SR 11-28-2017 13B 13.B
November 28, 2017
Council Meeting: November 28, 2017 Santa Monica, California
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CITY CLERK’S OFFICE - MEMORANDUM
To: Mayor and City Council
From: Denise Anderson-Warren, City Clerk, Records & Elections Services
Department
Date: November 28, 2017
13.B Appointment to one unscheduled vacancy on the Social Services
Commission for a term ending 6/30/2021. (Continued from the November
14, 2017 meeting.)
13-A
NOVEMBER 14, 2017
13-B
NOVEMBER 28, 2017
SPECIAL VACANCY APPOINTMENT WORKSHEET
13-A
NOVEMBER 14, 2017
13-B
NOVEMBER 28, 2017
SOCIAL SERVICES
COMMISSION
NEW TERM
ENDING
SPECIAL QUALIFICATIONS
REQUIRED
Unscheduled Vacancy
(Anthony Perez,
resignation accepted
9/12/2017)
06/30/2021 Must be residents of the City of
Santa Monica
City of Santa Monica
Board and Commissions Applicants
Social Services Commission
Name Original Application
Date
Last Application Date
Einbinder, Susan D. 09/22/2017
Hass, Ryan O. 07/18/2017
Itman, Noad Z. 10/12/2017
Pepper, Jacqueline 10/16/2017
Stedge-Stroud, Brian 03/09/2017
Thanawalla, Anne 03/22/2017
TOTAL
APPLICANTS: 6
Social Services Commission Applicant
Ryan O Hass
Application Date: 07/18/17
PROFILE
ryan.olehass@engelvoelkers.com
1043 12th Street #1
Santa Monica, CA 90403
Home: (323) 893-7253
Home:
INTERESTS AND EXPERIENCE
Current or prior service on city boards/commissions:
I don not and have not sat on City Boards/Commissions. Sorry. This will be my first :)
Community activities:
I am currently the 2017 Chair of the Montana Avenue Merchants Association. I serve on other boards in
my industry not related to this topic. I have served on a Neighborhood Council and worked with several
homeless organizations over the years.
Qualifications, experience, education, and technical or professional requirements:
First, I truly care about my fellow man/woman...all of them, not just a select group.
I have my MBA and was born and raised in Los Angeles. I love my Santa Monica community, where I work
and live!
I am objective in listening and collaboration, while persistent on getting stuff done with positive results.
Success is often best achieved by taking measured and calculated steps and not blind leaps.
Areas of demonstrated expertise:
I come from humble beginning in LA. I have seen a lot of our country by living in a few different
cities/regions of our great country. I don't have any directly correlated educated or business experience,
but I have been serving my fellow human beings since I was a young man. I'm often told that I care too
much about other people, so take that how you like. I am a leader and measure my success by those on
my team and that I impact/inspire/mentor.
Goals:
To work together with the intelligent and great leaders that have come before me to impact positive
change/growth in our community.
Vision:
I do not have my own vision or agenda. I want to learn, listen, and contribute the best that I can, taking
the right path at the proper speed.
Personal Qualities:
I've said that I am a leader. My other appointments and victories will show that to be true.
I am a strategic and creative thinker, always looking to problem solve and achieve the best result for the
greater good.
I have been effectively working in groups all my life, but especially productively since graduate school.
Will you be able to commit the necessary time to perform your duties if appointed to the board?
yes
BUSINESS INFORMATION
Occupation: Real Estate Advisor
Business name: Engel & Volkers
Business address: 1123 Montana Avenue, 90403
Business phone: 310-460-2525
Social Services Commission Applicant
Brian Stedge-Stroud
Application Date: 03/09/17
PROFILE
brianstedge@gmail.com
1955 18th St
Unit 4
Santa Monica, CA 90404
Home: (818) 376-4246
Home:
INTERESTS AND EXPERIENCE
Current or prior service on city boards/commissions:
I have not yet had the honor of serving on a Santa Monica City Board or Commission.
Community activities:
I am the District & Communications Director for California’s 46th Assembly District. I oversee 96 yearly
events coordinated with a wide range of community organizations. Through the office, I have organized
free women’s self-defense classes, educational forums, Map Your Neighborhood with the Red Cross,
Destress Through Art, an Art Walk in partnership with the California Arts Council and LACMA, CPR
classes, health fairs, and Senior Scam Stopper forums.
