Assistant Program Officer
Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC)
Biography
Jessica Wackenhut Lomeli is a dedicated community development professional in Los Angeles. As an urban planner, she is driven by innovation to rethink urban challenges through collective impact projects.
Jessica is currently an Assistant Program Officer at Los Angeles Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC). She supports the Los Angeles LISC Financial Opportunity Centers, the LISC AmeriCorps program, and grant management of HUD Section 4 funding. Prior to joining LA LISC, Jessica was the Community Development Coordinator with Youth Policy Institute where she led activities associated with the HUD Choice Neighborhood Planning Grant and the Los Angeles Promise Zone. Her efforts focused on locally driven strategies to comprehensively address neighborhood revitalization around distressed public housing.
She is a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer who served in Paraguay. She holds her Master's degree in Urban Planning from the University of Southern California with a focus in Social & Community Planning as well as her Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Studies and Minor in Latin American & Latino Studies from the University of California, Santa Cruz.
Jessica was born and raised in South Lake Tahoe, California. She enjoys traveling, cooking, reading, and exploring new places on alternative transportation.
Email: jwackenhut@lisc.org