FUSE Executive Fellows and Alumni

FUSE Executive Fellows and Alumni are experienced leaders committed to advancing equity through action-oriented partnerships with government agencies. Their work is diverse and innovative, from developing and implementing programs to providing leadership in their communities. Their stories are powerful and inspiring, highlighting the importance of working together for change.

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FUSE Executive Fellows attending orientation.

Fred A. Clay

City of Hayward – Department of Public Works & Utilities

Jennie Ann Cole

Guilford County – N.C. Cooperative Extension, Guilford County Center

Caroline de Filippis

The Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas – Planning and Urban Design

Michael MacHarg

City of Durham – Office of the City Manager – The Arts, Culture, and Sustainable Communities Division

AJ Prebensen

City of Fort Worth – Transportation and Public Works Department

Sumin Sohn

Los Angeles County – Chief Sustainability Office

Maria Yuan

Travis County – Office of Emergency Management

Rania Adwan

2016-2017 | City of San Francisco – Office of the Mayor & San Francisco Police Commission

Alex-Handrah Aimé

2017-2018 | Los Angeles County – Workforce Development, Aging and Community Services

Sima Alikani

2015-2016 | City and County of San Francisco – Human Services Administration

Debbie Allen

2018-2020 | City of St. Louis – Department of Public Safety

Kerri Andersen

2022-2023 | Los Angeles County Alternate Public Defender's Office

Algie Au

2021-2022 | King County – Metro Transit Department

Mark Avnet

2016-2017 | City and County of San Francisco – San Francisco International Airport

William Baylor

2021-2022 | City of Birmingham – Department of Community Development

Dolan Beckel

2016-2017 | City of San Jose – Office of the City Manager

Alok Bhatia

2019-2021 | Los Angeles County – Probation Department

Hassanatu Blake

2021-2022 | City of Birmingham – Department of Planning, Engineering, and Permits

Keven Brough

2016-2017 | City of San Francisco – Port of San Francisco

Alex Castillo

2015-2017 | City of Los Angeles – Los Angeles Public Library

Darcy Celletti

2021-2022 | King County – Public Health, Seattle and King County

Alli Chagi-Starr

2021-2022 | City of Oakland – Economic & Workforce Development Department

Swati Chandra

2018-2019 | Los Angeles County – Workforce Development, Aging and Community Services

Jerry T. Chang

2018-2020 | City of East Palo Alto – Office of the City Manager

Ray Cheung

2016-2017 | City of Los Angeles – Department of Transportation

Ted Chung

2022-2023 | Austin, TX – Office of the City Manager

Gusti Clark

2014-2015 | City and County of San Francisco – San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency

Nicola Clifford

2015-2016 | City and County of San Francisco – Office of the Mayor & San Francisco Unified School District

Dawn M. Comer

2017-2018 | City of Los Angeles – Information Technology Agency

Dan Correa

2014-2015 | White House – Office of Science and Technology Policy

Korin Crawford

2015-2016 | City of Los Angeles – Office of the City Administrative Officer

Amy Cross

2018-2019 | Los Angeles County – Probation Department

Avni Desai

2022–23 | City of San José Housing Department

Priya Dey-Sarkar

2017-2018 | City of New Orleans – Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans

Chris Dishno

2017-2018 | City of Denver – Department of Public Works

Karen Doolittle

2017-2018 | City of Long Beach – Department of Health and Human Services

Sean Doss

2017-2018 | City of Los Angeles – Housing + Community Investment Department

Kimberly Dubin

2017-2018 | City and County of San Francisco – Office of Housing and Community Development

Hala Farid

2021-2023 | City of Austin – Housing and Planning Department

Erin K Flood

2022-2023 | Los Angeles County – Los Angeles County Bar Association

Siobhan Foley

2016-2017 | City of New Orleans – Office of the Deputy Mayor & Chief Administrative Officer

Rebecca Foster

2013-2014 | City and County of San Francisco – Office of the Mayor

Niles Friedman

2015-2016 | State of California – Health & Human Services Agency

Kwasi Frye

2021-2022 | Washington D.C. – Department of Housing and Community Development

David Gabriel

2015-2016 | City and County of San Francisco – San Francisco International Airport

