshall
• Kim Bowie
• David Fields
• Rupesh Koshy
• Michael Kramer
• Elise Marrion
• Dipti Mathur
• Sharon Moses-Burnside
• Dorianne Powe-Phlem

Police

• Troy Finner, Chief
• James Jones, Assistant Chief
• Commander Jessica Anderson
• Detective Collin Craig
• Officer Holly Whillock

Public Works

• Carol Haddock, Director
• Jamila Johnson
• Sheldon Avant
• William Boaz
• Kathleen Brown
• Chris Butler
• Jene Cash
• Summer Chandler
• Sharon Citino
• Marjorie Cox
• Maureen Crocker
• Michael Ereti
• Jordan Fairchild
• Yvonne Forrest
• Roel Garcia
• Jedidiah Greenfield
• Maurice Harding
• Cheryl Harris
• Michael Howard
• Addie Jackson
• Monica Mallett
• Bonita Marshall
• Brian Mason
• Drew Molly
• Veronica Osegueda
• Anthony Powell
• Billy Proctor
• Mark Savasta
• Caroline Sterner
• Tameka Tennison
• Heath Wierck
• Sherri Winslow
• Catherine Witting

Solid Waste

• Carolyn Wright, Director
• Sarah Mason
• Ruby Garcia