Planning Staff Directory
Jonathan Lait, Director
Jonathan.Lait@CityofPaloAlto.org
(650) 329-2679
Rachael Tanner, Assistant Director
Rachael.Tanner@CityofPaloAlto.org
(650) 329-2167
Sherry Nikzat, Senior Management Analyst;
Sherry.Nikzat@CityofPaloAlto.org
(650) 329-2359
Planning Managers
Amy French, Chief Planning Official
Amy.French@CityofPaloAlto.org
(650) 329-2336
Jodie Gerhardt, Manager of Current Planning
Jodie.Gerhardt@CityofPaloAlto.org
(650) 329-2575
Russ Reich, Development Services Planning Manager
Russ.Reich@CityofPaloAlto.org
(650) 617-3119
Clare Campbell, Development Services Permit Manager
Clare.Campbell@CityofPaloAlto.org
(650) 617-3191
Long Range Planning
Chitra Moitra, Planner
Chitra.Moitra@CityofPaloAlto.org
Margaret Monroe, Management Specialist
Margaret.Monroe@CityofPaloAlto.org
Erum Maqbool, Staff Specialist
Erum.Maqbool@CityofPaloAlto.org
Current Planning & Development Services
Rebecca Atkinson, Planner
Rebecca.Atkinson@CityofPaloAlto.org
Samuel Gutierrez, Associate Planner
Samuel.Gutierrez@CityofPaloAlto.org
Claire Hodgkins, Planner
Claire.Hodgkins@CityofPaloAlto.org
Scott McKay, Associate Planner
Scott.McKay@CityofPaloAlto.org
Garrett Sauls, Associate Planner
Garrett.Sauls@CityofPaloAlto.org
Danielle Condit, Building/Planning Technician
Danielle.Condit@CityofPaloAlto.org
Historic Planning
Amy French, Chief Planning OfficialTransportation
Sylvia Star-Lack, Transportation Planning Manager
Sylvia.Star-Lack@CityofPaloAlto.org
Rafael Rius, Traffic Engineering Lead
Rafael.Rius@CityofPaloAlto.org
Mark Hur, Parking Operations Lead
Mark.Hur@CityofPaloAlto.org
Shahla Yazdy, Project Engineer
Shahla.Yazdy@CityofPaloAlto.org
Ruchika Aggarwal, Project Engineer
Ruchika.Aggarwal@CityofPaloAlto.org
Shrupath Patel, Associate Planner
Shrupath.Patel@CityofPaloAlto.org
Chirag Panchal, Associate Engineer
Chirag.Panchal@CityofPaloAlto.org
Rosie Mesterhazy, Safe Routes to School Coordinator
Rosie.Mesterhazy@CityofPaloAlto.org
Elizabeth Egli, Management Analyst
Elizabeth.Egli@CityofPaloAlto.org
Code Enforcement
Russ Reich, Development Services Planning Manager
Russ.Reich@CityofPaloAlto.org
Brian Reynolds, Lead Code Enforcement Officer
Brian.Reynolds@CityofPaloAlto.org
Administration
Sherry Nikzat, Senior Management Analyst
Sherry.Nikzat@CityofPaloAlto.org
Roland Rivera, Land Use Analyst
Roland.Rivera@CityofPaloAlto.org
Robin Ellner, Administrative Associate
Robin.Ellner@CityofPaloAlto.org
Alicia Spotwood, Administrative Associate
Alicia.Spotwood@CityofPaloAlto.org
Madina Klicheva, Administrative Associate
Madina.Klicheva@CityofPaloAlto.org
Veronica Dao, Administrative Associate
Veronica.Dao@CityofPaloAlto.org
Vinhloc Nguyen, Administrative Associate
Vinhloc.Nguyen@CityofPaloAlto.org
Boards, Committees & Divisions
Architectural Review Board (ARB)
ARB@CityofPaloAlto.org
Historic Resources Board (HRB)
HRB@CityofPaloAlto.org
Planning and Transportation Commission (PTC)
Planning.Commission@CityofPaloAlto.org
Long Range, Historic Preservation and General Planning
PlanDiv.Info@CityofPaloAlto.org
(650) 329-2442
Current Planning and Development Services
Planner@CityofPaloAlto.org
(650) 617-3117
Transportation
Transportation@CityofPaloAlto.org
(650) 329-2520
Please use Palo Alto 311 for transportation-related service requests.
Code Enforcement
Planning.Enforcement@CityofPaloAlto.org
(650) 329-2605
Please use Palo Alto 311 to report zoning code issues.