Cecilia Muñoz, a former Director of White House Domestic Policy Council, explores how federal resources can optimally “land in cities,” what local capacities for capital absorption need to be in place; and how roles can be distributed vertically across the local, state, and federal levels.  Cecilia discusses how her experience in the Obama Administration highlighted the need to contextualize federal money flows and how she is translating that to philanthropy.   

This is the final in our 5-part video series, Philanthropy & the City, presented by The USC Center on Philanthropy and Public Policy and The Kresge Foundation. The series brings together some of the nation’s foremost leaders at the intersection of philanthropy and urban leadership to explore the essential role of community in establishing local priorities, how philanthropy varies in the context of mayoral leadership styles, and leveraging federal resources at the local level.