As Managing Director at Trifiletti Consulting, Karly Katona is focused on utilizing her extensive experience in the public sector to support catalytic community development and infrastructure improvements that will benefit the region at-large.

With experience in land use, infrastructure, transportation, homelessness and housing policy and projects, as well as civic engagement, Karly brings a strong foundation in effective project management across a broad range of disciplines.

Prior to joining the team, Karly served as the Caretaker for Council District 10 and Chief of Staff to Councilmember Mark Ridley-Thomas. In this role, she oversaw all policy, programmatic and operational issues of the Council Office, with a specific focus on advancing community development initiatives. She also led the team’s robust response to the homelessness and housing crisis by overseeing various prevention efforts, the establishment of homeless outreach teams, and the siting and construction of new interim, permanent supportive and affordable housing.

Prior to her service at the City of Los Angeles, Karly spent over 14 years working for the Second District of the County of Los Angeles, where she was responsible for liaising with the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro), as well as the Departments of Regional Planning, Parks and Recreation, Public Works, Office of Sustainability, Public Library, Department of Health Services, and the Los Angeles Community Development Authority. At the County, Karly oversaw more than a hundred capital and infrastructure projects, including the creation of the 13-mile Park to Playa Trail, the renovation of the 100-acre Magic Johnson Park, the redevelopment of 4 acres on the intersection of Vermont and Manchester into a public boarding school and mixed-use development, as well as the creation of thousands of units of affordable housing.

Karly currently works on a variety of community development, transportation, and affordable housing projects, liaising with both public and private sector clients to advance their goals.

Karly holds a bachelor of arts from the University of California, Berkeley, and a master’s degree in Public Health from the University of California, Los Angeles. She is the Board Secretary of the Coro Southern California Board of Directors, after serving as a Coro Fellow in Los Angeles in 2005/2006. She also serves as Chair of the MLK Health and Wellness Community Development Corporation.