Kia N. Gaines

2018-2019 | City of Long Beach – Department of Health and Human Services

Lisa Gans

2012-2013 | Washington D.C. – D.C. Promise Neighborhood Initiative

Jana Good

2019-2020 | City of Oakland – Information Technology Department

Casswell Goodman

2017-2018 | Los Angeles County – Workforce Development, Aging and Community Services

Beth M. Graham

2022-2023 | Atlanta Mayor’s Office – Division of Sustainability and Resilience

Keshav Gupta

2017-2018 | City of San Jose – Department of Transportation

Ronnell Hampton

2021-2022 | City of Los Angeles – Civil and Human Rights Department

Daniel Han

2018-2019 | City of Long Beach – Economic Development Department

Ája Hardy

2018-2019 | City of Cleveland – Office of the Mayor

Nia Harper

2021-2022 | City of Atlanta – Office of the Mayor

La’Kishia Harris

2021-2022 | Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County – Office of the Mayor

Rob Henning

2015-2016 | City and County of San Francisco – Office of Contract Administration

Ahmed Hnesh

2015-2017 | City of Los Angeles – Office of the City Administrative Officer

Jean Ho

2021-2022 | Los Angeles County – Chief Executive Office

Karen Holst

2014-2015 | State of California – Department of Education

Sami Iwata

2017-2018 | City and County of San Francisco – Human Rights Commission

Tyronne Jolly

2022-2023 | City of Austin – Public Health Department, Homeless Strategy Division

Cordella Jones

2021-2023 | City of Milwaukee – Department of City Development

Andrea Kaltz

2022-2023 | City of Austin – Public Health Department, Homeless Strategy Division

Gil Keinan

2019-2020 | San Bernardino County – Economic Development Agency

Joseph Koh

2020-2022 | City of Los Angeles – Department of Water and Power

Patrick Koppula

2018-2020 | Los Angeles County – Workforce Development, Aging and Community Services

Julie Lamba

2018-2019 | City of Los Angeles – Los Angeles Public Library

Jill Lawlor

2021-2022 | City of Kansas City, MO – Office of the Mayor

Sarah Leddy

2013-2014 | City of Sacramento – Office of the Mayor

Aneta Lee

2022-2023 | City of Birmingham – Office of the Mayor

Ian Lee

2021-2023 | Los Angeles County – Department of Health Services

Mark Lee

2017-2018 | City of Los Angeles – Bureau of Contract Administration

Lysa Liggins

2022-2023 | Los Angeles County – Public Defender’s Office

Michael Lim

2016-2017 | City of Los Angeles – Department of Transportation

Andrea Lipton

2017-2018 | City of Los Angeles – Department of Transportation

Yves Louis-Jacques

2015-2016 | City and County of San Francisco – Office of Economic and Workforce Development

Tim Lucas

2014-2015 | City and County San Francisco – San Francisco Public Library

Flavian Marwa

2017-2018 | Washington D.C. – Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking

Ben Matranga

2014-2015 | City and County of San Francisco – Office of the Mayor

Eric Mattenson

2017-2018 | Los Angeles County – Department of Health Services

Slater Matzke

2016-2017 | City of Vallejo – Economic Development Department

Consuella McCain

2022-2023 | City of Kansas City, MO – City Manager's Office, Office of Environmental Quality

Autumn McDonald

2015-2016 | City and County of San Francisco – Office of the Mayor

Sharon Meron

2016-2017 | City of Long Beach – Department of Health and Human Services

Rahul Mewawalla

2013-2014 | City and County of San Francisco – Office of the Mayor

Maria Moore

2021-2022 | City of New Orleans – Health Department

Aparna Mukherjee

2017-2018 | Los Angeles County – Department of Neighborhood Empowerment

Marsha Murrington

2018-2020 | City of Oakland – Department of Economic & Workforce Development

Mala Nanda

2016-2017 | Los Angeles County – Department of Health Services

Sonia Nanda

2016-2017 | City of Los Angeles – Bureau of Engineering

Karen Nemsick

2020-2021 | Alameda County – Behavioral Health – Housing Services Office

Andrew Ngui

2022-2023 | Kansas City, MO – City Manager's Office

Michael Nobleza

2019-2021 | Los Angeles County – Department of Consumer and Business Affairs

Alice Okali

2022-2023 | Los Angeles County – Chief Executive Office

Marc Palmer

2021-2022 | City of Birmingham – The Birmingham Promise

Sundeep Pattem

2015-2016 | State of California – Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General

