General Manager City of Los Angeles, Community Investment for Families Department, Abigail Marquez has spent twenty years working for the City of Los Angeles advancing anti-poverty programs and policies. In 2021, she was appointed by the Mayor and the City Council to serve as the General Manager of the newly created Community Investment for Families Department (CIFD). As General Manager of CIFD, she is responsible for the planning and administration of the City’s Consolidated Plan, which includes $120 million in federal funds allocated annually to support capital projects and the department’s social service delivery systems. The department’s social service delivery systems include 20 FamilySource Centers operated by contracted non-profit community organizations with the goal of serving over 50,000 low-income residents across the City and the Domestic Violence/Human Trafficking Shelter agencies which offer both emergency and transitional shelter services to survivors. In this role, she also leads a team of approximately 100 public servants and provides strategic direction to advance the department’s vision, mission, and values. During her tenure, Mrs. Marquez has played a significant role in helping to increase funding for the City’s Domestic Violence/Human Trafficking Shelters and the FamilySource Centers, led the implementation of several key COVID-response programs, and managed the allocation of increased federal funding allocated through the CARES ACT.




Translate