Katherine Kolcheva, Chief of Staff to Supervisor Curt Hagman, emigrated from Belarus to the United States in 1994. From a young age, Kolcheva has held a deep love of freedom and passion for public service. Kolcheva earned her degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Business Economics from Cal State University, Fullerton. Prior to graduation, she began her professional career as an Executive Assistant at a Chino based insurance agency.

Supervisor Hagman selected Kolcheva for his team based on her unique suite of experience and personal integrity, quickly promoting her from Policy Advisor to Deputy Chief of Staff in his San Bernardino Office. Kolcheva is a natural fit in the collaborative culture of Supervisor Hagman’s office and is known by colleagues for having a strong work ethic and belief in leading by example.

As Chief of Staff, Kolcheva plays a key role in Supervisor Hagman’s office, harmonizing the many demands on Supervisor Hagman’s time and coordinating staff activities into a coherent whole that furthers his policy objectives in service to the community. Her strengths in the areas of communications and organization make her a natural leader on Supervisor Hagman’s team.

Kolcheva’s background includes work as a Regional Field Representative for the Assembly Republican Caucus in service to former-Assemblyman Mike Morrell and then-Assemblyman Curt Hagman. She has also held lead roles in several high-profile Inland Empire political campaigns, including service as a Regional Political Director to Congressman Gary Miller, Ret.

As a long-time San Bernardino County resident, Kolcheva prefers to spend her free time exploring the many natural wonders of the County and Southern California.

Jeff Sorenson serves as Policy Advisor to Supervisor Hagman. He is responsible for researching, analyzing, and making recommendations on all public matters. As a Policy Advisor for Supervisor Hagman, Jeff looks forward to using his strong sense of mission accomplishment and his appreciation of hard work to provide valuable insight and information to the Supervisor. With these traits and his legal background Jeff looks forward to serving the residents of the Fourth District.

Jeff was born in Wisconsin and raised on a small dairy farm where he learned the rewards of hard work. He holds a B.A in Political Science from UCLA, and a J.D. from the University of La Verne College of Law. He served eight years as a Tank Officer in the U.S. Marines where he commanded a platoon and company among other assignments. He has also held a number of other positions in the public and private sector, most recently serving as an investigative technician for the District Attorney’s office of a nearby county.

Jeff has lived in over 15 states, but always comes back to Southern California and the Inland Empire; he looks forward to making San Bernardino County his permanent home.

Marjorie Rashidyan serves as the Scheduler/Special Assistant for Supervisor Hagman. All roads lead to Marjorie in the Supervisor’s downtown San Bernardino office as she is responsible for the coordination and management of Supervisor Hagman’s schedule and appointments, and provides general administrative support to the Supervisor and executive staff. Marjorie enjoys the opportunity to serve the constituents of the Fourth District and San Bernardino County.

Marjorie is also a former educator, and graduated from highly regarded Azusa Pacific University before embarking on her career of service to children and their parents.

Marjorie has lived in San Bernardino County for over thirty years and enjoys spending time with family, friends and her dog when not at her post in the San Bernardino County Government Center.

Melissa Compani serves as a Field Representative for the Fourth District. She is responsible for keeping the Supervisor informed of community needs, works to bring awareness to issues and helps find solutions for residents by making referrals to appropriate County departments. She monitors constituent cases and generates case reports for the district. She enjoys providing information to the public on governmental functions, services, community activities and programs. She brings over two decades of dedicated volunteer service to organizations in Chino Hills to her positions as a Field Representative.

Melissa is a passionate advocate for senior citizens and the underprivileged, and loves attending community events and bringing people together.

Melissa and Robert, her husband of 29 years, have lived in Chino Hills since 1994. They have three children. Melissa enjoys spending time with her family and volunteering with her children’s numerous activities, traveling, and meeting new people.

Karen Haughey serves as a Field Representative for the Fourth District. She is responsible for keeping the Supervisor informed of community needs, works to bring awareness to issues and helps find solutions for residents by making referrals to appropriate County departments. She monitors constituent cases, generates case reports for the district and provides general administrative support to the Fourth district staff. She is a veteran of over a quarter century of leadership in many community organizations in the Fourth Supervisorial District. Her empathy and problem solving abilities led Supervisor Hagman to offer her a position on his district staff.

In addition to her past career in education serving local schoolchildren, Karen also found time to serve Soroptimist International as a Club President, a region Governor and a Board Member of Soroptimist International of the Americas (which covers 20 countries). She is currently serving as a Board Member for the Chino Valley YMCA, Co-Chairperson of the Chino Day at the Los Angeles County Fair and Secretary/Treasurer for her HOA Board of Directors. She has also served as a board member of the Chino Cultural Foundation and the Chino Valley Fire Foundation, and on the Walk Against Human Trafficking Committee. Karen was awarded the Fred L. Burns Award in 1998, was a San Bernardino County Commission on the Status of Women District 4 Honoree for the Herstory recognition in 2008, and, along with her husband, was named the Chino Cultural Foundation Chino Sweethearts in 2014.

Karen and Tom, her husband of over 40 years, have lived in Chino since 1977. They have two sons and a daughter in-law. Karen enjoys spending time with her family, volunteering in the community, traveling, gardening, and has always made improving the quality of life for women a personal priority

Ruby Long serves as a Field Representative for the Fourth District. She is responsible for keeping the Supervisor informed of community needs, works to bring awareness to issues and helps find solutions for residents by making referrals to appropriate county departments. She monitors constituent cases, generates case reports for the district and provides general administrative support to the Fourth District staff. She has 20 years of experience in office management.

Ruby was born in Sinaloa, Mexico, and is fluent in Spanish. She enjoys spending quality time with her children and going on Harley rides with her husband. She also enjoys traveling, wine tasting and singing.

