City Impact Lab December 2024

CITY IMPACT LAB IS THE MOST EXCITING WAY TO START YOUR DAY TO GET THE TOOLS TO MAKE AN IMPACT ACROSS LOS ANGELES!

Hear from inspiring speakers, participate in engaging team-based activities, and network with other leaders as future collaborators and partners.

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

Joy Forbes

In 2015, Joy was recruited by NBCUniversal to take on a newly created position which requires working with the local community, ensuring consistent build out of the Universal Studios Hollywood Lot, and maintaining strong relationships with government and business partners. Joy also provides planning and pre-development assistance to NBCU real estate projects throughout the country.

Joy began her career with the City of Burbank in 1995 as an intern in the Community Development Department and promoted through the planning ranks. Joy was appointed to Director of the Community Development Department in 2012 where she oversaw a staff of more than 70 and an annual budget of over $40 million. The department consisted of many disciplines including building and safety, transportation planning and transit operations, affordable housing, historic preservation, real estate, and economic development. Before becoming Director, she spent four years in the City Manager’s office as Deputy City Manager. In this capacity she worked closely with the Mayor and Council Members. She oversaw the public information office and provided support for all 13 departments in the City.

Kat Delgado Kirkwood

Kat, a native of Guayaquil, Ecuador, and raised in NYC, began her career with Junior Achievement International in 2001. She has since led the JA Hispanic Initiative with Junior Achievement of Georgia, impacting the lives of 17,000+ Hispanic students in Metro Atlanta, Dalton, and Gainesville. In 2011, she relocated to Los Angeles, joining the JA of Southern California team, where she led a pilot strategy to increase high school graduation rates in Southern California and built a programmatic strategy for JA Finance Park– a program that educates middle and high school students on financial capability and career exploration. Today she serves as the Chief Impact & Partnership Officer, leading strategy and developing partnerships supporting JA’s portfolio of programs in financial literacy, career readiness, and entrepreneurship education. Most recently, Kat introduced a new, transformative model of public education, 3DE Schools by Junior Achievement, to Southern California, launching at Crenshaw High School in 2021 and at Dominguez HS in 2023 with plans for expansion to 2 additional high schools within Compton Unified. Kat is a results-driven strategist, a natural-born saleswoman, and a talented motivator. The National Hispanic MBAs have recognized her for her work in the community and by the State of Georgia as an exceptional Georgian.

Scott McLarty

An educator and school leader for more than twenty years, Scott McLarty believes that students deserve schools that promote their health and wellbeing, equip them to produce social good, and prepare them to thrive in a rapidly changing world. After teaching at independent schools in Los Angeles, Chicago, and San Francisco, Scott moved into school leadership. He was Director of Admissions and Enrollment Management at Bellarmine College Prep in San Jose, CA, Head of School at Mercy High School in San Francisco, CA, and is currently Head of School at Providence High School in Burbank, California.

Join your fellow L.A. leaders online for an eye-opening, interactive, and inspiring morning!

City Impact Lab attendees come from all backgrounds, including government, the arts, neighborhoods, nonprofits, and business. Come connect with your future collaborators, mentors, and partners.

Each City Impact Lab begins with a lively panel of civic, business, and/or community leaders who share their personal experiences and strategies to make an impact in Los Angeles. We then have an engagement “experiment” that allows all attendees a chance to connect on the challenges they are facing in their own work.