Member Terms & Meeting Information

• Ordinance No. 11-87 N.S. 
• Three-year terms - three consecutive terms - maximum 15 members
• Meetings are every second Wednesday at 11:30 am
• Richmond Community Services building, 440 Civic Center Plaza
• Multipurpose room in basement
• The purpose of this commission is to recommend long-term economic development goals to the City Council and City officials as it concerns the overall economic development of the City.
• 2 Vacancies (as of 3/17/2020)

Name	Appointed	Term Expiration
Alpa Agarwal	*07/26/2016	03/30/2020
Tina Brown	*06/05/2018 05/21/2019	03/30/2019 03/30/2022
Ana Delgado	*12/18/2018 09/10/2019	03/30/2019 03/30/2022
VACANT	*01/17/2017 05/01/2018	03/30/2018 03/30/2021 (unexpired term; resigned)
Abayomi Jones - Chair	04/04/2017	03/30/2020
James Lee	04/05/2016 05/21/2019	03/30/2019 03/30/2022
VACANT	*01/22/2019 05/21/2019	03/30/2019 03/30/2022 (unexpired term; resigned by Christina Kenney Alexandria)
Ayoka Medlock-Nurse	*05/21/2019	03/30/2021
Burgundie Spears - Vice Chair	11/03/2015 05/01/2010	03/30/2018 03/30/2021
Gloria Jean Sewell-Murphy	12/18/2018	03/30/2021
Audrey Shields	05/21/2019	03/30/2022
Patrick Sterns	*12/18/2018 05/21/2019	03/30/2019 03/30/2022
Diana Wear	*12/18/2018 05/21/2019	03/30/2019 03/30/2022
Orrian Willis	*10/01/2019	03/30/2022
Reza Yazdi	03/17/2020	03/30/2023

*completing an unexpired term

Council Liaison
Councilmember Demnlus Johnson III

Staff Liaison
Janet Johnson, City Manager's Office  (510) 307-8131