Preston Kilgore is an experienced policy, organizer, and political strategist who has worked on local, state, and national campaigns and has a background in non-profit advocacy, organizational leadership, college access, philanthropy, and economic, technology, housing and transportation policy.  

As Chief of Staff, Preston has worked on a range of policies from economic and transportation to housing and anti-displacement policy. He also led the City and County of San Francisco's groundbreaking efforts to create the first municipal Public Bank in the country, has served as Supervisor Preston's lead for the City's budget process, led transit-first efforts and Vision Zero advocacy at the Board of Supervisors, including winning three federal transportation grants totaling over $30 million, worked on the Prop I ballot measure, a tax on high-end real estate sales to fund social housing and rent relief, and Prop M, an Empty Homes Tax that will penalize landlords who refuse to rent out units while raising revenue to create more affordable housing or to stabilize rent-controlled buildings. 

In a former life, Preston was a college adviser in West Philadelphia, is a huge soccer and basketball fan, and husband to Madrid Jaramillo-Cattell.