Our Team

Kome Ajise, Executive Director
(213) 236-1835 | Email: ajise@scag.ca.gov

Darin Chidsey, Chief Operating Officer/Deputy Executive Director
(213) 236-1836 | Email: chidsey@scag.ca.gov

Sarah Miller, Executive Assistant
(213) 236-1937 | Email: miller@scag.ca.gov

Special Assignment

Frank Wen, Manager
(213) 236-1854 | Email: wen@scag.ca.gov

Cindy Giraldo, Chief Financial Officer
(213) 630-1413 | Email: giraldo@scag.ca.gov

Erika Bustamante, Deputy Director
(213) 236-1892 | Email: bustamante@scag.ca.gov

Carmen Summers, Senior Administrative Assistant
(213) 236-1984 | Email: summers@scag.ca.gov

Accounting

Beatriz Valdez, Controller
(213) 630-1529 | Email: valdez@scag.ca.gov

Budgets & Grants

Kana Sato-Nguyen, Manager
(213) 236-1865 | Email: nguyenk@scag.ca.gov

Contracts

Erika Bustamante, Acting Contracts Administration Manager
(213) 236-1892 | Email: bustamante@scag.ca.gov

Javiera Cartagena, Chief Government & Public Affairs Officer
(213) 236-1980 | Email: cartagena@scag.ca.gov

Government Affairs

Kevin J. Gilhooley, Acting Manager
(213) 236-1878 | Email: gilhooley@scag.ca.gov

Legislation

Kevin J. Gilhooley, Manager
(213) 236-1878 | Email: gilhooley@scag.ca.gov

Media and Public Affairs

Ana Vallianatos, Manager
(213) 236-1803 | Email: vallianatos@scag.ca.gov

Carmen Flores, Chief Human Resources Officer
(213) 236-1917 | Email: flores@scag.ca.gov

Employee Relations and Operations

James Ramirez, Principal Human Resources Analyst
(213) 236-1410 | Email: ramirez@scag.ca.gov

Organizational Development

Nicole Katz, Principal Human Resources Analyst
(213) 236-1931 | Email: katz@scag.ca.gov

Talent & Culture

Shalina Khanna, Principal Human Resources Analyst
(213) 236-1873 | Email: khanna@scag.ca.gov

Julie Shroyer, Chief Information Officer
(213) 236-1910 | Email: shroyer@scag.ca.gov

Application Development & Support

Jonathan Holt, Manager
(213) 236-1806 | Email: holt@scag.ca.gov

Audio/Video

David Milner, Supervisor
(213) 236-1969 | Email: milnerd@scag.ca.gov

Enterprise Project Management Office

Vacant, Lead Project Manager

Facilities

Tonia Reeves Jackson, Supervisor
(213) 236-1995 | Email: jackson@scag.ca.gov

Infrastructure & Operations

Justin Jorgensen, Manager
(213) 630-1594 | Email: jorgensen@scag.ca.gov

IT Projects

Sana Gautam, Lead Project Manager
(213) 236-1965 | Email: gautam@scag.ca.gov

Jeffery Elder, Chief Counsel
(213) 630-1478 | Email: elder@scag.ca.gov

Richard Lam, Senior Deputy Legal Counsel
(213) 630-1510 | Email: lam@scag.ca.gov

Maggie Aguilar, Clerk of the Board
(213) 630-1420 | Email: aguilarm@scag.ca.gov

Cecilia Pulido, Deputy Clerk of the Board
(213) 630-1480 | Email: cpulido@scag.ca.gov

Sarah Jepson, Chief Planning Officer
(213) 236-1955 | Email: jepson@scag.ca.gov

Ed Rodriguez, Senior Administrative Assistant
(213) 236-1863 | Email: rodrigu@scag.ca.gov

Land Use

Elizabeth Carvajal, Deputy Director
(213) 236-1801 | Email: carvajal@scag.ca.gov

Housing
Ma’Ayn Johnson, Manager
(213) 236-1975 | Email: johnson@scag.ca.gov

Community and Economic Development
Victor Negrete, Manager
(213) 236-1974 | Email: negrete@scag.ca.gov

Sustainable & Resilient Development
Ryan Wolfe, Manager
(213) 630-1527 | Email: wolfe@scag.ca.gov

Transportation

Annie Nam, Deputy Director
(213) 236-1827 | Email: nam@scag.ca.gov

Integrated Planning and Programming
Warren Whiteaker, Manager
(213) 236-1810 | Email: whiteakerw@scag.ca.gov

Mobility Planning and Goods Movement
Philip Law, Manager
(213) 236-1841 | Email: law@scag.ca.gov

Partnerships, Technology, and Innovation
Kate Kigongo, Manager
(213) 236-1808 | Email: kigongo@scag.ca.gov

Modeling & Forecasting

Hsi-Hwa Hu, Manager
(213) 236-1834 | Email: hu@scag.ca.gov

Planning Strategy

Sarah Dominguez, Manager
(213) 236-1918 | Email: dominguezs@scag.ca.gov