Theo has been appointed to City commissions by three consecutive Mayors–Newsom, Lee, and Breed. As a Community Investment and Infrastructure Commissioner, he helped create over 1,000 new affordable homes—including more than 100 for formerly homeless residents and low-income seniors—while restoring over $50 million in City investments for minority-and women-owned businesses, workforce development, and local hiring.

Later, as the first Director of Homelessness Initiatives & Community Development for The Salvation Army, Theo led the organization’s efforts to double its homeless services. He helped develop an innovative continuum-of-care model that included a 50-bed mental health respite center and new sober living standard, to fight substance abuse. He oversaw the organization’s citywide COVID-19 response and delivered more than 500,000 meals to unhoused families. He also secured $10 million in new revenue and built a holistic initiative that combined transitional housing with workforce training and life skills, helping people not only get off the streets, but stay off.