Johanna Contreras

Johanna Contreras is an American public official who was the acting executive of Ulster County, New York in 2022. She has served as a deputy executive and chief of staff to county executive Jen Metzger from 2023 to 2025. Contreras was previously a deputy executive under Pat Ryan from 2021 to 2022 and an assistant director for education in the New York City Mayor's Office of Management and Budget.

Education Contreras completed an undergraduate degree from the University of Illinois. She earned a master's degree in urban policy analysis from the Milano School of Policy, Management, and Environment at The New School.

Career Contreras worked in several county governments in departments of health, social services, mental health, youth, human rights, aging, and veterans affairs. On November 18, 2023, Metzger named Contreras as the next chief of staff, succeeding Chris Kelly. On April 25, 2025, she left her deputy executive role to join the congressional office of Pat Ryan.

Personal life As of 2022, Contreras lives in Kingston, New York with her husband and two children.