Violet Pearson

2021-2022 | City of Oakland – Office of the City Administrator

Leila Pedersen

2021-2022 | City of Durham – Office of Performance & Innovation

Lars Peters

2016-2017 | City and County – San Francisco Department of the Environment

Anne Phillips

2021-2022 | City of Durham – Equity & Inclusion Department

Ruda Pollard

2022-2023 | City of New Orleans – Office of Economic Development

Sonia Punjabi

2020-2021 | City of Oakland – Department of Housing and Community Development

Tom Pyun

2017-2019 | Los Angeles County – Department of Health Services

Jon Quimby

2017-2018 | Washington D.C. – Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs

Shaun Randolph

2021-2022 | City of New Orleans – Office of Economic Development

Minoli Ratnatunga

2019-2021 | Los Angeles County – Workforce Development, Aging and Community Services

Molly Regan

2021-2022 | City of San Jose – Department of Planning, Building & Code Enforcement

Hana Rhee

2016-2017 | City of Los Angeles – Los Angeles World Airports

Colin Rhodes

2022-2023 | Public Health – Seattle & King County, Environmental Health Services Division (PHSKC)

Nicole Richardson

2019-2020 | Los Angeles County – Department of Consumer and Business Affairs

Ann Rogan

2017-2019 | City of Stockton – Office of the Mayor

L’eon Romanazzi

2022-2023 | City of Kansas City, MO – Housing and Community Development Department

Eric Rosen

2018-2019 | City of Los Angeles – Department of Convention and Tourism Development

Rick Ryba

2018-2019 | City of Long Beach – Department of Development Services

Jack Sahl

2018-2020 | Los Angeles County – Regional Parks and Open Space District

Feza Sanigok

2018-2020 | Los Angeles County – Department of Parks and Recreation

Cori Schauer

2016-2017 | City and County of San Francisco – Department of Public Health

Kamina Smith

2016-2017 | Los Angeles County – Department of Health Services

Monica Soileau

2017-2018 | City of New Orleans – Equipment and Maintenance Division

Amanda Soskin

2018-2019 | City of Philadelphia – Department of Planning and Development

David Spirakis

2018-2020 | City of Los Angeles – Housing and Community Investment Department

Lisa Starliper

2015-2016 | City and County of San Francisco – Department of Emergency Management

Eric Steiner

2015-2016 | City of Los Angeles – Office of Immigrant Affairs

Kristin Stroup

2022-2023 | Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County (Metro) – Mayor's Office

Sofia Style

2017-2018 | City of Long Beach – Office of the City Manager

Venkat Suresh

2016-2017 | State of California – Health and Human Services

Gerard V. Tate

2018-2019 | Washington D.C. – Office of the City Administrator

Reyda Taylor

2022-2023 | Travis County – Information Technology Services Department

Carlos Thomas

2018-2019 | Los Angeles County – Child Support Services Department

Mark Thomas

2014-2015 | City of Los Angeles – Office of the City Administrative Officer

Norvell Thomas

2020-2021 | Los Angeles County – Department of Workforce Development, Aging and Community Services

Suzanne Towns

2016-2017 | City of Seattle – Office of Economic Development

Marilyn D. Varnado

2017-2018 | City and County of San Francisco – Department of Emergency Management

Tracey Veal

2020-2021 | Los Angeles County – Department of Public Health

Anna Vold

2019-2021 | Los Angeles County – Department of Health Services

Hua Wang

2018-2019 | Washington D.C. – Office of the City Administrator

Karin Weaver

2021-2022 | Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County – Office of the Mayor

Andrew West

2021-2022 | Los Angeles County – Workforce Development, Aging and Community Services

Frederick White

2016-2017 | City of Los Angeles – Office of the City Administrative Officer

Barry Wilkins

2017-2018 | City of Philadelphia – Office of the Managing Director

Candace Williams

2021-2022 – City of New Orleans – Office of Criminal Justice Coordination

Karla Yoder

2021-2022 | Washington D.C. – Workforce Investment Council

Keigo Yoshida

2016-2017 | City and County of San Francisco – Office of the City Administrator

Ann Zald

2017-2019 | City of Los Angeles – Sanitation and Environment

Omar Zoheri

2019-2021 | Los Angeles County – Department of Health Services