Staff roster

Meet our team.

Executive Office

Larry Goldzband
Executive Director
larry.goldzband@bcdc.ca.gov
(415) 352-3653
Rylan Gervase
Director of Legislative & External Affairs
rylan.gervase@bcdc.ca.gov
(415) 961-9088
Jessica Fain
Director of Planning
jessica.fain@bcdc.ca.gov
(415)-352-3642
Harriet Lai Ross
Director of Regulatory
harriet.ross@bcdc.ca.gov
(415) 352-3615
Greg Scharff
General Counsel
greg.scharff@bcdc.ca.gov
(415) 352-3655
Susie Ledesma
Director of Operations & Technology Services
susie.ledesma@bcdc.ca.gov
(415) 352-3638

Legislative and External Affairs

Alyssa Plese
Public Affairs Specialist
alyssa.plese@bcdc.ca.gov
(415) 352-3626

Planning

Climate Adaptation

Dana Brechwald
Assistant Planning Director for Climate Adaptation
dana.brechwald@bcdc.ca.gov
(415) 352-3656
Cory Copeland
Adapting to Rising Tides Data & Science Manager
cory.copeland@bcdc.ca.gov
(415) 352-3644
Jaclyn Perrin-Martinez
(Temporarily Out of Office)
Climate Adaptation Planning Manager
jaclyn.perrin-martinez@bcdc.ca.gov
(415) 352-3631
Juliette Chauson
Sr. Climate Adaptation Planner
juliette.chausson@bcdc.ca.gov
(415) 352-3656
Sabrina Lopez
Climate Adaptation Planner
sabrina.lopez@bcdc.ca.gov
(415) 352-3612
Ujjayan Siddharth
Environmental Climate Scientist
ujjayan.siddharth@bcdc.ca.gov
(415) 352-3632
Danielle Flanagan
Climate Adaptation Planning Specialist
danielle.flanagan@bcdc.ca.gov
(415) 352-3646
Aidan Williams
Climate Data Specialist
aidan.williams@bcdc.ca.gov
(415) 352-3640

Environmental Justice

Vacant
Senior Manager for Climate Equity and Community Engagement

Dalila Adofo
Manager for Climate Equity and Community Engagement
dalila.adofo@bcdc.ca.gov
(415) 352-3634

Mapping

Todd Hallenbeck
GIS Specialist Lead
todd.hallenbeck@bcdc.ca.gov
(415) 352-3667
Viktoria Kuehn
GIS Specialist I
viktoria.kuehn@bcdc.ca.gov
(415) 352-3629
Sam Stromberg
GIS Graduate Student
sam.stromberg@bcdc.ca.gov

Long Range

Erik Buehmann
Long Range Planning Manager
erik.buehmann@bcdc.ca.gov
(415)-352-3645
Lisa Herron
Principal Waterfront Planner
lisa.herron@bcdc.ca.gov
(415) 352-3654
Cody Aichele-Rothman
Coastal Planner, Oil Spill Response and Prevention
cody.aichele@bcdc.ca.gov
(415) 352-3641
Rachel Cohen
Environmental Scientist
rachel.cohen@bcdc.ca.gov
(415) 352-3661
Benjamin Dorfman
Coastal Program Analyst II
benjamin.dorfman@bcdc.ca.gov
(415) 352-3827
Kathryn Riley
Coastal Planner
kathryn.riley@bcdc.ca.gov
(415) 352-3663

Bay Resources

Julie Garren
Bay Resources Program Manager
julie.garren@bcdc.ca.gov
(415) 352-3624
Schuyler Olsson
BRRIT Representative
schuyler.olsson@bcdc.ca.gov
(415) 352-3668
Rowan Yelton
Bay Resources Analyst
rowan.yelton@bcdc.ca.gov
(415) 352-3613
Sam Fielding
Bay Resources Analyst
sam.fielding@bcdc.ca.gov
(415) 352-3665
Rebecca Neill
Permit Analyst
rebecca.neill@bcdc.ca.gov
(415) 352-3621

