Rachel Malarich

LA Office of Forest Management, Department of Public Works

Rachel Malarich is the City Forest Officer for the City of Los Angeles. In this role she works to ensure all of the City’s departments and external partners use an integrated and equitable approach to implementing the City’s urban forestry goals, and is responsible for leading the development and implementation of the City’s first Urban Forest Management Plan. She has 17 years of experience in urban forestry with a focus on environmental justice, urban forest management, strategic planning, and community engagement. Before her appointment as City Forest Officer, Rachel served as Assistant Director of Environmental Services for Koreatown Youth and Community Center (KYCC), where she oversaw planting of thousands of trees in underserved communities in central Los Angeles. Prior to that, she spent a decade with TreePeople, including three years as Director of Forestry. She is a Certified Arborist and Tree Risk Assessor Qualified with the ISA and serves on the Board of Street Tree Seminar, the LA/Orange County chapter of the California Urban Forest Council.