Brandon Nichols

Brandon Nichols became Interim Director of DCFS in April 2022.  He is well respected throughout Los Angeles County and is an accomplished professional with more than 20 years of expertise in child welfare, foster care, adoptions, and mental health.

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Dawna Yokoyama

Dawna Yokoyama became Interim Chief Deputy Director of DCFS in January 2022.  Ms. Yokoyama started as a Child Protective Services Worker with the Department in 1984, and shortly thereafter she transferred to the Adoptions Division where she held the position of Child Welfare Worker, Supervising Child Welfare Worker and Assistant Regional Administrator.

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Diane Iglesias

Senior Deputy Director, Government Accountability and Risk Management

Diane Iglesias is a Senior Deputy Director for the Department of Children and Family Services with oversight of the Risk Management, Litigation, Commercially Sexually Exploited Children’s divisions within the Department.

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Cynthia McCoy- Miller

Senior Deputy Director, Mega Bureau

Cynthia McCoy-Miller is a Senior Deputy Director with the County of Los Angeles, Department of Children and Family Services having administrative oversight for the Contracts Services Bureau, Finance and Administrative Services Bureau, and Business Information Systems Division.

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Teri Badia
Deputy Director
Service Bureau 4

Jennie Feria
Deputy Director
Service Bureau 1

Amoreena Jaffe
Deputy Director
Service Bureau 2

Ayanna McLeod
Administrative Services Division Manager

Angela Parks-Pyles
Deputy Director
Contract Services

Frank Ramos
Deputy Director
Service Bureau 3

Kym Renner
Deputy Director
Juvenile Court and Adoption

Karen Richardson
Deputy Director
Administrative Support Bureau

Rogelio Tapia
Administrative Deputy
Finance and Administration