Media Contacts By Department

Department	Director	Public Information Officer
Administration, Policy, and Intergovernmental Relations	Sarah Zarate, Director 408-535-8100 Sarah.Zarate@sanjoseca.gov	City of San José Media Line 408-535-7777
Airport	Mookie Patel, Director 408-392-3600 mpatel@sjc.org	Media Relations 408-392-1199 sjcmedia@sjc.org
Animal Care & Services	Kiska Icard, Acting Deputy Director 408-535-8300 kiska.icard@sanjoseca.gov	Kellie Benz, Public Information Manager 408-250-1594 kellie.benz@sanjoseca.gov
Attorney	City Attorney 408-535-1900 cao.main@sanjoseca.gov
Auditor	Joe Rois, City Auditor 408-535-1250 joseph.rois@sanjoseca.gov
Budget	Jim Shannon, Director 408-535-8132 jim.shannon@sanjoseca.gov	City of San José Media Line 408-535-7777
City Clerk	Toni Taber, City Clerk 408-535-1260 toni.taber@sanjoseca.gov
City Manager's Office	City of San José Media Line 408-535-7777
Office of Communications	Carolina Camarena, Director 408-535-7777 Carolina.Camarena@sanjoseca.gov	City of San José Media Line 408-535-7777
Office of Economic Development and Cultural Affairs	Nanci Klein, Director of Economic Development and Cultural Affairs 408-535-8181 Nancy.Klein@sanjoseca.gov	Carlos Velazquez, Public Information Manager 408-535-8168 carlos.velazquez@sanjoseca.gov
Office of Emergency Management and Preparedness	Ray Riordan, Director 408-794-7050 ray.riordan@sanjoseca.gov	City of San José Media Line 408-535-7777
Office of Employee Relations	Jennifer Schembri, Director 408-535-8154 Jennifer.Schembri@sanjoseca.gov	City of San José Media Line 408-535-7777
Energy	Lori Mitchell, Director 408-535-4880 Lori.Mitchell@sanjoseca.gov	City of San José Media Line 408-535-7777
Environmental Services	Lori Mitchell, Acting Director 408-535-4880 Lori.Mitchell@sanjoseca.gov	Jennie Loft, Public Information Manager 408-535-8554 Jennie.Loft@sanjoseca.gov
Finance	Drew Corbett, Acting Director 408-535-7000 drew.corbett@sanjoseca.gov	City of San José Media Line 408-535-7777
Fire	Robert Sapien, Jr., Fire Chief 408-794-6952 Robert.Sapien@sanjoseca.gov	Jake Pisani, Public Information Manager 408-398-9228 sjfdpio@sanjoseca.gov
Housing	Erik Solivan, Director 408-535-3860 erik.solivan@sanjoseca.gov	Jeff Scott, Public Information Manager 408-975-2647 Jeff.Scott@sanjoseca.gov
Human Resources	Jennifer Schembri, Director 408-535-8154 Jennifer.Schembri@sanjoseca.gov	City of San José Media Line 408-535-7777
Independent Police Auditor	Eddie Aubrey, Independent Police Auditor 408-794-6226 eddie.aubrey@sanjoseca.gov
Information Technology	Khaled Tawfik, Chief Information Officer 408-795-1657 khaled.tawfik@sanjoseca.gov	Chelsea Palacio, Public Information Manager 408-406-5723 chelsea.palacio@sanjoseca.gov
Library	Jill Bourne, Director 408-808-2150 jill.bourne@sjlibrary.org	Elizabeth Castañeda, Communications Manager 408-808-2175 elizabeth.castaneda@sjlibrary.org
Parks, Recreation & Neighborhood Services	Jon Cicirelli, Director 408-793-5553 Jon.Cicirelli@sanjoseca.gov	Amanda Rodriguez, Public Information Manager 408-460-4468 amanda.rodriguez@sanjoseca.gov
Planning, Building & Code Enforcement	Christopher Burton, Director 408-535-7900 Christopher.Burton@sanjoseca.gov	Marika Krause, Public Information Manager 408-534-2946 marika.krause@sanjoseca.gov
Police	Paul Joseph, Police Chief 408-277-5219 Chief.Sjpd@sanjoseca.gov	Media Relations Unit Please email inquiries to: SJPDMediaRelations@sanjoseca.gov
Public Works	Matt Loesch, Director 408-535-8300 matt.loesch@sanjoseca.gov	Kellie Benz, Public Information Manager 408-250-1594 kellie.benz@sanjoseca.gov
Office of Racial Equity	Zulma Maciel, Director 408-535-8100 zulma.maciel@sanjoseca.gov	City of San José Media Line 408-535-7777
Retirement Services	John Flynn, Director 408-794-1000 john.flynn@sanjoseca.gov
Transportation	John Ristow, Director 408-535-3830 John.Ristow@sanjoseca.gov	Colin Heyne, Public Information Manager 408-858-5963 Colin.Heyne@sanjoseca.gov