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CIty Manager
CIty Manager
San Mateo’s City Manager’s Office implements policy decisions of the City Council, provides leadership and strategic direction to the city’s leadership team and organization as well as ensuring that initiatives and programs align with the City’s mission and reflect the values of our community.
Drew has had a varied career that includes teaching elementary school in Southern California, working in the private sector at a large company, and then spending the last 18 years in local government, with the last 8 of those years being with the City of San Mateo.
Speaker: Drew Corbett
State assemblymember
State assemblymember
State representatives introduce and vote on bills that represent the interests of their constituents (people who live in their voting district). They create new laws, modify or update old laws and serve on research committees within the legislative branch.
From litigating in the courtroom to making Laws in the State Capitol, Diane Papan will tell you what it takes to be a lawyer from the schooling to the real-life training, to the different types of lawyers and the many ways you can use a law degree. She has been a civil litigator, San Mateo Mayor and Councilmember, non-profit director and now makes laws as a State Assemblymember serving in the State Capitol.
Speaker: Diane Papan
The City Attorney’s Office serves as the legal department of the City of San Mateo. The attorneys in the office provide legal advice and representation to the city council, the city’s boards and commissions, and to the staff of the various city departments.
After graduating from law school, Jan became a litigator specializing in medical malpractice defense. A few years later Jan changed firms and became a complex business/IP litigation attorney. She loves being in court. Desiring more of a work-life balance, she became a Deputy County Attorney in 2011. She is in court on Children and Family Services (CFS) and Probate matters daily. She handles appeals for CFS. Being a government lawyer is extremely rewarding.
Speaker: Jan Ellard
Chief Building official
Chief Building official
A Chief Building Official is responsible for leading the Building Services Department. The primary function of this position is to oversee and participate in the plan review and inspection of all commercial, industrial, and residential properties for the purpose of securing and maintaining compliance with building codes.
As Chief Building Official, Armand Lobao manages a diverse team of Permit Techs, Building Inspectors, Plan Reviews, etc. He looks forward to discussing the many dynamic opportunities for you in the construction industry, specifically those within City government. This position is a wonderful opportunity to contribute to the built environment, work in a challenging field, help develop reasonable and sound building codes and have a great work/life balance.
Speaker: Armand Lobao
Mayor of San Mateo
Mayor of San Mateo
A city council member is an elected official who serves on a city's legislative board, or city council. This official typically holds office for a term of about three years before running for reelection or pursuing a higher position in their local or state government. City council members represent the interests of their ward, or section of a city.
San Mateo City Councilwoman Amourence Lee joined the council in 2019, and is the first Asian woman and Jew of Color to hold the office in San Mateo. Amourence studied public policy and public health at Columbia University where she received her Masters degree. Her 15+ year career has focused on building strong and empowered communities in the nonprofit, public, and private sectors. She worked at Unicef in Beijing, is a two-time nonprofit executive director, and successful start-up founder.
Speaker: Amourence Lee
A juvenile dependency attorney is an attorney who represents the parents or guardians of a child who has been removed from their home by child protective services. The juvenile dependency attorney's job is to advocate for the parent or guardian in court and to ensure that they are reunited with their child as soon as possible.
Sherrie started her career in the field of Psychology and then noticed that the children she met with in child abuse cases did not have lawyers that met with them. So she went to law school when she was 30 years old. She started at the San Francisco City Attorney's Office and now represent children, parents and guardians as part of the San Mateo County Private Defender Program. She loves her job and feels lucky to be in a position to help children grow up in an atmosphere of safety.
Speaker: Sherrie A Friedman
The FBI, does complex work to achieve a simple mission: protect the American people and uphold the U.S. Constitution. Today, that translates to multiple careers for people with diverse backgrounds who all work to keep their communities and the nation safe. Special Agents bring their skills, compassion, and integrity to stay ahead of threats, uphold the law, defend civil rights, and protect innocent people. They seek out cybercrime, infiltrate organized crime rings, and investigate terrorists. A day for an FBI special agent might entail surveilling a subject in the morning, tracking terrorists’ online social activity before lunch, testifying in court in the afternoon, and addressing a public forum on identity theft in the evening.
Special Agent Lester Kwok has investigated financial crimes for over 18 years and is a member of the FBI Evidence Response Team (ERT). He is a graduate of Aragon High School. Special Agent Alexandra Bryant has investigated for the past 6 years and is a member of the FBI Cellular Analysis Survey Team (CAST).
Speaker: Special Agent Lester Kwok & Special Agent Alexandra Bryant
Crime scene work encompasses the recognition, documentation, collection, and preservation of physical evidence. In order to accomplish these tasks, the crime scene team may be required to: Photograph; Sketch/diagram; Document with notes; Take measurements; Interpret blood stain patterns; Determine bullet trajectories; Process items for latent prints; Collect biological material, firearms evidence, impression evidence (tool or tire marks, footprints, dust lifts,...), and other items of evidence that need to be processed at the laboratory.
Cindy Anzalone is a Senior Criminalist with the Forensic Laboratory. She has worked in the Controlled Substances Unit, Toxicology Unit, and is currently assigned to the Forensic Biology & DNA Unit as well as the Crime Scene Investigation Team. She enjoys working on Cold Cases and seeing a case from crime scene to evidence examination to the courtroom.
Speaker: Cindy Anzalone
Marines, also known as naval infantry, are typically an infantry force that specializes in the support of naval and army operations at sea and on land and air, as well as the execution of their own operations.
Jaime is from Oakland, Ca. He joined the Marines 15 years ago and started his career as an Aviation Engineer with no experience or degree. At the age of 18 he was working on helicopters and jets. He was directly responsible for the care and upkeep of over 1 billion dollars of equipment. During his time in the military, Jaime was able to take college classes and travel to different countries free of charge. He studied child development and real estate business.
Speaker:
Gunnery Sergeant Jaime Chavez Jr
A Machinist uses blueprints, sketches, or computer-aided design (CAD) and manufacturing files to produce precision metal parts. They set up different types of equipment that are controlled by computers for their work in order to accomplish goals with accuracy while also maintaining high levels of production rates..
Having been in the navy for just over 6 years, Juan has been deployed 3 times overseas. Juan has been to 19 countries around the world, and his favorite country is Norway. He's done humanitarian relief (2017 Puerto Rico). As an engineer, he has worked on multiple pieces of equipment to Elevators, A/C units, Diesels, Outboard engines, Elec/Hyd Steering SYS, Elec/Hyd Winches, and more. Juan is a certified Journeyman mechanic in Elevators, Hydraulic Systems, Outboard Engines, and Diesels. Juan is also a graduate of San Jose State.
Speaker: Juan Moreno-Avendano
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