Attorney Name
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Assignment
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Tony LoPresti |
County Counsel
Areas of Direct Supervision:
- Board of Supervisors
- Civil Grand Jury (w/ Kavita Karayan)
- County Executive
- Legislation and CEO - Office of Intergovernmental Relations
- Management Auditor
Board Committees:
- Finance and Government Operations Committee (w/ Steve Mitra)
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Kavita Narayan |
Chief Assistant County Counsel
- Chief Assistant responsibilities
- County Executive’s Office – Division of Equity and Social Justice and Reentry Services Supervision
- County Executive's Office - Office of Emergency Management
- Civil Grand Jury Supervision (w/ Tony LoPresti)
- Public Safety and Justice Team Supervision (County Communications, District Attorney’s Office, Medical Examiner-Coroner, Office of Emergency Management, Office of Reentry Services, Office of the Sherriff, Pretrial Services, Probation Dept., Public Defender’s Office)
- Social Justice & Impact Litigation
- Other Duties as Assigned
Board Committees:
- Public Safety and Justice Committee
Boards & Commissions:
- Re-Entry Network
- SCC Emergency Operational Area Council
Boards & Commissions Oversight:
- Anti-Terrorism Approval Authority
- Asset Forfeiture Fund Oversight Comm.
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Community Correction and Law Enforcement Monitoring Committee
- Community Corrections Partnership
- Domestic Violence Council
- Human Rights Commission
- Santa Clara County Cal-ID Remote Access Network Bd.
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Robert M. Coelho |
Assistant County Counsel
- CEO – Occupational Safety & Environmental Compliance Supervision
- Education Law (Labor & Employment)
- Employee Services Agency (Administration, Benefits, Executive Services, Human Resources, Labor Relations Supervision)
- ESA Executive Services
- Equal Opportunity Division
- Fairgrounds Management Corporation Supervision
- Labor & Employment Team Supervision
- Office of the County Hearing Officer Supervision
- Surveillance-Technology Ordinance Use Policies Supervision
Board Committees:
- Finance and Government Operations Committee (for ESA and EOD items)
Boards & Commissions:
- Commission on Equal Access and Employment Opportunity
Boards & Commissions Oversight:
- County of Santa Clara Defined Contributions Plans Committee
- Development Review Board
- Hate Prevention and Inclusion Task Force
- Human Trafficking Commission (member)
- Juvenile Justice Commission
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Michaela L. Lewis |
Assistant County Counsel
- CEO – Chief Privacy Officer; Information Security; Data Oversight, Management, & Evaluation; Learning Organization
- Child and Family Protection Team (juvenile dependency cases) Supervision
- Data Sharing and Privacy Issues
- Department of Child Support Services
- Education Law Supervision
- FIRST 5 Santa Clara County Supervision
- HHS Ethics, Privacy, and Compliance Office
- Human Services Supervision (Office of Supportive Housing and Social Services Agency (excluding Adult & Elder Protection court-related matters)
Board Committees:
- Children, Seniors & Families Committee
Boards & Commissions Oversight:
- Child Abuse Prevention Council
- Senior Care Commission
- Social Services Advisory Commission
- Veterans Commission of the County of Santa Clara
- Youth Task Force
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Steve Mitra |
Assistant County Counsel
- California Public Records Act (w/ Elizabeth Pianca)
- CEO – Sustainability (w/ Elizabeth Pianca)
- Contracting and Procurement
- Ethics, Conflicts, and Political Reform Act (w/ Elizabeth Pianca)
- Finance, Government Operations, and Technology Team Supervision (Assessor’s Office, Clerk of the Board, Clerk-Recorder, Controller-Treasurer, Dept. of Tax and Collections, Facilities and Fleet, Fire Districts, Library, Procurement, Registrar of Voters)
- Redevelopment Dissolution
- Special Districts
- Whistleblower Program
Board Committees:
- Finance & Government Operations Committee (w/ Tony LoPresti)
Boards & Commissions Oversight:
- Board of Plumbing Examiners
- Citizen's Advisory Commission on Elections
- County Treasury Oversight Committee
- Measure A (2008) Citizens' Oversight Committee
- Measure A (2016 Housing Bond) Independent Citizens' Oversight Committee
- Personnel Board
- Planning Commission
- Sister County Commissions
- Vehicle Accident Review Board
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Elizabeth G. Pianca |
Assistant County Counsel
- California Public Records Act (w/ Steve Mitra)
- CEO – Office of Labor Standards Enforcement
- CEO – Sustainability (w/ Steve Mitra)
- Community Protection Team Supervision
- Environment and Land Use Team Supervision (Consumer and Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Environmental Health, Parks and Recreation Department, Planning and Development Department, Roads and Airports Department)
- Ethics, Conflicts, and Political Reform Act (w/ Steve Mitra)
Board Committees:
- Housing, Land Use, Environment, and Transportation Committee
Boards & Commissions Oversight:
- Airport Land Use Commission
- Airports Commission
- Animal Advisory Commission
- Assessment Appeals Board
- County Community Resources Group for Stanford University
- Historical Heritage Commission
- Housing and Community Development Advisory Committee
- Integrated Pest Management Technical Advisory Group
