Dr. Richard L. Garcia - Director

Dr. Garcia has over 30 years of progressively responsible human resources management and city management experience. Through his firm, RJA Management Services, he consults on management and organizational development to corporations, municipalities, universities, utilities, and special districts. In addition, he has facilitated numerous strategic planning, team building, and workforce diversity workshops for executives, managers, and elected officials.

Dr. Garcia is a member of the International Personnel Management Association, International City Managers Association, and the American Society for Public Adminis-tration. He has served as past Vice-Presi-dent, Programs of the Southern California Personnel Managers Association and has been a member of the USC SCAPA Praetor Board of Directors and the USC Hispanic Advisory Board. He currently serves as a member of the Five Acres Board of Directors Human Resources Committee and is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Southern California, School of Policy, Planning, and Development where he teaches graduate courses in Human Resources Management.

Dr. Garcia has a Doctorate and a Master’s degree in Public Administration from the University of Southern California, as well as a Master’s degree in Urban Studies from Occidental College. He is the recipient of the Yale University National Urban Fellowship, the NASPAA/NaCo Research Fellowship, the Loyola-Marymount University Scholarship for the study of inter-group relations, and the Southern California Personnel Management Association Personnel Research Award.