Aviva Family and Children’s Services Announces Amber Rivas
as President and Chief Executive Officer
LOS ANGELES, December 20, 2022 – Aviva Family and Children’s Services, a social services agency providing foster care and adoption, supportive housing for women and children, community mental health and crisis intervention services in Los Angeles County, today announced that Amber Rivas has been named President and Chief Executive Officer, effective January 3, 2023.
Rivas has more than 17 years of experience at St. Anne’s Family Services in Los Angeles, most recently serving as Chief Operating Officer. While at St. Anne’s, Rivas led a number of significant achievements, including opening a new permanent supportive housing complex, transitioning their group home to a short-term residential therapeutic program, and expansion of Early Head Start services at two new early learning centers in the city of Lynwood, all while managing the daily operations of the organization.
“For more than 100 years, Aviva Family and Children’s Services has grown and changed to meet the needs of our community’s most vulnerable residents,” said Jonathan Werner, chair of Aviva’s Board of Directors. “Amber Rivas’s extensive experience and deep understanding of the environment facing organizations like Aviva today will help us continue our mission of serving our Los Angeles community.”
Amber holds a master’s in social work from the University of Southern California and a bachelor’s degree from Pepperdine University.
“I am honored to join Aviva Family and Children’s Services,” Rivas said. “Aviva has a sterling reputation and a solid team of professionals who care deeply about children and families in crisis. As President and CEO, I will work to support these leaders, and the families and children who work with us, to help them build brighter futures.”
About Aviva Family and Children’s Services
Aviva Family and Children’s Services believes every child and every family in our Los Angeles community deserves the chance for a brighter future. A nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization, Aviva provides therapeutic services and guidance to at-risk children and families in Los Angeles County through crisis intervention, mental health services, foster care and adoption, and supportive housing for women and children. Aviva has flourished for more than 107 years because of a focus on responding and evolving to meet the changing needs of the Los Angeles community, and now serves more than 6,500 children, youth and families each year. Learn more at aviva.org.
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