Chief of Staff David Gray will be leaving later this month to take a job as the Equity and Inclusion Manager for the External Affairs Division, Workforce Development, of the San Francisco Public Utility Commission. It is a well-deserved promotion for David that gives him a chance to work in the big city. David’s new job description includes:
Under direction of the External Affairs Bureau, the Equity and Inclusion Manager will be responsible for coordinating the SFPUC involvement in the citywide San Francisco My Brother and Sister’s Keeper (MBSK) Initiative, as well as other high-priority economic and social equity programs. The San Francisco MBSK project is focused on identifying and advancing strategies and investments that develop and offer educational, workforce, and economic opportunities for African American residents of San Francisco.
This position will be responsible for ensuring the SFPUC Sewer System Improvement Program (SSIP) maximizes opportunities for African American residents, specifically in the areas of education, jobs and workforce development, and contracting. The position will work closely with the External Affairs and Infrastructure Bureaus to develop a strategy that incorporates opportunities identified in the SSIP value and supply chain analyses, as well as an economic inclusion roadmap which results in concrete positive outcomes for African Americans in San Francisco. The Manager will develop clear, measurable strategies and processes to ensure that the SFPUC is creating targeted, positive opportunities and measures progress and outcomes.
The Manager will collaborate with the Office of the City Administrator on the alignment of SFPUC contracts, job, and education strategies. Additionally, the Manager will work collaboratively across city departments and agencies, including the: Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development, HOPE SF, Human Services Agency, Mayor’s Office of Education, Office of Economic and Workforce Development, SFUSD, Department of Children, Youth, and Their Families, San Francisco Police Department, and external philanthropic agencies and foundations. This local project will have touch points with other regional, statewide, and national My Brother and Sister’s Keeper initiatives in order to learn from other successful implementation opportunity models that focus on improving the lives of youth of color, particularly African American residents of San Francisco.
Alex Knox will take David’s place as chief of staff. Director of Projects and Programs Irene Perdomo will remain in her position but will become full-time. Christopher Whitmore will remain Director of Community Engagement.
All four of these staff members continue to do an outstanding job, not just representing the Mayor’s Office, but each heading up a dozen or more programs or public policy initiatives, serving as liaisons to many community organizations, responding to constituent issues and collaborating with City staff from other departments. They are personally responsible for bringing in over $100,000 in grants and other funds, including the grant that funded the National Resource Network work on the five year budget model and the 2nd Annual Mayor’s Community Fund Golf Tournament that, along with the 1st Annual Golf Tournament, brought in nearly $50,000 for youth sports grants. They also secured the highest Human Rights Campaign Municipal Equality Index rating in Richmond’s history and helped prepare the successful applications for awards from the League of California Cities’ Beacon Program – a Gold Level award for agency energy savings and a Gold Level award for sustainability best practices.
They work really hard, and the results show it!
We will be looking for one more new staff member to work part-time or as an intern. Applicants can contact me.