LUEG Head Wins “40 under 40” Award

Sarah Aghassi, our Deputy Chief Administrative Officer/ General Manager for the Land Use and Environment Group, has been named one of San Diego Metro Magazine’s “40 Under 40.”

The award honors young business and civic leaders who are changing  the region’s future, the publication says.

Aghassi oversees LUEG and its seven departments: Public Works; Environmental Health; Planning and Land Use; Parks and Recreation; Agriculture, Weights and Measures; Air Pollution Control District; and the Farm and Home Advisor. Together, the departments have a workforce of 1,550 people and an annual operating budget of $400 million.

Previously, Aghassi was director of our Office of Strategy and Intergovernmental Affairs.

Outside of work, Aghassi serves on the board of directors of the San Diego Spine Foundation and the Iranian-American Scholarship Fund, according to San Diego Metro. She has been volunteering for more than seven years with a local grassroots, volunteer-run nonprofit organization, Dollar-A-Month Fund, which raises funds to support efforts throughout the world to improve the lives of children, the magazine notes.