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leadership team at San Mateo County Sustainability Department
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Leadership

Our staff are dedicated to serving San Mateo County residents and businesses, bringing diverse expertise in environmental science, policy, and sustainable management. 

Jasneet Sharma, Director, Sustainability Department

Jasneet W. Sharma

Director
Kevin O'Brien, Management Analyst

Kevin O’Brien

Management Analyst
Karen Wang, Communications Officer

Karen Wang

Communications Officer
Lizzie Carrade, program manager, special districts

Lizzie Carrade

Program Manager, Special Districts

Gilee Corral

Program Manager, Climate Resilience
Gordon Tong, Program Manager, Waste Reduction

Gordon Tong

Program Manager, Waste Reduction
Susan Wright, Program Manager, Climate Protection

Susan Wright

Program Manager, Climate Protection

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Fixit Clinic @ East Palo Alto Library
May
16

Fixit Clinics are fun community-based workshops where neighbors, friends, and families work collectively to learn how to repair broken items. We’ll provide a workspace, specialty tools, and volunteer Fixit Coaches to help you troubleshoot and provide routine maintenance to your household items and appliances! Register at https://bit.ly/itemcheckin

Interested in being a Fixit Coach?
It’s easy! Provide participants with 1) guidance on tools and 2) encouragement to investigate their broken item. Let them talk about how they used it and how it broke. That often provides valuable hints as to what’s wrong. See how much you can do without actually handling the item. Empower the item’s owner to do the troubleshooting and disassembly. Register to be a Fixit Coach here.

This event is hosted in partnership with the San Mateo County Libraries.

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