The Government Relations team would like to thank the following city employees and team members for their work during the 88th 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 in reviewing legislation, crafting testimony, and understanding policy implications.

Mayor’s Office of Government Relations

• Bill Kelly, Director
• Alexa Aragonez, Deputy Director
• Ande Mattei, Legislative Manager
• Desmond Taylor, Senior Communications Specialist

Contract Lobby Team

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

Administration and Regulatory Affairs

• Tina Paez, Director
• Alisa Talley
• Nicholas Hadjigeorge
• Valerie Berry
• Kathryn Bruning
• Yaneth Calderon
• Nikki Cooper
• Melonie Curry
• Chia-Hsuan Chiou
• Greg Damianoff
• Karen Davidson
• Chris Glaser
• Maria Irshad
• Charles Jackson
• Bethany Li
• Jarrad Mears
• Heather Metelski
•  Paulette Pastor
• Tina Paquet
• Thomas Pommier
• Amanda Pulido
• Toya Ramirez
• Billy Rudolph
• Rosalinda Salazar
• Mark Wooten
• Naelah Yahya
• Priya Zacharia
• Claire Zhang

Aviation

• Mario Diaz, Director
• Saba Abashawl
• Tim Joniec
• Debra Dunlap

Emergency Medical Services

• Dr. David Persse, Chief Medical Officer

Finance

• Will Jones, Director
• Sherry Mose
• Michelle Paul
• Melissa Dubowski
• Jedediah Greenfield
• Fahad Gulzar
• Carolyn Hanahan
• Helen Lee
• Paula Lichanpanit
• Levi McGuire
• Victor Mejia
• Elvira Ontiveros
• Arif Rasheed
• Thy Ruiz
• Elizabeth Sosa
• LaToya Stephenson
• Fazal Syed
• Alma Tamborello
• Fan Zhi

Fire

• Samuel Peña, Chief
• Leonard Chan
• Michelle Bentley, Assistant Chief
• Russell Fritsch, Assistant Chief
• Kara McLaughlin
• Michelle McLeod, Executive Assistant Chief
• Michael Marino, District Chief
• Alfredo Martinez, Assistant Chief
• Michael Mire, Assistant Chief
• Laura Saavedra, Captain
• Dr. Leah Saulter
• Dr. Chris Souders
• Shelby Walker, Assistant Chief
• Justin Wells, Executive Assistant Chief
• Rodney West, Executive Assistant Chief
• Matthew White, Assistant Chief
• Jason “Bear” Wilson, Captain
• Michael Zapata, Assistant Chief
• Jacque Ray

Fleet Management

• Gary Glasscock, Director
• Sandra Cadena-Vasquez

General Services

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

Houston Health Department

• Stephen Williams, Director
• Alan Baker
• Solly Diaz
• John Fleming
• Letosha Gale
• Dr. Loren Hopkins
• Nguyen Ly
• Naomi Macias
• Clemelia Richardson
• Valerie Rivers
• Ruby Roy
• Omar Salgado
• Christopher Sparks
• Kellen Sweney
• Janeana White
• Tucker Wilson

Housing and Community Development

• Keith Bynam, Director
• Derek Sellers
• Alan Isa

Human Resources

• Jane Cheeks, Director
• Alisa Franklin-Brocks
• Fatimata Ba
• Felicia Douglas
• Darien Helton
• Dennis Jackson
• Bob Johnson
• Stefan Malhotra
• Betsy Ramos
• Iashia Robertson
• Charles Smith

Information Technology

• Lisa Kent, Director
• Jane Wu
• Antonio Ruiz
• Angel Vasquez
• Carolyn Jackson

Library

• Dr. Rhea Lawson, Director
• Patrick Atkins
• Veronica Davidson
• Sofia Jasso
• Julie Mintzer
• Roberto Zapata

