Board of Directors
The 11-person SVRIA Board of Directors provide strategic guidance to staff and the Working Committee, review and approve the annual budget and audit, hire and supervise the Executive Director and General Counsel, and provide public policy oversight to SVRIA activities. Based upon the Joint Powers Authority, some Board members have a designated alternate.
The Board consists of the following elected and appointed officials:
- Russ Melton, Chair; City of Sunnyvale Council Member; representing Santa Clara Cities Association
- Karen Hardy, Vice Chair; representing the Central Cities of Milpitas, Santa Clara and Sunnyvale
- Otto Lee; Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors representing the County of Santa Clara
- Bob Jonsen; Santa Clara County Sheriff representing the County of Santa Clara
- Greer Stone; Vice Mayor, City of Palo Alto; representing the Northwest County Cities of Palo Alto, Mt. View and Los Altos
- Dan Furtado; Campbell City Council Member representing the Southwest County Cities of Campbell, Cupertino, Monte Sereno, Saratoga and the Town of Los Gatos
- Pam Foley; San Jose City Council Member representing the City of San Jose
- Omar Torres; San Jose City Council Member representing the City of San Jose
- Tom Cline; Gilroy City Council Member representing the South County Cities of Morgan Hill and Gilroy
- Mark Turner; Mayor, City of Morgan Hill representing VTA
- Richard Bertalan; VTA Chief Information Technology Officer
Alternates:
- Sylvia Arenas; Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors representing the County of Santa Clara
- Lisa Matichak; Council Member City of Mountain View representing the Northwest Cities of Palo Alto, Mountain View and Los Altos
- Yan Zhao; City of Saratoga Council Member; Southwest County Cities of Campbell, Cupertino, Monte Sereno, Saratoga and the Town of Los Gatos
- Matt Hudes; Town of Los Gatos Council Member representing Santa Clara Cities Association
- Bien Doan; San Jose City Council Member representing the City of San Jose
- Domingo Candelas; San Jose City Council Member representing the City of San Jose
- TBD; City of Milpitas representing the Central Cities of Milpitas, Santa Clara and Sunnyvale
Working Committee
The authority delegates to the 13 person SVRIA Working Committee, pursuant to Government Code Section 6508, certain powers related to program development, policy formulation and program implementation. In support of these responsibilities the Working Committee reviews and recommends the annual budget and work plan to the Board of Directors.
The Working Committee consists of the following appointed officials:
- Andy Smith, Chair; Interoperability Communication Manager, San Jose Police Department, representing San Jose
- Brian Glass, Vice Chair; Assistant Fire Chief Santa Clara County Fire Department, representing Santa Clara County
- Trisha Adcock; County Communications Director representing Santa Clara County
- Brian Loventhal; Campbell City Manager, representing the Santa Clara County City Managers Association
- Ed Shikada; Palo Alto City Manager, representing the Santa Clara County City Managers Association
- Nicole Frazier; Deputy Technical Director, Palo Alto Police Department, Committee Member at Large
- Joey McDonald; Communications Operations Manager, Santa Clara Police Department, Committee Member at Large
- R. Torres; City of Santa Clara Fire Chief, representing the Santa Clara Fire Chiefs Association
- Pedro Espinoza; City of Gilroy Police Chief, representing the County Police Chiefs Association
- Michael Wodnick; Communications Division Manager, San Jose Fire Department, representing San Jose
- Andrea Atkinson; Support Services Manager Campbell Police Department, representing the Santa Clara Public Safety Communications Managers Association
- Randeep Sangha; Transportation Superintendent – Service Management, representing VTA
- Manuel Borrayo; Technology Supervisor – Communications Systems, representing VTA
SVRIA Contractors
- Eric Nickel, Executive Director enickel@svria.org
- Diane Stambaugh, Analyst dstambaugh@svria.org