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City Hall
Office
P.O. Box 839966
San Antonio, TX 78283
210-207-7086
Office
210-207-2888 Staff
210-207-6943 Fax
Constituent
Office
11124 Wurzbach, Ste. 205
San Antonio, TX 78230
210-692-0463 Office
210-949-0439 Fax
E-mail District 8
District 8
Staff
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Michael Shackelford, Council Aide
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Katie Nisbet, Council Aide
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Christy Cruz, Council Aide
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Althea Montez, Council Aide
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Meghan G. Oswald, Council Aide
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Deborah Hosey, Sr. Executive Secretary
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Diane Gonzalez Cibrian represents
District 8 as a member of the San Antonio City Council. She
currently is the Chair of the Infrastructure and Growth
Committee, a member of the Quality of Life, BioMed SA, the
Convention and Visitors Bureau, and Joint Land Use Agreement
Study Committees.
Councilwoman Cibrian is a fourth
generation native Texan and a daughter of a WWII veteran. She
has spent over twenty years working in public policy,
governmental affairs, and the nonprofit fields in the United
States. Her work includes serving the United States Congress,
the California State Legislature, as well as the federal
government, serving as a Director of Public Policy for a U.S.
Congressional Commission. She also served as a consultant to the
former United States Secretary of the Army, Louis Caldera. In
2004, Cibrian was named a public service fellow to the Harvard
University John F. Kennedy School of Government’s Women in Power
executive program. Also in 2004, Cibrian was named one of the
“40 under 40 Rising Stars” of San Antonio business community,
according to the San Antonio Business Journal. Cibrian was also
part of the 2005 Harvard Women’s Leadership Board’s first
international collaborative study mission to South Africa.
Extensively involved in civic and
non-profit organizations, Cibrian was formerly chair of the San
Antonio Development Agency and a Board Member and Chair-Elect of
Family Service Association, a premier non-profit organization
that serves San Antonio’s neediest families. Cibrian is also an
alumnus of Pi Sigma Alpha, the National Political Science Honors
Society with the University of the Incarnate Word. Cibrian was
also a member of the Strengthening Family Issues Council for the
United Way. Cibrian has also served as a board member of the
Girl Scouts and a member of the Texas State Head Start
Foundation and other civic organizations. Cibrian was also a
member of the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment
Officials.
Cibrian began her interest in
public service working as an intern in the United States Senate
in Washington, D.C. and serving as a Senate page for the Texas
Legislature. While working in Washington, D.C., Cibrian served
as Director of Public Policy to the United States Commission on
International Economic Development. Due to the Commission’s
international mandate, Cibrian met with Heads of State and
organized nationwide field hearings. With the sunset of the
Commission, Cibrian accepted a position with the California
State Legislature. During this time, she worked with the local
and state legislature initiatives, community groups, and the
business sectors of Los Angeles, California. After subsequently
holding the position in Government Affairs for the local transit
authority in San Antonio, Texas, she formed a strategic
consulting firm specializing in public policy and
communications. Cibrian is the mother of an active twelve year
old, Cristina Cibrian and has served as a member of the Keystone
School Parent Council.
While not in Council, you can spot
the Councilwoman at her daughter’s basketball games or events.
Whether it is cheering on Cristina and the Cobras or her beloved
San Antonio Spurs; no one is more spirited then Councilwoman
Cibrian. |