What we do
The Mayor’s Office of Policy Planning and Delivery (OPPD) plans and coordinates activities that support the Mayor’s top priorities.
OPPD meets this charge by providing direct support to City departments with carrying out key policy initiatives. We help manage and implement projects at three levels, depending on what kind of support is needed:
- Comprehensive project delivery support.
- Light-touch and strategic support.
- Initial support with problem identification, research, and crafting new policy initiatives.
Our approach advances Mayor Parker’s vision of building on what is already working and creating a government that residents can see, touch, and feel.
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City Hall
Room 225 Philadelphia, PA 19102 |
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Leadership
Pat Christmas joined the Parker Administration in January 2024 as a deputy in the Mayor’s Office of Policy Planning and Delivery. Prior to entering government, Pat served as a policy advisor with the 2023 Parker Transition Team and for 10 years as the policy director for the Committee of Seventy, a nonpartisan civic organization that advocates for representative, ethical and effective government in Philadelphia and Pennsylvania. He began his career as a science teacher at Fels High School in Northeast Philadelphia from 2008 to 2013.
Pat graduated from Swarthmore College and holds a Masters in Public Administration from the Fels Institute of Government at the University of Pennsylvania.
Ashley Pollard is the Deputy Director of the Mayor’s Office of Policy Planning and Delivery (OPPD) at the City of Philadelphia. In this role, she supports the development and execution of OPPD’s strategy and project portfolio to improve City services and policy implementation in alignment with mayoral priorities. Skilled with systemic thinking, she enjoys working alongside and across City departments to manage and coordinate their service delivery projects.
Ashley started her career as second grade teacher in Durham, NC and is passionate about supporting government accountability to residents who have been disenfranchised by U.S. systems. She received her Bachelor of Arts from Duke University and her Master of Public Policy from Georgetown University.