Child and Family Well-Being Funders Collaborative Quarterly Meeting

Supervisor Lindsey P. Horvath was elected to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on November 8, 2022 after serving as a West Hollywood City Councilmember and the longest consecutively-serving Mayor. Supervisor Horvath’s career has been defined by tackling the hardest problems, building diverse coalitions, and delivering results for her community.

Supervisor Lindsey P. Horvath made history as the youngest woman to ever be elected to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. She is the first millennial, and currently the only renter to serve on the Board, bringing a much-needed perspective to LA County leadership.

In addition to her work as a Councilwoman and Mayor, Supervisor Horvath previously served in a number of roles, including: President of the California Contract Cities Association (CCCA); Board Member for CalCities (formerly the League of California Cities); Board Member for the National League of Cities (NLC); President of Women in Municipal Government (WIMG) for the National League of Cities; Chair of the Contract Cities Liability Trust Fund Claims Board & Oversight Committee; and Executive Committee Member and Legislative & Regulatory Chair for CleanPower Alliance of Southern California. Supervisor Horvath received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Notre Dame and a Certificate in Nonprofit Management & Fundraising from UCLA Extension. She resides in West Hollywood with her dog, Winston.

Angela in the Senior Program Officer for the Foster Youth Initiative at the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation. She has a deep and always-growing understanding of systems and their impact on young people, communities, and non-profit service providers. She brings a wealth of knowledge from her time as Chief Operations Officer at the Coalition for Responsible Community Development in South Los Angeles and as Youth Systems Integration Manager at the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA). Angela was a Program Manager in the Los Angeles office of the Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH), where she managed the local transition-age youth (TAY) initiatives. She began her career indirect services to children, youth, and young adults experiencing the child welfare, juvenile justice, and mental health systems in the San Francisco Bay Area. Angela earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and a master’s degree in public policy and a graduate certificate in public management from the University of Southern California.

Ms. Pryor has more than 30 years of experience leading child welfare and social services policy and system improvement initiatives. Currently, she serves as the Acting Director for the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services, where she provides strategic direction and leadership. Prior to serving as Acting Director, Ms. Pryor also served as the Chief Deputy Director for the County, where she oversaw operations, services, and lead the efforts to reimagine child welfare through the strategic framework of Invest LA. She is deeply passionate and committed to bringing hope to vulnerable communities and organizations through human service innovation, leadership development, and strategic system and policy reform.

Ms. Pryor is also the Principal of Immersion Consulting, which allows her to demonstrate purposeful inspiration by building the capacity of individuals, groups, and organizations to both lead and serve.

Before joining the LA County Department of Children and Family Services, Ms. Pryor served as the Senior Director of the Casey Family Programs Los Angeles Field Office and as a Senior Director of Strategic Consulting supporting more than 45 different child welfare jurisdictions. Casey Family Programs is a national child welfare foundation based in Seattle, Washington. She also served as the Director of the Georgia Division of Family and Children Services, where she managed the Child Welfare Department and the Office of Family Independence.

Ms. Pryor’s commitment to hope and inspiration also extends to her volunteer work as a mentor for youth in the foster care system, as well as her service as past Board Member and President of the Black Administrators in Child Welfare (BACW), an organization whose mission is to advocate for culturally appropriate services for African American children and families in the child welfare system. She has also served as Adjunct Faculty for the Schools of Social Work at Howard University and Virginia Commonwealth University, working to prepare the next generation of child welfare advocates.

Ms. Watson is the principal of Watson Consulting Group. Her firm is deeply engaged with systems change, focusing on the intersection of Child Welfare and housing instability as well as houselessness among the American Indian and Alaskan Native community. Ms. Watson and her team serve as housing consultants for the Center for Strategic Partnerships. Ms. Watson began consulting while serving as the inaugural director of the LASPA Center at Scripps College, a leadership center that prepared young leaders to take on global challenges and advance the role of women in contemporary leadership. Previously, as Downtown Women’s Center’s CEO from 2000 through 2014, Ms. Watson transformed DWC from a small agency serving 300 homeless women annually into a nationally recognized homeless services organization and anchor agency within Los Angeles County serving and housing thousands annually. In her position with the Downtown Women’s Center as well as through prior work with the YWCA, she has developed housing, created workforce development programs, and started three social enterprises. Watson Consulting Group Los Angeles is dedicated to uplifting marginalized communities by providing mission-driven consulting services that support governmental, philanthropic, and nonprofit organizations. WCG maximizes impact through projects that focus on organizational change, leadership development, and systems change work to build a more equitable world.