Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti last month celebrated the confirmation of three new department leaders: Barbara Romero as executive director of the Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation, Abigail Marquez as the first general manager of the Community Investment for Families Department and Lisa Salazar as interim executive director of the Youth Development Department.

“These three public servants are the right leaders to carry forward my administration’s work to make Los Angeles a place that is synonymous with economic opportunity, tackles our biggest problems head on and sets the highest possible standard for city services,” Garcetti said. “Barbara, Abigail and Lisa exemplify the very best of our city’s values and ideals, and I have no doubt they will excel in their respective roles.”

Romero has served as the deputy mayor of city services since March 2015, overseeing the implementation of the mayor’s priorities at 15 city departments. Prior to her service as deputy mayor, Romero also served as a commissioner on the city’s Board of Public Works overseeing the Bureau of Sanitation and as a City Planning Commissioner. She also spent a decade working for the Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority as its chief of urban projects and watershed planning.

Marquez has spent 17 years working for the city to advance anti-poverty programs and policies. Since 2016, Marquez has served as assistant general manager for the Housing and Community Investment Department overseeing the Community Services and Development Bureau. In that role, Marquez helped to increase the Domestic Violence Shelter budget, implement several key COVID-response programs and oversaw the allocation of federal grants. She also helped to resolve the city’s fiscal audit with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Since 2016, Salazar has served as the mayor’s director of workforce development and economic opportunity, where she led the development of new policies, programs and partnerships. Prior to her service in the mayor’s office, Salazar oversaw the city’s YouthSource and FamilySource Systems, providing programmatic and fiscal oversight of more than $50 million federal, state and local grants. Salazar also served as the director of the Youth Opportunity Movement Center in Boyle Heights, now named the Boyle Heights Technology YouthSource Center.