Marla Livengood

Marla Livengood currently serves as Regional Public Affairs Manager at the League of California Cities since February 2025. Prior to this role, Livengood was the Senior Policy Advisor to the Mayor for the City of Stockton, CA, from November 2021 to December 2024. Earlier experience includes serving as the Director of Public Policy at Persuade PR from July 2019 to November 2021, and holding various positions at the California Strawberry Commission, including Regulatory Affairs Manager and Legislative Policy Analyst from January 2015 to June 2019. Livengood also worked as Director of the California Office at Jordan & Associates from 2009 to 2015, Legislative Affairs Manager at San Joaquin Regional Transit District (RTD) from 2006 to 2008, and Legislative Director in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1999 to 2005. Marla Livengood earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Agricultural Economics from California State University, Fresno, between 1996 and 1999 and graduated from Lincoln High in 1995.