Qiuana Williams is an experienced public servant skilled in long range policy planning, transportation planning, land use entitlements, community outreach and project management. Williams currently serves as a project planner in the Expedited Processing Section (EPS) of the City of Los Angeles Department of City Planning. In her current role, Williams works to provide the public with a faster alternative for processing entitlement applications, supporting the City’s objectives to promote development that enhances the built environment. Prior to her role in EPS, Williams focused on long range transportation and infrastructure planning to create and implement plans, policies and programs that help to realize a vision of Los Angeles based on a foundation of mobility, economic vitality and improved quality of life for all residents.
Williams’ career in public service spans 10 years and also includes a role as program manager of the Great Streets Challenge, a program of Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti’s Great Streets Initiative to envision, collaborate on, and build transformative street infrastructure projects while building strong partnerships between communities and the City of Los Angeles. Prior to joining the City of Los Angeles, Williams worked for Jerome E. Horton, Chairman Emeritus of the State Board of Equalization as the regional outreach stakeholder manager and Assembly Member Warren T. Furutani (ret) as a field deputy.
Williams is the owner of SIQ Investments, LLC, and the vehicle in which she intends to pursue a variety of land and real estate development projects, and is a member of the American Planning Association (APA). Williams previously served as a 2019 delegate representing Southern California at the 2019 American Planning Association National Conference, a Commissioner for the City of Carson Women’s Issues Commission, and Committee Member for the Clean Power Alliance Community Advisory Committee (CPA) representing the South Bay sub-region.
Born and raised in the South Bay, Williams completed her master’s degree in City and Regional Planning at Cardiff University in Cardiff, Wales, UK, holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business: Finance, Real-Estate and Law from California State University, Long Beach, and a certificate in Leadership and Public Policy Analysis from the Los Angeles African American Women’s Public Policy Institute.
Email: qiuana.williams@lacity.org