Commissioners, Offices, and Divisions Contacts

Chair David Hochschild - 916-654-3992

• Administrative Assistant - Angelica Ramos
• Advisor on Military Affairs - Mike Gravely
• Chief of Staff - Le-Quyen Nguyen
• Chief Policy Advisor - Ken Rider
• International Relations Senior Advisor: Alana Sanchez
• Senior Advisor - Terra Weeks
• Senior Nuclear Policy Advisor & Emergency Coordinator: Justin Cochran
• Special Advisor to the Chair & Ombudsman for Funding Agreements - Jennifer Martin-Gallardo

Vice Chair Janea Scott - 916-654-4930

• Administrative Assistant - Miina Holloway
• Advisor - Rhetta DeMesa - 916-651-0460
• Advisor - Linda Barrera - 916-651-2070

Commissioner Karen Douglas - 916-654-4001

• Administrative Assistant - Ollie Awolowo
• Advisor - Eli Harland
• Advisor - Kourtnety Vaccaro

Commissioner Andrew McAllister - 916-654-3787

• Administrative Assistant - Laura Castañeda
• Advisor - Bryan Early - 916-654-4741
• Advisor - Fritz Foo - 916-657-1626

Patty Monahan - 916-654-5036

• Administrative Assistant - Catherine Cross
• Advisor - Ben De Alba - 916-654-5124
• Advisor - Jana Romero - 916-651-1467
• Executive Fellow – Pilar Manriquez - 916-651-1234

Media Office - 916-654-4989

• Director of Communication and External Affairs – Lindsay Buckley
• Administrative Assistant - Lana McAllister

Chief Counsel - Darcie L. Houck - 916-653-1151

• Legal Staff Support - Muoi-Lynn Tran - 916-654-3951
• Assistant Chief Counsel - Allan Ward - 916-654-4775
• Assistant Chief Counsel - Rebecca Westmore - 916-653-7067
• Assistant Chief Counsel - Kerry Willis - 916-654-3967
• Assistant Chief Counsel - Vacant
• Dockets Unit Supervisor - Muoi-Lynn Tran - 916-654-3951
• Dockets Unit - 916-654-5076
• Secretariat - Cody Goldthrite - 916-654-3895

Director of Governmental Affairs - Barry Steinhart - 916-654-4942

• Legislative Assistant - Gretchen Kocinsky - 916-654-4942
• Legislative Manager - Richard Rojas - 916-654-4992
• Legislative Analyst - Colin Hendricks

Executive Director - Drew Bohan - 916-654-4996

• Chief Deputy Director - Courtney Smith - 916-654-4996

Assistant Executive Director

• Audits, Investigations, and Program Review - Lisa Negri - 916-653-2645
• Compliance Assistance and Enforcement - Melissa Rae King - 916-654-4405
• Energy Data and Analytics - Jason Harville - 916-654-3842
• Policy Development - Heather Raitt - 916-654-4735

• Public Advisor's Office - 800-822-6228 Toll Free
• Public Advisor - Noemí O. Gallardo - 916-654-4489

• Deputy Director - Rob Cook - 916-651-0488

Chief of Human Resources and Support Services Branch - Lenna Ledesma - 916-654-5146

• Business Services Office Manager - Sherryl Hancock - 916-654-2963
• Classification & Pay, Payroll & Benefits, Selections Manager -  Kamal Atwal - 916-653-3992
• Personnel and Labor Relations Office Manager - Vacant
• Publications - Bill Cobbs - 916-654-4302
• Purchasing - Teresa Pino - 916-654-4298
• Training/Library, Business Services, Health & Safety, Recruitment & Outreach Manager- Vacant

Chief of Financial Management Branch - Melanie Vail - 916-654-3705

• Accounting - Rachael Rectenwald - 916-654-3945
• Contracts, Grants, and Loans - Adrienne Winuk - 916-654-4379
• Small Business/Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise (DVBE) Advocate - Douglas Harvey - 916-654-4747

Chief Information Officer - Dennis Yagen - 916-653-9259

• IT Help Desk - Jeremy Sherlock - 916-654-4349
• IT Purchasing - Binh Qiu - 916-651-6588
• Webmaster (acting) - Yee Xiong - 916-654-4993

Librarian - Nicole Waugh - 916-654-4292

• Title 24 Energy Code Hotline - 800-772-3300
• Prop 39 Hotline - 855-380-8722
• Appliances Hotline - 888-838-1467
• Benchmarking Hotline - 855-279-6460

• Deputy Director - Michael Sokol - 916-654-4516
• Assistant Deputy Director - Christine Collopy - 916-654-4899
• Executive Assistant - Michi Mason - 916-654-5013