- Parks and Recreation Commission
- Recycling and Waste Reduction Commission
- Roads Commission
- San Martin Planning Advisory Committee
- South County Joint Planning Advisory Committee
- Sustainability Commission
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Douglas M. Press |
Assistant County Counsel
- Civil Rights, Tort, and Employment Litigation Supervision
- Claims Administration Supervision
- Health & Hospitals Team Supervision (Behavioral Health Services, Community Health, County Hospitals, Custody Health Services, Emergency Medical Services, Public Health, Valley Health Plan)
- Jail Reform & Custody Operations Team Supervision
- Legislation (w/ Tony LoPresti)
- Writs and Appeals Oversight
Board Committees:
- Federal Affairs Advocacy Task Force
- Health and Hospital Committee
Boards & Commissions Oversight:
- Behavioral Health Board
- Emergency Medical Care Committee
- Health Advisory Commission
- HIV Commission
- Homeless Healthcare Advisory Board
- Race and Health Disparities Community Board
- Santa Clara County Inmate Welfare Fund Committee
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Attorney Name
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Assignment
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Bryan K. Anderson |
- Civil Rights, Tort, and Employment Litigation
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James K. Ayden |
- Education Law (labor and employment issues)
- Employee Services Agency - Benefits, Hiring
- Fairgrounds Management Corporation Labor and Employment
- Labor & Employment
- Occupational Safety and Environmental Compliance
Boards & Commissions:
- County of Santa Clara Defined Contributions Plans Committee
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Hannah Begley |
- Social Justice and Impact Litigation Fellow
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Jamila Benkato |
- Community Protection
- Finance and Government Operations team projects
- Registrar of Voters (w/ Mary Hanna-Weir)
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Mark F. Bernal |
- Assessor Litigation
- Assessor’s Office (w/ Robert Nakamae)
- County Hearing Officer
- Independent Defense Counsel Office
- Public Defender’s Office
Board & Commissions:
- Code Enforcement Appeals Board
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Winifred Botha |
- Civil Rights, Tort, and Employment Litigation
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Xavier M. Brandwajn |
- Civil Rights, Tort, and Employment Litigation
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Valerie Brender |
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John A. Castro |
- County Hospital Facilities PSAs and PAs
- County Sanitation District No. 2-3
- Public Works
- Roads Department
Boards & Commissions:
- Comprehensive County Expressway Planning Study Policy Advisory Board
- Roads Commission
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Gregory J. Charles |
- Civil Rights, Tort, and Employment Litigation
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Nancy J. Clark |
- County Communications
- ESA – Human Resources
- Labor & Employment
- Learning and Employee Development
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Claire Cormier |
- Civil Rights, Tort, and Employment Litigation
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Samuel J. Cretcher |
- Labor & Employment
- Surveillance-Technology Ordinance Use Policies
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Nick DeFiesta |
- Environment and Land Use team projects
- Finance and Government Operations team projects
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Wesley Dodd |
- County Hospitals (w/ Theresa Fuentes and Jennifer Sprinkles)
- Emergency Medical Services
- Health and Hospital IT Contracts
- Health and Hospital Physician Contracts
- Healthlink Implementation / Data Migration for OCH/SLRH
- Medical Staff (w/ Theresa Fuentes)
- Valley Health Plan (w/ Jenny Sprinkles)
Boards & Commissions:
- Emergency Medical Care Committee
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Katherine Erickson |
- Human Services Team
- Jail Reform and Custody Operations Team
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Robert D. Fannion |
- Clerk-Recorder
- Conflicts & Political Reform Act
- Department of Tax and Collections General Advice
- Finance and Government Operations projects
|
Aaron Forbath |
- Environment and Land Use team projects
- Finance and Government Operations team projects
- Real Property
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Theresa J. Fuentes |
Lead Deputy
- Lead for Health & Hospitals Team
- County Hospitals (w/ Wes Dodd and Jennifer Sprinkles)
- Medical Staff (w/ Wes Dodd)
Boards & Commissions:
- Santa Clara County Health Care Reform Implementation Stakeholders' Working Group
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Emily Garcia |
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Juliana Goldrosen |
- Finance and Government Operations
- Technology, Data Security, and Privacy
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Andrew Gottlieb |
- Intellectual Property (w/ Robert Nakamae)
- Technology, Data Security & Privacy
- Technology Services & Solutions (w/ Robert Nakamae)
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Susan P. Greenberg |
- Social Justice & Impact Litigation
- Writs and Appeals
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Nathan A. Greenblatt |
- Civil Rights, Tort, and Employment Litigation
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Shreya Gupta |
