Commission Members

Commission Members

Who Governs the RTC?

Each of the four cities in Santa Cruz County, all five members of the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors and three members appointed by the Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District Board of Directors govern the RTC. Caltrans (the State Department of Transportation) serves as an ex-officio, non-voting member of the Commission.

2023 Member Jurisdictions and Commissioners

Headshot of Kristen Petersen

 Kristen Brown, Vice-Chair
Santa Cruz METRO
thekristenbrown@gmail.com
(831) 475-7300
Alternate: Donna Lind, Larry Pageler & Shebreh Kalantari-Johnson

Manu Koenig, Chair
County of Santa Cruz, 1st District
manu.koenig@santacruzcounty.us
(831) 454-2200
Alternate: Shane Mckeithen

Vanessa Quiroz-Carter
Santa Cruz METRO vanessa.quiroz@cityofwatsonville.org (831)768-3002

Alternate: Donna Lind, Larry Pageler & Shebreh Kalantari-Johnson

Sandy Brown

Sandy Brown
City of Santa Cruz
sbrown@cityofsantacruz.com
(831) 420-5020
Alternate: Fred Keeley

Alexander Pedersen

Alexander Pedersen
City of Capitola
apedersen@ci.capitola.ca.us
(831) 219-8483
Alternate: Joe Clarke

Eduardo Montesino
City of Watsonville
eduardo.montesino@cityofwatsonville.org
(831) 768-3001
Alternate: Casey Clark

Felipe Hernandez
County of Santa Cruz, 4th District
Felipe.hernandez@santacruzcounty.us
(831) 454-2200
Alternate: Maria Orozco

Justin Cummings
County of Santa Cruz, 3rd District
Justin.cummings@santacruzcounty.us
(831) 454-2200
Alternate: Andy Schiffrin

Bruce McPherson
County of Santa Cruz, 5th District
bruce.mcpherson@santacruzcounty.us
(831) 454-2200
Alternate: Virginia Johnson

Zach Friend

Zach Friend
County of Santa Cruz, 2nd District
zach.friend@santacruzcounty.us
(831) 454-2200
Alternate: Robert Paul Quinn

Randy Johnson
City of Scotts Valley
rlj12@comcast.net
(831) 438-0633
Alternate: Jack Dilles

Mike Rotkin

Mike Rotkin
Santa Cruz METRO
openup@ucsc.edu
(831) 459-4601
Alternates: Donna Lind, Larry Pageler & Shebreh Kalantari-Johnson

Scott Eades
Caltrans District 5 Ex Officio scott.eades@dot.ca.gov

 

 

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RTC Contact

Yesenia Parra
Administrative Services Officer
info@sccrtc.org
(831) 460-3200