Luisa Cardona

Assistant CAO

Mrs. Cardona most recently served as director of the Mid-County Regional Service Office for Montgomery County, overseeing a diverse region of residents. In that role, Cardona advised the County Executive and County Council on community-centered policies and managed the Wheaton Urban District team.

She previously served as the deputy director and interim director for the Atlanta Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs. She was a key policy expert on immigration and equity issues, overseeing programmatic implementation, service delivery, and office operations, including managing a $2 million budget and supervising an eight-person team focused on power building among Atlanta's immigrant communities.

Cardona has a strong background in legal advocacy and community engagement. She previously served as a staff attorney for Access to Law and a law fellow/staff attorney for CASA de Maryland, where she provided direct legal counsel and policy advocacy for indigent clients in immigration, employment, housing, and education matters. She is an attorney and a member of the Maryland and Georgia bars and has served as a Spanish media spokesperson for local, national, and international media outlets.