Divisions
The Southern California Association of Governments is divided into the following groups:
Executive Management
Kome Ajise, Executive Director
(213) 236-1835 | Email: ajise@scag.ca.gov
Darin Chidsey, Chief Operating Officer
(213) 236-1836 | Email: chidsey@scag.ca.gov
Debbie Dillon, Chief Strategy Officer
(213) 236-1870 | Email: dillon@scag.ca.gov
Sarah Miller, Executive Assistant
(213) 236-1937 | Email: miller@scag.ca.gov
Finance
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
Erika Bustamante, Acting Controller
(213) 236-1892 | Email: bustamante@scag.ca.gov
Budgets & Grants
Kana Sato-Nguyen, Manager
(213) 236-1865 | Email: nguyenk@scag.ca.gov
Contracts
Leyton Morgan, Manager
(213) 236-1982 | Email: morganl@scag.ca.gov
Government & Public Affairs
Javiera Cartagena, Chief Government & Public Affairs Officer
(213) 236-1980 | Email: cartagena@scag.ca.gov
Government Affairs
Sarah Patterson, Manager
(213) 236-1904 | Email: patterson@scag.ca.gov
Legislation
Kevin J. Gilhooley, Manager
(213) 236-1878 | Email: gilhooley@scag.ca.gov
Media & Public Affairs
Ana Vallianatos, Manager
(213) 236-1803 | Email: vallianatos@scag.ca.gov
Human Resources
Carmen Flores, Chief Human Resources Officer
(213) 236-1917 | Email: flores@scag.ca.gov
James Ramirez, Acting Chief Human Resources Officer
(213) 236-1410 | Email: ramirez@scag.ca.gov
Talent & Culture
Shalina Khanna, Acting Principal Human Resources Analyst
(213) 236-1873 | Email: khanna@scag.ca.gov
Organizational Development
Nicole Katz, Principal Human Resources Analyst
(213) 236-1931 | Email: katz@scag.ca.gov
HR Operations & Employee Relations
James Ramirez, Principal Human Resources Analyst
(213) 236-1410 | Email: ramirez@scag.ca.gov
Information Technology
Julie Shroyer, Chief Information Officer
(213) 236-1910 | Email: shroyer@scag.ca.gov
Enterprise Project Management Office
Christopher Greiner, Lead Project Manager
(213) 630-1500 | Email: greiner@scag.ca.gov
Application Development & Support
Jonathan Holt, Manager
(213) 236-1806 | Email: holt@scag.ca.gov
Infrastructure & Operations
Emmanuel Figueroa, Manager
(213) 236-1902 | Email: figueroa@scag.ca.gov
Facilities
Tonia Reeves Jackson, Supervisor
(213) 236-1995 | Email: jackson@scag.ca.gov
IT Projects
Sana Gautam, Lead Project Manager
(213) 236-1965 | Email: gautam@scag.ca.gov
Operations
David Milner, Supervisor
(213) 236-1969 | Email: milnerd@scag.ca.gov
Legal Services
Michael Houston, Chief Counsel
(213) 630-1467 | Email: houston@scag.ca.gov
Jeffery Elder, Senior Deputy Legal Counsel
(213) 630-1478 | Email: elder@scag.ca.gov
Richard Lam, Deputy Legal Counsel
(213) 630-1510 | Email: lam@scag.ca.gov
Office of Regional Council Support
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
Planning
Sarah Jepson, Chief Planning Officer
(213) 236-1955 | Email: jepson@scag.ca.gov
Marco Anderson, Planning Administration Officer
(213) 236-1879 | Email: anderson@scag.ca.gov
Ed Rodriguez, Senior Administrative Assistant
(213) 236-1863 | Email: rodrigu@scag.ca.gov
Land Use
Jenna Hornstock, Deputy Director
(213) 630-1448 | Email: hornstock@scag.ca.gov
Housing & Economic Empowerment
Elizabeth Carvajal, Manager
(213) 236-1801 | Email: carvajal@scag.ca.gov
Inclusive Economic Growth
Victor Negrete, Manager
(213) 236-1974 | Email: negrete@scag.ca.gov
Sustainable & Resilient Development
Manager (Vacant)
Transportation
Annie Nam, Deputy Director
(213) 236-1827 | Email: nam@scag.ca.gov
Integrated Planning & Programming
Warren Whiteaker, Manager
(213) 236-1810 | Email: whiteakerw@scag.ca.gov
Mobility Planning & Management
Philip Law, Manager
(213) 236-1841 | Email: law@scag.ca.gov
Partnerships for Innovative Deployment
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
Frank Wen, Manager
(213) 236-1854 | Email: wen@scag.ca.gov