Meet the Staff
Meet the Staff
Appointments/Boards & Commissions
Communications
Community Engagement

Michaela Valk
Director of Community Engagement
(On Maternity Leave)
Fatima Maciel
Community Representative
(Council Districts 1 and 9)
FAMaciel@sandiego.gov

Lucero Maganda
Acting Director of Community Engagement
(Council Districts 5, 6, and 8)
LMaganda@sandiego.gov

Randy Reyes
Community Representative
(Council Districts 2 and 3/LGBTQ+ Liaison)
RandyReyes@sandiego.gov
Global Affairs

Benjamin Moore
Foreign Affairs Advisor
(On Detail from the U.S. Department of State)
MooreB@sandiego.gov
Government Affairs
Policy

Stephen Hill
Senior Advisor of Resiliency and Economic Recovery
Policy Areas: Arts and culture, business and economic development
HillS@sandiego.gov

Randy Wilde
Senior Policy Advisor
Policy Areas: Climate, environment, transportation, infrastructure
RWilde@sandiego.gov

Christopher Ackerman-Avila
Senior Policy Advisor
Policy Areas: Land Use & Housing
cackermanavi@sandiego.gov

Kohta Zaiser
City Council Affairs Advisor
Policy Areas: Council Affairs & Public Safety
ZaiserK@sandiego.gov