Olga Garay-English Announces Departure from LA Department of Cultural Affairs
Submitted by Steve on November 5, 2013
From the Arts for LA website:
Olga Garay-English announced today she will be stepping down from her post as executive director of the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs effective January 4, 2014. Ms. Garay-English assumed leadership of DCA in 2007 when she was appointed by then-Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa.
She helped navigate the organization through a complex period of economic turmoil in the nation and in Los Angeles, bolstering DCA’s financial health by raising over $21 million from other public and private sources. These funds have been regranted to LA-based artists and arts organizations through programs like the Cultural Exchange International Fellowship Program, to support DCA’s programs like LA’s Heritage Month Celebrations, and to refurbish city-owned theaters and art centers.