New Los Angeles County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl, 3rd District, is sworn in on Tuesday by her sister, Sacramento Superior Court Judge Jerilyn Borack. (photo courtesy 3rd County Supervisor Office)

Los Angeles County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl, 3rd District, on Tuesday announced her incoming policy and constituent services staff appointments as she officially assumed office following her formal swearing-in Monday by her sister, Sacramento Superior Court Judge Jerilyn Borack.

“I’m extremely proud and pleased to introduce the people who will be joining my staff at the [Los Angeles] County Hall of Administration,” Kuehl said. “It’s a wonderfully experienced group, able to hit the ground running from the first day.”

Kuehl commended her predecessor, Zev Yaroslavsky.

“[He] has been an amazing representative for the entire 3rd District over the past twenty years, and my team and I look forward to continuing his great work,” she said.

Kuehl will represent two million constituents, who live in much of the mid-city, Hollywood, San Fernando Valley and Westside portions of the Los Angeles, as well as the cities of Beverly Hills, Santa Monica, Malibu, West Hollywood, Agoura Hills, Calabasas, San Fernando and Westlake Village, unincorporated Topanga and other communities in the Santa Monica Mountains.

Kuehl’s policy and constituent services staff will include: chief deputy Lisa Mandel, principal deputy for strategy and policy Torie Osborn, deputy of media relations Joel Bellman, deputy for public works Maria Chong-Castillo, deputy for children’s services Genie Chough, deputy David Colgan, deputy for planning and transportation Nicole Englund, deputy for education and social services Genethia Hudley-Hayes, deputy for mental health services and clinic health services Sylvia Drew Ivie, deputy for budget and finance Kieu-Anh King, deputy for special projects Madeleine Moore, deputy for housing and homelessness (as of mid-January 2015) Molly Rysman, deputy of technology and social media Nik Swiatek, deputy for public health services and health services financing Elan Shultz, caseworker/office manager Gilbert Valle and deputy for arts and the environment (as of June 2015) Katy Young.

Kuhel’s West Hollywood field office staff members are senior field deputy Felicia Park-Rogers and field deputy/caseworker Rachel Katya Zaiden.