Below is a roster of Economic
Development Staff Members. To send an e-mail to a
specific staff member, please click on their name.
Name |
Phone
Number |
Assignment |
| |
| Economic Development Main Number |
510.238.3627
877.2.OAKLAND |
General Inquiries
|
| Business Development |
| Aliza Gallo |
510.238.7405 |
Business Development Unit Manager
• Major Projects
• Business Retention & Attraction
Policy and Planning
• Strategic Partnership with
Governmental and Private Entities |
| Deborah
Acosta |
510.238.7090 |
•
Office Market and Location
Assistance
• Commercial Attraction, Retention,
Expansion
•
Business Technical and Financial
Assistance |
| H. Simón Bryce |
510.238.7648 |
• Biotechnology
• Medical Services
• Educational Programs
|
| Steve
Lautze |
510.238.4973 |
• Sustainable Business Retention,
Expansion and Attraction
• Recycling Based Businesses
• Alternative Energy Businesses
• Business Energy Conservation
• Port Diesel Impact Reduction
|
| Margot
Prado |
510.238.6766 |
• Industrial Retention/Expansion
• Citywide Industrial Business
Attraction, Expansion and
Retention
• Central and East Oakland Mixed
Use Planning and Development
• Brownfields |
| Keira
Williams |
510.238.3853 |
•
Retail Attraction/Retention
• Arts
•
Entertainment
•
Restaurants |
| Workforce Development |
| Al
Auletta |
510.238.3752 |
Workforce
Development Manager and Executive Director of Workforce
Investment Board (WIB)
• WIB Policy and Planning
•
Board Development/Direction
• Program Development/Funding
• Business Services Oversight |
| Jim
Bondi |
510.238.6654 |
Program
Analyst II
• Program Monitoring and
Performance Reporting
• Grant Compliance
• Research and Data Analysis |
| Juanita
Carter |
510.238.3588 |
Office
Assistant-General Questions
• WIB Meeting Logistics
• WIB Meeting Packet Preparation
• Unit Procurement and Accounts
Payable
•
Division Administrative Support |
| Mark Henderson |
510.238.7205 |
Program
Analyst II
• Monitor Measure Y-funded
employment and training
programs
• Liaison for re-entry programs
throughout Oakland
• Liaison for National Transitional
Jobs Network
• Technical support for Mayor's
Summer Jobs Program |
| Susana
Villarreal |
510.238.7794 |
Enterprise
Zone Coordinator
• Hiring Tax Credit Services
• Business Development
• Annual Job Fair Coordination
•
WIB Website Management |
| Neighborhood Commercial
Revitalization |
| Stephanie
Floyd-Johnson |
510.238.3699 |
Neighborhood
Commercial Revitalization (NCR) Program Manager
• Commercial Property Facade
Improvement Program
•
Business Improvement Districts
• Merchant Association Assistance
and Main Street Programs
• Urban Design and Streetscape
Improvement Projects
•
Development Opportunity Site
Inventory
• NCR Area Database Management |
| Mahlon
Harmon |
510.238.2353 |
NCR Area Manager -- Central East Oakland
• NCR Programs and Services along:
- Foothill/Seminary (High St. to 73rd
Ave.)
- Seminary Ave. (MacArthur Blvd. -
Foothill Blvd.)
- Millsmont Disrict/MacArthur Blvd
(Seminary - 64th Ave.)
- Facade Improvement Projects in
Temescal District Telegraph Ave.
(43rd St. - Alcatraz Ave)
|
| David
Ralston |
510.238.2970 |
NCR Area
Manager -- Fruitvale District
•
NCR Programs and Services along:
- Upper Fruitvale (Lynde to Galindo
Sts.)
- Foothill
Blvd. (Fruitvale to High St.)
- Fruitvale Ave. (E. 16th to Foothill
Blvd.)
- Dimond
District MacArthur Blvd.
(Excelsior to Lincoln) and Fruitvale
(I-580 to Coloma Ave.)
- Laurel
District MacArthur Blvd.
(35th
Ave. to High St.) |
| Maria
Rocha |
510.238.6176 |
Business
Improvement District (BID) Program Manager
• Lakeshore/Lakepark BID
•
Rockridge BID
• Fruitvale BID
• Montclair BID
•
Temescal BID
• Laurel BID |
| Gaddy Reyes |
510.238.6249 |
NCR Area
Manager -- Elmhurst
•
NCR Programs and Services along:
- MacArthur
Blvd. (82nd Ave. to San
Leandro
City Border)
- International Blvd. (82nd Ave. to
San Leandor City Border) |