The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors appointed Brandon T. Nichols director of the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) in April 2022. Director Nichols is regarded nationally as an accomplished professional with more than 20 years of expertise in child welfare, foster care, adoptions, mental health and law.
Chief Deputy Director
Jennie Feria began her tenure as the Chief Deputy Director of the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) in January 2024. Ms. Feria began her career with DCFS in 1996 as a part time social worker at the Child Protection Hotline. Her love for children and families led her to hold a number of different roles over the years. Ms. Feria’s most recent assignment was as a Deputy Director.
Acting Chief Deputy Director
Lisa Mandel joined the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) as the chief of staff in 2023. She has held various roles during her more than 40 years of dedicated county service but she maintains that no matter her title or where she has worked, she has always been an advocate for the children, youth, adults and families that she has served.
Senior Deputy Director
Child Welfare Services
Diane Iglesias is a senior deputy director for the Department of Children and Family Services with oversight of multiple divisions including Risk Management, Litigation and Commercially Sexually Exploited Children.
Senior Deputy Director
Programs for Children and Families
Cynthia McCoy-Miller is a senior deputy director with the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services and has administrative oversight for the department’s Mega Bureau.
Acting Senior Deputy Director
Administrative Operations
Luis Dominguez
Deputy Director
Specialized Response Services
Amoreena Jaffe
Deputy Director
Workforce Development
Edward Liao, MD
Medical Director
Minsun Meeker
Deputy Director
Children and Transition Aged Youth
Angela Parks-Pyles
Deputy Director
Family and Community
Veronica Pawlowski
Deputy Director
External Relations
Frank Ramos
Deputy Director
Specialized Response Services
Kym Renner
Administrative Deputy
Finance and Administration
Robert Woolridge
Deputy Director
Placement & Permanency
Reginald Carter
Deputy Director
Service Bureau 1
Agustin Martinez
Acting Deputy Director
Service Bureau 2
Lisa Fleisher-Whitecrow
Deputy Director
Service Bureau 3
Teri Badia
Deputy Director
Service Bureau 4
DCFS is comprised of 20 regional offices to serve the needs of children and families throughout Los Angeles County’s geography.
The five-member Board of Supervisors, created by the State Legislature in 1852, is the governing body of the County of Los Angeles and its departments. The Board of Supervisors is the overseeing body of the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services.
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