Career
Ms. De La Garza was promoted to Assistant City Manager in March 2008. In this position, she provides oversight of the Human Resources, Fleet Operations, Purchasing and Public Works Departments

Prior to her current appointment, Ms. De La Garza served as Assistant to the City Manager and the City’s Human Resources Director for two years. As director, she was responsible all aspects of human resources including employee benefits, classification & compensation, employee relations, recruitment, affirmative action, equal employment opportunities, employee development & training, testing, and risk management.

Before returning to the City of San Antonio, Ms. De La Garza served as the Director of Human Resources for the City of Dallas, Texas from 1999 to 2004 where she managed approximately 80 staff members including fiscal accountability for an annual operating budget of approximately $6 million and non-operating budgets for Employee Health Benefits and Workers’ Compensation Funds totaling in excess of $100 million. During her tenure with the City of Dallas, Ms. De La Garza consolidated city-wide personnel administrative staff, streamlined the Human Resources Department to improve direct service to client departments and updated $80+ million employee health benefits plan covering 30,000+ lives to maximize plan effectiveness and cost efficiency.

Prior to joining the City of Dallas, Ms. De La Garza served as the Interim Classification and Compensation Administrator for the City of San Antonio, Human Resources Department from 1997 - 1999. In this capacity, she directed staff activities to systematically review, maintain, and revise the City’s classification and compensation plans through data analysis, job evaluations, interviews and surveys, and developed alternative compensation options and initiatives.

Ms. De La Garza also has more than 10 years of private sector experience including a strong emphasis on personnel administration, marketing, and retail operations.

Education
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard-Radcliffe College, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Professional Memberships
Member, Society for Human Resources Management; Member, World at Work (formerly American Compensation Association)