- Health and Hospitals Team Projects
- Jail Reform and Custody Operations
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Mary Hanna-Weir |
- Annual Reporting on Non-Cooperation with Identity-Based Registries and Internment Activities
- Clerk of the Board (w/ Elizabeth Pianca)
- Conflicts & Political Reform Act
- County Executive’s Office – Office of Gender- Based Violence Prevention
- County Executive’s Office – Office of LGBTQ Affairs
- County Executive’s Office – Office of Women’s Policy
- Education Law
- Registrar of Voters
Boards & Commissions:
- Child Abuse Prevention Council
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Domestic Violence Council
- Human Rights Commission
- Human Trafficking Commission
- Sister County Commissions (Florence, Hsinchu, Moscow)
- Task Force on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)
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Glenn Hanzlick |
- Technology, Data Security, and Privacy
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Kim H. Hara |
Lead Deputy
- Lead for Civil Rights, Tort, and Employment Litigation
- Assessor’s Office Oversight
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Aryn P. Harris |
- Civil Grand Jury
- Civil Rights, Tort, and Employment Litigation
- Jail Reform and Custody Operations
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Shana Heller |
- County Executive’s Office – Office of ReEntry Services
- Education Law
- Public Safety and Justice Team
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Stephanie M. Jackson |
- Finance, Government Operations, and Technology
- Public Safety and Justice
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Meredith A. Johnson |
Lead Deputy
- Lead for Social Justice and Impact Litigation
- Department of Family and Children’s Services Advice (w/ Nandini Iyer and Laura Underwood)
- Social Services Agency – General Advice, Office of Research and Evaluation (w/ Michaela Lewis)
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Harjit Kaur |
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Kimberly J. Kernan
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Melissa R. Kiniyalocts |
Lead Deputy County Counsel
- Lead for Jail Reform and Custody Operations
- Custody Health Services
- Library Joint Powers Authority
- Medical Examiner/Coroner
Boards & Commissions:
- Vehicle Accident Review Board
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Erin Kunze
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- Equal Opportunity and Employment Investigations
- Labor and Employment
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Jenny S. Lam |
- County Executive’s Office - Office of Emergency Management (back-up to Kavita Narayan)
- Education Law
- Public Health Department (w/ Jessica Mar)
- Social Justice & Impact Litigation
Boards & Commissions:
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Sterling S. Larnerd |
- Public Safety and Justice Team
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Michael J. Leon Guerrero |
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Tara C. Lundstrom |
- Pretrial Services
- Public Safety Legislation
- Technology, Data Security & Privacy
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Lauren Lystrup |
- Education Law
- Labor & Employment
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Jessica E. Mar |
- Health & Hospitals Privacy and Compliance
- Public Health Department (w/ Jenny Lam)
- Social Justice & Impact Litigation
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Jose L. Martin |
- Civil Rights, Torts, and Employment Litigation
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José L. Martinez |
- Civil Rights, Torts, and Employment Litigation
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Elizabeth G. Morgan |
- Civil Rights, Tort, and Employment Litigation
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Robert A. Nakamae |
- Assessor Litigation
- Assessor’s Office (w/ Mark Bernal)
- Intellectual Property (w/ Andy Gottlieb)
- Procurement Department (w/ Sara Ponzio)
- Technology Services and Solutions (w/ Andy Gottlieb)
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Rajiv Narayan |
- Social Justice & Impact Litigation Fellow
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Rachel Neil |
- Social Justice & Impact Litigation
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Willie Nguyen |
- Community Protection
- Environment and Land Use projects
- Consumer and Environmental Protection Agency (Agriculture & Environmental Management and Department of Environmental Health)
- Vector Control District
Boards & Commissions:
- Animal Advisory Commission
- Recycling and Waste Reduction Commission
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Lesley Pak |
- County Executive’s Office General Contracts
- Finance Agency: Administration and Controller/Treasurer
- Santa Clara County Financing Authority
- Santa Clara County Tobacco Securitization Corporation
- Silicon Valley Tobacco Securitization Authority
Boards & Commissions:
- Assessment Appeals Board (w/ Jerett Yan)
- 2008 Measure A Citizens’ Oversight Committee
- County Treasury Oversight Committee
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Angelica Pe Benito |
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Bonnie Phan |
- Civil Rights, Tort, and Employment Litigation
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Jeremy Pilaar
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- Finance and Government Operations projects