Qualifications, experience, education, and technical or professional requirements:
I have more than a decade of experience in coalition building, social justice advocacy, and problem
solving through my work in government, politics, and non-profit organizations. As a campaign manager
on several successful State Senate campaigns in New York, I honed my instinct for messaging,
communications (paid, earned, and social media), policy, and grassroots advocacy. I then served as
Deputy Communications Director for the New York State Senate, enhancing my skills advocating for
public policy and coalition building through communications and grassroots outreach to constituents. I
also founded a non-profit, Long Island Wins, that brought together a diverse group of foundations,
immigration advocacy groups, communication specialists, think tanks, and unions as board members to
combat the political exploitation of immigrants while educating the community on the positive
contributions of immigrants to the local economy. Currently, I work as the District & Communications
Director for the CA 46th Assembly District. One of my favorite accomplishments in my two years as
Director was working with Poverty Matters to help bring the coordinators of Utah’s Housing First
program to a forum in Los Angeles. Though my role was small, providing logistical help and staffing, I was
thrilled to see the idea spawn legislation at the State level – SB 1380.
Areas of demonstrated expertise:
Policy development; Community outreach and involvement; Advocacy; Government or private funding;
My expertise in the areas of community outreach and involvement, advocacy, policy development, and
government or private funding stem from my years managing political campaigns and my work in both
New York and California governments. I have over a decade of building grassroots support for different
candidates and policies. I developed and executed grassroots engagement with a staff ranging from 30
full-time and 20 part-time to 70 full-time and several hundred part-time employees, depending on the
budget. My philosophy is to harness data modeling to maximize direct engagement through one-on-one
meetings, door-to-door, high-touch phone calls, and meet & greets. This type of community organizing
must be layered with a compelling story through paid and earned media. My experiences with funding
streams stem from my work in state government and from building a non-profit in Long Island through
seeking private donations and working with foundations to secure grants.
Goals:
My goal is to help enhance Santa Monica’s already world-class social services. I hope to learn from the
wealth of knowledge of those currently serving on the Commission and from experts with hands-on
experience working with our underserved population. As I learn about the challenges our social services
professionals are currently facing, I will utilize my decade of coalition building, communications, and
policy experience to enhance our approach to social services. I’d love to identify successful programs in
other cities, states, or countries and recommend these plans to the Santa Monica City Council. My goal
would be to leverage the expertise of the Commission to craft progressive and fiscally responsible
programs that our City Council could consider or test. Then, I would utilize my years of coalition building
and advocacy work to build community support for these proposals.
Vision:
The City of Santa Monica is a leader of forward-thinking public policy in Los Angeles County and the
region. The Social Services Commission can play a dynamic role for the City of Santa Monica by
advocating for and studying social service policies outside the established norms. The Social Services
Commission could work with the City of San Francisco’s Office of Financial Empowerment to better
understand the effects of Basic Income. We could hold hearings on establishing child savings accounts
for low income families, identify effective affordable housing programs in other cities, and work with
think tanks to bring a wealth of new ideas on how to best serve our most vulnerable citizens. While
homelessness is a critical issue to the quality of life in Santa Monica, it is also the end result of many
challenges that the Social Services Commission can explore to prevent even more from falling into
homelessness. We can be advocates for pro-active policies that raise the standard of living for all our
citizens. My vision is to harness the vast experience and knowledge of the Commission to craft
progressive and fiscally-responsible program recommendations to the City Council, while also leveraging
my experience in coalition-building and advocacy to inspire community support so that new initiatives
are known, understood, and welcomed in advance.
Personal Qualities:
I thrive in a team environment with a robust exchange of ideas and I value the importance of finding
common ground to craft a solution in any situation. My passion for consensus-building has been shaped
by my work managing political campaigns, establishing a non-profit organization, and advocating for
legislation. Most importantly, my leadership positions have taught me the importance of listening to
advance team goals. I have managed staff for most of my professional career and though my leadership
style has changed with experience, my core belief has remained the same: lead by example. I am not just
an applicant for the Social Services Committee -- I am a passionate and dedicated member of the Santa
Monica community.
Will you be able to commit the necessary time to perform your duties if appointed to the board?
yes
BUSINESS INFORMATION
Occupation: Communications & District Director
Business name: California State Assembly
Business address: 6150 Van Nuys Blvd.
