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Edgar Garcia
Edgar Garcia is the Assistant General Manager for El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument with over twenty years experience in cultural policy, arts administration, and historic preservation. Born and raised in Los Angeles to Mexican immigrants, he is committed to supporting the cultural infrastructure of Los Angeles.
An early recipient of the Getty Marrow Multicultural internship, he began his public service as Preservation Planner for the city’s Office of Historic Resources, overseeing some of L.A.’s most cherished historic and cultural sites. He served in the administration of former Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti as Arts & Culture Deputy. Awarded the Getty’s Leadership in Arts Management grant, he has served as a Fitch Scholar, Royal Oak Foundation Scholar, and Diversity Scholar for both the National Trust and Historic New England. He was also named a Pocantico Fellow with the Rockefeller Brothers Fund. He served on an ICOMOS–State Department diplomatic exchange leading architectural conservation projects in Russia. Selected for the EU’s Global Cultural Leadership program, he is also a recipient of the German Marshall Memorial Fellowship.
Edgar is a graduate of Yale University and the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs.
An early recipient of the Getty Marrow Multicultural internship, he began his public service as Preservation Planner for the city’s Office of Historic Resources, overseeing some of L.A.’s most cherished historic and cultural sites. He served in the administration of former Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti as Arts & Culture Deputy. Awarded the Getty’s Leadership in Arts Management grant, he has served as a Fitch Scholar, Royal Oak Foundation Scholar, and Diversity Scholar for both the National Trust and Historic New England. He was also named a Pocantico Fellow with the Rockefeller Brothers Fund. He served on an ICOMOS–State Department diplomatic exchange leading architectural conservation projects in Russia. Selected for the EU’s Global Cultural Leadership program, he is also a recipient of the German Marshall Memorial Fellowship.
Edgar is a graduate of Yale University and the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs.