🪷 July Membership Meeting 🪷

📅 Monday, July 17, 2023

🕡 6 PM

💻 Via Zoom

🎙️ Guest Speaker | Norma E. García-González

Director of the County of Los Angeles Department of Parks and Recreation

Norma E. García-González was appointed as Director of the County of Los Angeles Department of Parks and Recreation and the Los Angeles County Regional Parks and Open Space District on July 7, 2020. She is the first woman to serve in that capacity and executive role in the Department since it was created in 1944.  In her role, Mrs. García-González was responsible for the Department’s day-to-day operations of 182 facilities that include an annual budget of $256 million, more than 2,600 employees and 6,477 registered volunteers.

Previously, she also held the position of Deputy Director for the Department’s Planning and Development Agency. In her thirteen-year career with the Department, Mrs. García-González has held responsibilities in areas of planning, acquisition, development, and asset management of 71,249 acres of parkland and over 200 miles of trails.

Mrs. García-González is an advocate for the well-being of children, families and in bringing equity to communities throughout the County.  This commitment is further demonstrated through her active participation in various civic and professional organizations.  She served on the Governing Board of Trustees for Rio Hondo College and the El Monte Promise Foundation.

Mrs. García-González is a daughter of immigrants and the first in her family to attend college. She is a double graduate from UCLA with a bachelor’s degree in Political Science and a master’s degree in Urban Planning. She and her adventurous family of boys and dog, Cozmo enjoy everything about parks!

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