Mayor-Elect Lurie announces 10-member transition team with 2 Chinese American leaders

SAN FRANCISCO — Ten days after declaring victory in the mayoral race, Mayor-elect Daniel Lurie announced his 10-member transition team on November 18 with 3 advisors and 7 co-chairs. San Francisco Democratic Party Chair Nancy Tung and retired Police Commander Paul Yep are two Chinese Americans among 10 leaders selected by Lurie to sit on his transition team.

"Really excited to announce our co-chairs today," said Lurie on social media to make public of his first plan since he won the race. "This is a group of individuals that is committed accountability to service and to change here in San Francisco.They represent a diverse set of viewpoints."

"I look forward to leaning on them in the days to come as we get ready to tackle some of our biggest challenges including public safety. Making sure we tackle that behavioral health crisis that we see every single day on our streets. Making sure we get more housing built. Making sure we streamline the bureaucracy so that once again city hall is working for you," said Lurie.

Seven co-chairs of the transition team are Sam Altman, co-founder and CEO of OpenAI, a company working to build and deploy safe AGI, former Fire Chief Joanne Hayes-White, who recently served as the Northern California Director for U.S. Senator Feinstein until her passing and currently completing service as the California Deputy State Director for U.S. Senator Laphonza Butler, José A. Quiñonez, non-profit Mission Asset Fund's founding CEO, Ned Segal, Co-Chair of the Daniel Lurie for Mayor campaign and former Twitter's Chief Financial Officer, Michael Tubbs, former Mayor of Stockton and Special Advisor to Governor Gavin Newsom for Economic Mobility, Nancy Tung, Chief of the Vulnerable Victims Unit and Community Partnerships at the San Francisco District Attorney's Office and Chair of the San Francisco Democratic Party, and Paul Yep, retired Police Commander overseeing the Risk Management Division.

Lurie also named three advisors for his transition team. Sara Fenske Bahat serves as the Transition Director and previously served as the CEO of Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.

Ann O'Leary serves as Lurie's Transition Counsel. In addition to her law practice and lecturing at UC Berkeley Law School, O'Leary has been well recognized for her prior political positions serving as Governor Gavin Newsom's first Chief of Staff, Senior Policy Advisor to Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign, co-director of Clinton's Presidential transition team, and legislative director for then-Senator Hillary Clinton.

Former San Francisco Controller Ben Rosenfield serves as the Senior Advisor of Lurie's transition team. Rosenfield had served in the San Francisco City government for 27 years in which the last 16 years served as the City's Controller until March 2024.

“Every one of these incredible leaders brings a track record of shaking up the status quo to deliver results. My transition co-chairs share my commitment to building an accountable, effective government to tackle the many challenges confronting our great city," said Lurie.

Seven co-chairs of the transition team will provide counsel to Lurie and his advisors as they build relationships with 50+ city agencies, develop relationships with key partners, assemble a leadership team, and create actionable 100-day plans with accountability metrics, according to Lurie.