Teresa Menendez Myers, serves as Chief of Staff. She will lead overall organizational initiatives, intergovernmental affairs, communications, legislative planning, community relations, drive public support for our programs, and serve as an ombudsperson. She oversees the Communications and Public Affairs Department and the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. Teresa is former Senior Advisor to Mayor Ron Nirenberg. She previously served as Chief of Staff in the office of District 5 Councilwoman Shirley Gonzalez. She led the city’s effort to pass its first-ever $150 million housing bond and headed the HUD initiative that made San Antonio the first city in the country to meet its House America goal by providing housing for 1,500 people experiencing homelessness.