Regulatory Improvements

Ethan Lavine
Assistant Regulatory Director for Climate Adaptation
ethan.lavine@bcdc.ca.gov
(415) 352-3618
Jessica Finkel
Climate Adaptation Policy Specialist
jessica.finkel@bcdc.ca.gov
(415) 352-3614
Tessa Filipczyk
Climate Adaptation and Nature Based Solutions Specialist
tessa.filipczyk@bcdc.ca.gov
(415) 352-3604

Sediment Management

Brenda Goeden
Sediment Manager
brenda.goeden@bcdc.ca.gov
(415) 352-3623
Pascale Soumoy
Sediment Analyst
pascale.soumoy@bcdc.ca.gov
(415) 352-3669
Madeline Huffman
Environmental Scientist
madeline.huffman@bcdc.ca.gov
(415) 352-3606
Jaime Lopez
Environmental Scientist
jaime.lopez@bcdc.ca.gov
(415) 352-3634

Shoreline Development

Katharine Pan
Shoreline Development Manager
katharine.pan@bcdc.ca.gov
(415) 352-3650
Lia Bobay
Shoreline Development Analyst
lia.bobay@bcdc.ca.gov
(415) 352-3649
Alba Estrada Lopez
Shoreline Development Analyst
alba.estrada-lopez@bcdc.ca.gov
(415) 352-3625
Lindsay Martien
Principal Shoreline Development Analyst
lindsay.martien@bcdc.ca.gov
(415) 352-3635
Olivia Ilsley
Shoreline Development Analyst
Olivia.Ilsley@bcdc.ca.gov
(415) 352-3660

Technical Services

Ashley Tomerlin
Senior Bay Development Design Analyst
ashley.tomerlin@bcdc.ca.gov
(415) 352-3657
Yuriko Jewett
Bay Development Design Analyst
yuriko.jewett@bcdc.ca.gov
(415) 352-3616
Makena Wong
Civil Engineer
makena.wong@bcdc.ca.gov
(415) 352-3670

Legal

Michael Ng
Senior Staff Attorney
michael.ng@bcdc.ca.gov
(415) 352-3610
Amanda Boyd
Attorney I
amanda.boyd@bcdc.ca.gov
(415) 352-3643
Sean Wagner-McGough
Attorney I
sean.wagner-mcgough@bcdc.ca.gov
(415) 352-3628

Enforcement

Isabel Chamberlain
Enforcement & Compliance Manager
isabel.chamberlain@bcdc.ca.gov
(415) 352-3605
Anne Usher
Senior Enforcement Analyst
anne.usher@bcdc.ca.gov
(415) 352-3662
Erich Miller
Enforcement Analyst
eric.miller@bcdc.ca.gov
(415) 352-3607
Alyssa Purslow
Enforcement Analyst
alyssa.purslow@bcdc.ca.gov
(415) 352-3619
Nicole Bellingham
Compliance Officer
nicole.bellingham@bcdc.ca.gov

Compliance

Tony Daysog
Compliance
anthony.daysog@bcdc.ca.gov
(415) 352-3622

Administration, Operations, & Technology Services

Administration

Sierra Peterson
Executive Manager & Commissioner Liaison
sierra.peterson@bcdc.ca.gov
(415) 352-3608
Margie Malan
Legal Secretary
margie.malan@bcdc.ca.gov
(415) 352-3675
Sarah Ravazza
Staff Services Analyst
sarah.ravazza@bcdc.ca.gov
(415) 352-3647

Human Resources

Candice Kesner
Human Resources Manager
candice.kesner@bcdc.ca.gov
(415) 352-3639

Records

Angela Noble
Records Analyst
angela.noble@bcdc.ca.gov
(415)-352-3617

Fiscal & Business Services

Sean Williamson
Budget Officer
sean.williamson@bcdc.ca.gov
(415) 352-3637
Chenee Williams
Contracts Manager
chenee.williams@bcdc.ca.gov
(415) 352-3652
Reggie Abad
Business Services
reggie.abad@bcdc.ca.gov
(415)-352-3636
Meichelle Liang
Accounting Officer
meichelle.liang@bcdc.ca.gov
(415)-352-3659

Information Technology

Xai Vang
IT Manager
xai.vang@bcdc.ca.gov
Andrew Chin
Chief Information Officer
andrew.chin@bcdc.ca.gov
(415)-352-3651
Matthew Chan
Information Technology Associate
matthew.chan@bcdc.ca.gov
(415)-352-3630