Legal

• Arturo Michel, City Attorney
• Deidra Penny
• Randy Zamora
• Robin Curtis
• Nirja Aiyer
• Brian Amis
• Lucy Anderson
• Steven Beard
• Rene Bell
• Kris Blanco
• Jill Bradford
• Robin Burgess
• Martin Buzak
• Tracy Calabrese
• Ashley Campbell
• Wynetta Chaney
• David Chang
• YuShan Chang
• Suzanne Chauvin
• Kene Chinweze
• Win Colbert
• Damon Crenshaw
• Arnold Colunga
• Kelly Dempsey
• Darah Eckert
• Don Fleming
• Danielle Folsom
• Rashaad Gambrell
• Jessica Gooch
• Rachel Grier
• Pierre Grosdidier
• Michelle Grossman
• Joseph Hays
• Donald Hightower
• Craft Hughes
• Rahat Huq
• Lizet Islas
• Lisa Ketai
• Nikki King
• Tyrone Lin
• Sameera Mahendru
• Christy Martin
• Kim Mickelson
• Joanna Nelson
• Jenny Nguyen
• Eric Nguyen
• Viet Nguyen
• Deidra Norris-Sullivan
• Christina Nowak
• Crystal Okorafor
• Collyn Peddie
• MiaMarie Pugh
• Ariel San Miguel
• Erica Schwam
• Ken Soh
• Ondrea Taylor
• Radha Thiagarajan
• Alexandra Tolbert
• Rebekah Wendt
• Gary Wood
• Steve Woods

Mayor’s Office

• Stephen Costello
• Minal Davis
• Marc Eichenbaum
• Andy Icken
• Gloria Moreno
• Mark Smith
• Gwen Tillotson
• Cam Yearty

Mayor’s Office of Public Safety and Homeland Security

• George Buenik, Director
• Ray Andrews
• Soyini Chapman-Evans
• Robert Mock

Neighborhoods

• TaKasha Francis, Director
• Rachel Gutierrez

Municipal Courts

• Elaine Marshall, Presiding Judge
• Bonita Tolbert, Deputy Director and Municipal Court Judge
• Kim Edwards,  Municipal Court Judge
• Jose Soto

Office of Business Opportunity

• Marsha Murray, Director
• Norma Meadows

Parks and Recreation

• Kenneth Allen, Director
• Martha Escalante
• Denise Armstrong
• Jeatawn Degelia
• Raymond C Derouen Jr.
• Rose Esteves
• Michael Isermann
• Charlotte Lusk
• Kell Ondracek
• Tina Ortiz

Planning and Development

• Margaret Wallace Brown, Director
• Nicole Smothers
• Suvidha Bandi
• Kim Bowie
• Geoff Butler
• David Fields
• Lynn Henson
• Rupesh Koshy
• Dipti Mathur
• Dorianne Powe-Phlem
• Aracely Rodriguez
• Hector Rodriguez

Police

• Troy Finner, Chief
• Assistant Chief Jessica Anderson
• Lt. Nathan Carroll
• Sgt. Heidi Ruiz

Public Works

• Carol Haddock, Director
• Antoine Collins
• Mazen Abdulrazzak
• Sheldon Avant
• William Boaz
• Chris Butler
• Fabio Capillo
• Jene’ Cash
• Summer Chandler
• Lucia Chavarria
• Johana Clark
• Veronica Davis
• Robert Edrozo
• Michael Ereti
• Greg Eyerly
• Jordan Fairchild
• Ekaterina Fitos
• Yvonne Forest
• JT Foster
• Lisa Garrison
• Phillip Goodwin
• Lauren Grove
• Maurice Harding
• Cheryl Harris
• Ian Hlavacek
• Addie Jackson
• Sabrina Jackson
• Byron King
• Mark Kirschke
• Paresh Lad
• Brian Mason
• Roberto Medina
• Trace Neighbors
• Khang Nguyen
• Patrick Nguyen
• Byron, Oujesky
• Venus Price
• Sabrina Raia
• Carlos Rubiano
• Walid Samarneh
• Christopher Sandoval
• Jamie Shakar
• Karly Stelzer
• Caroline Sterner
• Katherine Summerlin
• Joni Synatschk
• Tameka Tennison
• Satish Tripathi
• Deidre VanLangen
• Betsy Varghese
• Michael Wahl
• Heath Wierck
• David Wurdlow

Solid Waste

• Mark Wilfauk, Director
• Phillip Dorsey