- Health System Finance
Boards & Commissions:
- Citizens' Advisory Commission on Elections
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Sara J. Ponzio |
- Blood Test Petitions
- Collections (DTAC, ESA, SSA, and County Hospitals)
- County Hospitals Subrogation
- Procurement Department (w/ Robert Nakamae)
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Marcelo Quiñones |
Lead Deputy
- Lead for Education Law Team
- Lead for Public Safety and Justice Team
- Census 2020
- Probation Department (w/ Mona Williams)
- Santa Clara County Office of Education
- Social Justice & Impact Litigation
Boards & Commissions:
- Community Corrections Partnership
- Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council
- Juvenile Justice Systems Collaborative
- Youth Task Force
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Ravi Rajendra |
- County Executive’s Office – Office of Cultural Competency
- County Executive’s Office – Office of Immigrant Relations
- County Executive’s Office – Office of Labor Standards Enforcement
- FIRST 5 Santa Clara County
- Social Justice & Impact Litigation
Boards & Commissions:
- Juvenile Justice Commission
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Lizanne Reynolds |
Lead Deputy
- Environment and Land Use projects
- Finance and Government Operations projects
- Planning and Development Department (w/ Elizabeth Pianca)
Boards & Commissions:
- Airport Land Use Commission
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Alicia M. Roll |
- Civil Rights, Tort, and Employment Litigation
|
Michael L. Rossi |
Lead Deputy
- Lead for Community Protection Team
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Stephen H. Schmid |
- Civil Rights, Tort, and Employment Litigation
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Michael C. Serverian |
- Civil Rights, Tort, and Employment Litigation
|
Masa Shiohira |
Lead Deputy
- Lead for Labor and Employment Team
- ESA – Labor Relations
- Fire Districts (labor and employment)
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Kanwalroop Kaur Singh |
- Civil Rights, Tort, and Employment Litigation
- Public Safety and Justice Team
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Miriam Sondag |
- Office of Supportive Housing (real property)
- Real Property
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Min-Kuk Song
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- Equal Opportunity and Employment Investigations
- Labor and Employment
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Jennifer S. Sprinkles |
- Behavioral Health Services Department (w/ Megan Wheelehan)
- CEO – Employee Wellness Program
- Community Health Services
- County Hospitals (w/ Theresa Fuentes and Wes Dodd)
- Health & Hospitals Ethics
- SCVMC Institutional Review Board
- Valley Health Plan (w/ Wes Dodd)
- Valley Homeless Healthcare Program
Boards & Commissions:
- Health Advisory Commission
- Homeless Healthcare Advisory Board
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Cristina Stella |
- Environment and Land Use projects
- Finance and Government Operations projects
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Relic Sun |
Lead Deputy
- Equal Opportunity Division
- Labor and Employment
|
Josh D. Tosney |
- Legislation and Legislative Advocacy
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Laura Trice |
- Appeals
- County Counsel's Office Contracts
- Office of Correction and Law Enforcement Monitoring
- Social Justice and Impact Litigation
Boards & Commissions:
- Community Correction and Law Enforcement Monitoring Committee
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Elizabeth Vissers |
- Community Protection
- County Executive's Office - Integrated Pest Management
- CPUC Proceedings and Public Safety Power Shutoffs
- Environmental and Land Use team projects
- Parks and Recreation Department
- Planning and Development Department projects
Boards & Commissions:
- Integrated Pest Management Technical Advisory Group
- Parks and Recreation Commission
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Aaron Voit |
Lead Deputy
- Health and Hospitals team projects
- Human Services team projects
- Office of Supportive Housing
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Robin M. Wall |
- Civil Rights, Tort, and Employment Litigation
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Jennifer Wang |
- Civil Rights, Tort, and Employment Litigation
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Megan Wheelehan |
- Acute Psychiatric Services Division (EPS/BAP)
- Behavioral Health Services Department (w/ Jenny Sprinkles)
Boards & Commissions:
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Mona M. Williams |
- Education Law
- Probation Department (w/ Marcelo Quinones)
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Karen M. Willis |
- County Executive’s Office – Office of Asset and Economic Development
- Facilities and Fleet Department Real Property
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Sonia Wills |
- Community Protection
- Environmental and Land Use projects
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Stefanie Wilson |
- Community Protection
- Social Justice & Impact Litigation
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Jerett Yan |
- Environment and Land Use projects
- Finance and Government Operations projects
- Santa Clara County Digital Equity Consortium
Boards & Commissions:
- Assessment Appeals Board (w/ Lesley Pak)
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