Peter Rogers serves as District Director for Supervisor Curt Hagman, overseeing the district office and staff. Peter brings two decades of government experience to the position, along with skills as a problem solver and a strong desire to serve others. He is key to the District Office as he coordinates district casework and communications with constituents, oversees community outreach efforts and supervises the district office.

Prior to working with Supervisor Hagman, Peter was a small business owner for 29 years. His Chino Hills based company, Peter Rogers Photography, served the advertising and public relations needs of many major corporations with photo assignments throughout the United States and 24 foreign countries. In addition to his small business, Peter served for a 10-year period as President and CEO of Phoenix Energy, a small oil production company based in Santa Maria, CA.

Peter has been known as a tireless community volunteer. He started by serving on his HOA’s Board of Directors for 12 years, and on the Canyon Hills Little League Board as President and Vice President for six years. Peter has been an active member of the Chino Hills city government for 22 years. He was named to the Chino Hills Parks and Recreation Commission in 1998, serving for eight years. In November 2006, Peter was elected to the Chino Hills City Council, and was selected to serve as Chino Hills Mayor by his colleagues in 2009, 2013 and 2018. He has been re-elected three times. In 2019, Peter was name Chino Valley Person of the Year by Champion Newspapers. He was also named Small Business Person of the Year by the Chino Valley Chamber of Commerce in 2000, and likewise by then Assemblyman Bob Huff for the assembly district in 2006. Peter is known to serve on many city committees and his current responsibilities include various local water agencies, the Chino Valley Chamber of Commerce, the Legislative Advocacy Committee, along with animal care and social media committees. Peter’s focus in recent years has been as a co-founder and Chairman of the Chino Hills Community Foundation.

Peter and his wife Merry have lived in Chino Hills since 1986. They have two grown and successful sons and are blessed with two grand-daughters. Peter graduated from Cal Poly, Pomona with a B.S. degree in Communications. He is a long time member of the Rancho del Chino Rotary Club.

Michael Miller serves as Office Administrator/Senior Field Representative for the Fourth District where he is responsible for the everyday running of the district office. He is the go-to guy for Hagman’s District Office, where he coordinates staff calendars and activities, guides district office programs, and assists District Director Peter Rogers with administration of the office operations and services. He also monitors constituent cases and generates case reports for the district.

Born in Grand Junction, Colorado, Michael has lived in the Inland Empire with his family since the age of three. He currently lives in Rancho Cucamonga. A product of local public schools, he graduated from the University of La Verne with a Bachelors of Arts degree in Political Science. He plans to further his education with a Master’s Degree in Public Policy.

When not helping people in the Supervisor’s office, Michael loves the outdoor life. He has taken his Jeep on some of the most remote roads and trails in San Bernardino County and loves to go shooting at Prado Park in Chino, site of the 1984 Olympic shooting competitions. Michael and his wife enjoy country music, traveling, visiting museums, wine tasting and all that our wonderful county has to offer.

Andie Castaneda serves as Social Media Manager for the Fourth District. She is responsible for updating and creating content for the District website and social media. In addition, she prepares mass email communications, and prepares County Resolutions and Proclamations.

Andie comes by her customer service skills via positions in local government taxpayer services and the electronics industry, where she also learned the technological skills so vital in today's fast paced, information based economy.

After work, Andie is involved as an advocate for children's ability to achieve great things through love and encouragement from adults. She is a leader in the RJ Foundation, which provides high school students with scholarships to achieve their college dreams. She is also involved with and raises funds for the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles.

Andie lives locally and enjoys sports, traveling and the company of family and her many friends.

Suzette Dang serves as a Community Services Liaison for the Fourth District. She brings over 20 years of experience in marketing and consulting services to her position in the Fourth District, utilizing this wide range of business experience to focus on building community partnerships with local cities, schools, and community organizations, and bringing awareness to issues and needs of the communities within the Fourth District to Supervisor Hagman. She also works as a liaison for the Supervisor while attending events throughout the County, listening to constituent concerns, and communicating them to the Supervisor.

Suzette understands that economic development and ensuring that all San Bernardino County residents share in our future prosperity, are top priorities for Supervisor Hagman.

Suzette is happily married with two children. She devotes most of her spare time to her family and enjoys volunteering at her children’s schools. Hobbies include golf, movies, snowboarding, and traveling.

Chad Schnitger serves Chairman Hagman as a Director of Policy for issues such as Health and Human Services, Transportation, Economic Development, and County Public Works Departments. Chad joined the Policy Team after working in the district office as a Field Representative. He later began to manage Special Projects for the Supervisor, and eventually moved to the Policy Team as a Policy Director. Chad’s ability to boil down complex issues into actionable bite-sized solutions has helped navigate very difficult issues since 2015; he brings these strategies to the policy team under the Policy Director, Jeff Sorenson.

Chad has worked with the supervisor on several projects. Some of his proudest include: Securing CDBG grants for improvements around unincorporated Chino and Montclair, annual work with the WDD and the EDD’s annual Honor a Hero, Hire a Vet job fair for local veterans, creating new outreach opportunities like the Business of the Quarter, and the annual Pastors-focused Good Samaritan Luncheons.

Chad’s experience as a small business owner and former EMT have shaped his goals for county government; in a perfect world Government is small enough to effectively communicate and organized enough to be patient focused. Chad is an Advisory Board member to the Ontario-based Caramel Connections Foundation, and the Treasurer of the Inland Empire Veterans Employment Committee.

Chad studied Business Economics at the University of California Riverside and California State University East Bay. He lives with his wife, son, and dog in nearby Beaumont. He is also an active volunteer with youth at his local church.