• Appliances Office - Pierre duVair, Manager - 916-654-4274
• Buildings Standards Office - Vacant
• Existing Buildings Office - Jennifer Nelson, Manager - 916-651-8853
• Local Assistance and Financing Office - Bill Pfanner, Acting Manager - 916-654-4206
• Standards Compliance Office - Lorraine White, Manager - 916-654-4928

• Deputy Director - Siva Gunda - 916-653-2728
• Assistant Deputy Director - Aleecia Gutierrez - 916-654-4762
• Executive Assistant - Judi Carter - 916-654-4522

Data Integration and Policy Office

• Data Integration and Policy Office - Amanda Poletti - 916-654-5184
• Office Technician (Data Integration and Policy Office) - Barbara Crume - 916-654-4791

Demand Analysis Office

• Demand Analysis Office - Matthew Coldwell - 916-651-2070
• Office Technician (Demand Analysis Office) - Samantha Nguyen - 916-654-4755

Supply Analysis Office

• Supply Analysis Office - Al Alvarado (Acting Office Manager) - 916-654-4749
• Office Technician (Supply Analysis Office) - Courtney Wagner - 916-651-0466

• Division Deputy Director - Laurie ten Hope - 916-327-1551
• Assistant Deputy Director - Linda Spiegel - 916-327-1472

Manager - Erik Stokes - 916-445-5283

• Market Transformation and Outreach – Katrina Leni-Konig –  916-445-5310
• Tech-to-Market - Anthony Ng - 916-445-5295
• CalSEED Small Grant Program - Katrina Leni-Konig - 916-445-5310

Manager - Virginia Lew - 916-327-1729

• Efficiency Integration – David Hungerford – 916-327-2341
• Buildings End-Use Energy Efficiency Program - Yu Hou - 916-327-1537
• Industrial/Agricultural/Water - Vacant

Manager - Jonah Steinbuck - 916-327-1409

• Renewable and Advanced Generation - Rizaldo Aldas - 916-327-1417
• Renewable Integration - Angela Gould - 916-327-1535
• Environmental Research - Susan Wilhelm - 916-327-2392
• Transportation Research - Rey Gonzalez - 916-327-1334

Manager - Fernando Pina - 916-327-2388

• Energy Technology Systems Integration - David Erne - 916-327-1399
• Natural Gas Safety - Qing Tian - 916-327-1463
• Program Support Unit - Jesselyn Rosales - 916-327-1303

• Deputy Director - Kevin Barker - 916-651-6176
• Assistant Deputy Director - John Butler – 916-654-4424

Office Manager - Elizabeth John - 916-654-4639

• Advanced Fuel Production Unit Supervisor - Joji Castillo – 916-653-6471
• Freight & Transit Unit Supervisor - Michelle Vater– 916-654-4831
• School Bus Unit Supervisor - Lorraine Gonzalez – 916-654-4089

Office Manager - Mark Wenzel - 916-654-5098

• Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Unit Supervisor - Jennifer Allen - 916-653-0291
• Hydrogen Refueling Infrastructure Unit Supervisor - Jean Baronas - 916-654-4526

Office Manager - Charles Smith - 916-654-4770

• Program Integration Unit Supervisor - Tami Haas - 916-651-2938
• Transportation Planning & Analysis  Unit Supervisor - Kiel Pratt - 916-654-4417

• Renewable Energy Division General Information - Energy Call Center
  1-844-454-2906 Toll Free
  916-653-0237 Outside California

• Deputy Director - Natalie Lee - 916-654-4659

• Office Manager (Renewable Energy Office) - 
• Office Manager - (Incentives and Technology Office) - Armand Angulo - 916-651-3007
• Office Technician - Gigi Tien - 916-654-4829
• Geothermal Grant and Loan Program (GRDA) - Elisabeth de Jong - 916-654-4878
• New Solar Homes Partnership Program - Sherrill Neidich - 916-651-3002
• Power Source Disclosure - Facility Certification - Camille Remy-Obad - 916-654-3940
• Renewables Portfolio Standard - Roxanne Henriquez - 916-653-4710
• SB 1 - Jim Folkman - 916-654-5116

• Deputy Director - Shawn Pittard - 916-654-5100
• Assistant Deputy Director - Gina Tosi - 916-654-4312

• Administration & Special Projects Office - Kyle Emigh - 916-654-4396
• Compliance Office - Chris Davis - 916-654-4745
• Engineering Office - Geoff Lesh - 916-651-9859
• Environmental Protection Office - Eric Knight - 916-653-1850
• Siting Office - Vacant
• Strategic Transmission Planning Office - Christine Root - 916-654-4745
• Energy Resource Land Use Planning Office - Scott Flint - 916-651-3774