The County of San Mateo has been an active partner in establishing the Regional Training and Development Consortium for Public Agencies, a collaboration between 20 agencies in San Mateo County and the County of San Mateo. The purpose of the Consortium is to provide training and development programs, management tools, and resources to public sector agencies.

Instructor-Led Training Consortium Offerings include:

In addition the Consortium offers an array of Health & Safety and Softskills online sessions.

Current members include:

  • Atherton
  • Belmont
  • Brisbane
  • Burlingame
  • Central County Fire
  • Colma
  • Daly City
  • East Palo Alto
  • Foster City
  • Half Moon Bay
  • Hillsborough
  • Highland Recreation District
  • Menlo Park
  • Pacifica
  • Peninsula Clean Energy
  • Portola Valley
  • Redwood City
  • SamTrans
  • San Bruno
  • San Carlos
  • San Mateo
  • San Mateo Consolidated Fire Department
  • South San Francisco
  • Woodside
  • and the County of San Mateo

Do you want to know more?

  • If your organization is a Consortium member and you'd like to learn more about Consortium-sponsored programs, contact your HR department.

  • If your agency is not a Consortium member but you'd still like to attend a Consortium program, contact your HR department to discuss this possibility.

  • For cities interested in membership, contact Gabe Aponte at gaponte@smcgov.org

Training Consortium Coordinators

Agency

Contact Name

Contact email

Contact Title

Town of Atherton Anthony Suber* asuber@ci.atherton.ca.us Deputy City Manager/City Clerk
City of Belmont Alison Bell abell@belmont.gov Management Analyst
City of Brisbane Parita Patel ppatel@ci.brisbane.ca.us HR Technician
City of Brisbane Carla Solis csolis@brisbaneca.org Office Assistant
City of Burlingame Maria Saguisag – Sid msaguisag-sid@burlingame.org Human Resources Director
City of Burlingame Stephanie Marquez spang@burlingame.org Human Resources Analyst
Town of Colma Pak Lin pak.lin@colma.ca.gov Administrative Service Director
Town of Colma Gioia Perez

 gperez@colma.ca.go

Human Resources Analyst
Town of Colma Juan Rumayor jrumayor@colma.ca.go Human Resources Analyst
City of Daly City Karen Fong kfong@dalycity.org Human Resources Analyst
City of Daly City (t) Bonnie Woo (t) bwoo@dalycity.org Senior Management Analyst

City of East Palo Alto

Irene Camarena (t) icamarena@cityofepa.org Human Resources Manager
City of East Palo Alto Irma Martinez (t) imartinez@cityofepa.org Human Resources Assistant
City of Foster City Arlene Gonzales agonzales@fostercity.org Office Assistant II
City of Foster City David Liu dliu@fostercity.org Human Resources Analyst
City of Half Moon Bay Lisa Rossi lrossi@hmbcity.com Administrative Services Director
City of Half Moon Bay Ernest Azevedo eazevedo@hmbcity.com HR Analyst
Highlands Recreation Jeff "JB" Brier generalmanager@highlandsrec.ca.gov General Manager
Highlands Recreation Cynthia Fregoso cfregoso@highlandsrec.ca.gov Administrative Assistant
Town of Hillsborough/Central County Fire Kristin Armbruster karmbruster@hillsborough.net HR Manager

City of Menlo Park

Edith Pham empham@menlopak.org Management Analyst I
City of Menlo Park Daniel Mendoza dvmendoza@menlopark.org Management Analyst II
City of Menlo Park Elizabeth Zhao yzhao@menlopark.org Human Resources Technician
City of Pacifica Edwin Ng eng@ci.pacifica.ca.us HR Analyst
Peninsula Clean Energy Catherine Hansen chansen@peninsulacleanenergy.com HR Manager
Town of Portola Valley Corie Stocker cstocker@portolavalley.net Assistant Town Manager
Town of Portola Valley Brandi de Garmeaux bdegarmeaux@portolavalley.net Assistant to the Town Manager
Town of Portola Valley Taylor Soleno

tsoleno@portolavalley.net

Administrative and Operations Specialist
City of Redwood City Vanessa Lopez (t) dmickens@redwoodcity.org Human Resources Manager
City of Redwood City Maria Greco MGreco@redwoodcity.org HR Analyst
City of San Carlos Lucille G. Mesias Mesiaslmesias@cityofsancarlos.org HR Analyst
City of San Carlos Angie Rodriguez (t) arodriguez@cityofsancarlos.org Human Resources Manager
City of San Bruno Melissa Travis mtravis@sanbruno.ca.gov HR Management Analyst 
City of San Bruno Lucia Marquez lmarquez@sanbruno.ca.gov HR Assistant
City of San Mateo Waylen Leopoldino (t) wleopoldino@cityofsanmateo.org Senior Human Resources Analyst
City of San Mateo Teresa Abrahamsohn tabrahamsohn@cityofsanmateo.org Human Resources Director
County of San Mateo Gabe Aponte gaponte@smcgov.org Learning & Development Manager
San Mateo Consolidated Fire District Jennifer Crims jcrims@smcfire.org Senior HR Analyst
San Mateo Transit District Van Pham phamv@samtrans.com HR Analyst
San Mateo Transit District Julie Herron herronj@samtrans.com HR Assistant
City of South San Francisco Mich Mercado mich.mercado@ssf.net Human Resources Manager
City of South San Francisco Dawnee Hahn-Smith Dawnee.Hahn-Smith@ssf.net HR Analyst
Town of Woodside Cindy Safe csafe@woodsidetown.org Administrative Service Manager
Town of Woodside

Melissa Cardinale (t)

mcardinale@woodsidetown.org

Assistant to the Town Manager

Updated 12/6/2023

* Working Committee Member
(t) Alternate Contact - use for training announcements