The Deputy Mayor is responsible for building public will for the Mayor’s key policy priorities.

Brian is a multi-sector executive with 25 years of experience driving economic development and cultivating partnerships across private and public sectors and diverse communities. Previously, Brian was the CEO of Greater Seattle Partners, a private/public partnership focused on attracting new business, promoting international trade, and growing our major industries for the region. He was also previously the Director of the City of Seattle’s Office of Economic Development, where he oversaw small business, workforce, key industry, foreign-direct investment, and anti- displacement programs and strategies, and negotiated the city’s $1.2 billion development agreement to build Climate Pledge Arena. During his time in the Mayor’s Office of Policy and Innovation, Brian served as the policy lead in Seattle’s effort to raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour.

The Director of Community Relations reaches out to community groups and grassroots leaders to make sure everyone has a voice in their City government.

Born and raised in Seattle, Alex Gallo-Brown is a graduate of Garfield High School and holds an MA in English from Georgia State University. The author of two published collections of poetry, he is also a labor organizer who has worked for local unions and non-profit organizations since 2016. Before managing Mayor-elect Katie Wilson’s campaign, he was the founding Director of the Essential Workers Organizing Academy at UFCW 3000, an institute for union organizers.

The Director of the City Budget Office provides clear and actionable budget data, and runs the city budget office.

Aly Pennucci is a seasoned local government leader who brings over 17 years of proven leadership in public policy, budgeting, and fiscal management to her role as City Budget Director for the City of Seattle. She currently serves as the Deputy Executive for Whatcom County and previously served as Deputy Director for the City of Seattle's Council Central Staff. In Whatcom County, Aly streamlined the County's budget process and fiscal oversight systems, providing greater transparency for the public, while helping leverage untapped revenue sources in the face of budgetary shortfalls.

In her almost 10 years on the Seattle City Council Central Staff, Aly led the Council's annual budget review, amendment and adoption process, helping balance the city’s multi-billion dollar budget while navigating contending interests and competing priorities. She is ready to help Mayor-Elect Wilson build and steward a City budget that delivers on the goal of making Seattle livable for all.

The Director of Affordability, Housing, and Economic Development  is responsible for developing and advancing specific policies that fulfil the Mayor’s vision.

Nicole is a policy analyst, facilitator, and researcher with nearly 15 years translating grassroots power into lasting policy change. As Policy Director at Puget Sound Sage, Nicole helped secure the nation's first $15 minimum wage in SeaTac and served on the Income Inequality Advisory Committee that shaped Seattle's minimum wage law. Nicole built infrastructure to support workers' rights and environmental justice as founding director of the Fair Work Center, founding board member of Front and Centered, and co-facilitator of founding of the Washington BIPOC Census Coalition (now Washington Community Alliance), and has extensive experience translating grassroots power into lasting policy change. Nicole was recognized by the City of Seattle for advancing civil rights and named one of the 15 people who should run Seattle by Seattle Met and is committed to bring both analytical rigor and collaborative spirit to complex policy challenges.