Danilo Garcia

Danilo Garcia (he/his) is the Chief Financial Officer at the Alliance. He brings 15+ years of strategic and tactical finance and risk management experience serving youth organizations and working with cross-functional leadership teams across diverse programs and funding sources. Danilo is passionate about leveraging his business acumen to drive growth, improve operational efficiency, and, more importantly, help fight systemic social and racial injustices. He believes that the most successful trajectories stem from the formation of solid, shared-value, agile teams.

Before joining the Alliance in 2018, Danilo served as Finance Director at A Place Called Home, overseeing all fiscal management functions while supporting the reform vision to provide safety and equal opportunities for young people and their families facing persistent adversity in South Central LA.

Danilo’s ardor for community activism also led him to serve as Board Chair of the Nonprofit Insurance of Alliance of California (NIAC) and to previously volunteer his time and expertise with the Financial Modeling Task Force sponsored by the LA Area Chamber of Commerce and United Way.

At the Alliance, Danilo is responsible for solidifying the financial, HR, and IT operational success to meet our short- and long-term strategic priorities, thereby strengthening the organization’s vision. Danilo’s adeptness includes delivering strategic, sustainable financial planning and forecasting, optimizing the agency’s financial viability with minimized risk, and leading and managing the annual operating budget and audit.

Danilo holds a Master of Business Administration with an emphasis in finance from Cal Poly, Pomona, a bachelor’s degree in business administration with an emphasis in finance, and a minor in economics from Cal State LA.