Suite 300
Van Nuys, CA 91401
Business phone: (818)376-4246
Social Services Commission Applicant
Ann Thanawalla
Application Date: 03/22/17
PROFILE
annmaggio@gmail.com
1012 7th Street #16
Santa Monica , CA 90403
Home: (310) 849-4958
Home:
INTERESTS AND EXPERIENCE
Current or prior service on city boards/commissions:
I served on The Santa Monica Art Public Art Committee for approximately 10 years, ending in 2014.
Community activities:
Roosevelt Site Council (2015-Present) SMMUSD District L-Cap Committee (2015/15, 2016-17) SMMUSD
VAPA DAC - (2014-2018) Member,CRJ Education Committee I attend and participate at at neighborhood
community meetings, SMMUSD School Board Meetings, City Council Meetings, Zoning and Planning
Meetings, Housing Commission Meetings and Civic Working Group Community Meetings. I am an
advocate for Family Housing, Low Income housing for families, Seniors and disabled. I am also an
advocate for Student and Resident Privacy.
Qualifications, experience, education, and technical or professional requirements:
I have a background in advertising, media and art, a BA from Bowling Green State and an Associates
Degree from FIT in NY. I spent a year serving hot meals to the homeless with Coalition for the Homeless
in NYC and served on their fundraising board and auction committee. I am an 18 year resident, former
Santa Monica business owner, and current public school parent. I've familiarized myself with the many
services offered by the city of Santa Monica. Additionally, I have communicated with residents
throughout the city to gain opinions of these programs as well as interviewed several program recipients
of various programs to gain insight and perspective. I am a people person who believes Santa Monica is
responsible for caring and taking care of our community in a respectful, considerate, equitable and
accommodating manner.
Areas of demonstrated expertise:
Knowledge of social services, healthcare and supportive housing; Community outreach and involvement;
Education; Advocacy;
Supportive Housing I am familiar with the process and policies involved in our affordable housing and
Section 8 programs. I have worked with our HA to gain greater inroads for families whose children attend
our public schools. I have friends who've utilized a variety of services in Santa Monica and view their
perspectives as vitally important to the role as a commissioner. Education, Policy and Advocacy I am a
huge supporter of the Arts and particularly in arts in education. I am working currently advocating for
the SMMUSD's arts to written into our L-Cap plan. I closely monitor data collection and can speak to and
document how improper targeting of individuals and families is being used to segregate and shift
populations. I'm currently studying how algorithm bias threatens the of well being targeted populations
du jour.
Goals:
My goals for the Social Services Commission are to improve the delivery of support services, to evaluate
the costs/benefits of programs and to ensure that all residents have a platform to participate without
feeling targeted by our government. We need to understand that assessment bias exists. It's far too easy
to view residents as data sets and not human beings. I am a people person who believes those less
fortunate deserve our help. I want to encourage both subjective and objective views when evaluating
success. Difficult topics such as resident data collection and the storage of that data in longitudinal files
must be addressed. Who and how policy gets made from who's data requires careful consideration.
Parents deserve transparency when providing their children's data to city services providers. Checks and
balances are questions that are not yet addressed and this is where my expertise can enhance the
commission. I bring uncharted territory and a fresh perspective to the table.
Vision:
I'd like to provide invitations to county officials to explore the best parts of Santa Monica's services so
these can be replicated.
Personal Qualities:
My ability to empathize with both commissioned artists and city staff advanced my call for an ad hoc
committee. Our ad hoc reviewed and revised the public art committee policy book to ensure a smoother
and more reasonable process. As a member of SMMUSD's VAPA DAC and L-Cap committee, I seek to
leverage my knowledge to coordinate policy change. I believe threats to arts education will diminish if
we encapsulate the arts into our local area control plan.
Will you be able to commit the necessary time to perform your duties if appointed to the board?
yes
BUSINESS INFORMATION
Occupation: Activist
Business name:
Business address:
Business phone:
City of Santa Monica
Board and Commissions Applicants
Social Services Commission
Name Original Application
Date
Last Application Date
Einbinder, Susan D. 09/22/2017
Hass, Ryan O. 07/18/2017
Itman, Noad Z. 10/12/2017
Pepper, Jacqueline 10/16/2017
Stedge-Stroud, Brian 03/09/2017
Thanawalla, Anne 03/22/2017
TOTAL
APPLICANTS: 6
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