Mayor London Breed's nomination of an out woman to run the San Francisco Department of Human Resources sailed through a rules committee hearing Monday, setting up approval by the full Board of Supervisors Tuesday.
The committee — made up of Supervisors Aaron Peskin, chair; gay Supervisor Rafael Mandelman, vice chair; and Supervisor Connie Chan — approved Isen's nomination 3-0.
If confirmed, she will be the first LGBTQ person to lead the sprawling department, which provides HR services to the city's workforce of 38,000 across its 60 departments.
Since last October, she has served as acting head of DHR. Prior to that, Isen served in a number of municipal positions such as employee relations director for three years, BART chief labor relations