Allison Wilhite

Allison Wilhite serves as a key procurement lead within the Los Angeles Civil + Human Rights and Equity agency, driving acquisitions that advance equity, access, and inclusion across city services. Her role centers on securing facilities support services that enable equitable public engagement, including language access infrastructure, outreach program logistics, and barrier-free facility operations. She ensures that contracting activities directly support the agency’s mission to remove systemic obstacles for historically marginalized communities, prioritizing solutions that enhance linguistic accessibility and community-centered service delivery. Her acquisitions are mission-driven, with a focus on operational continuity and inclusive service design rather than capital-intensive projects. Wilhite collaborates with a broad range of service providers specializing in facilities management, language services, and community engagement support. While no single contractor dominates her portfolio, she consistently engages vendors with demonstrated experience in culturally competent service delivery, multilingual staffing, and equitable access programming. Her working relationships emphasize responsiveness, local capacity, and alignment with civil rights compliance standards, fostering partnerships with firms that understand the unique needs of Los Angeles’s diverse populations. Wilhite’s procurement strategy reflects a strong preference for open competition, with 100% of her acquisitions issued without set-aside designations. This approach underscores a commitment to maximizing vendor participation through broad, non-restrictive solicitation practices, ensuring that qualified firms of all sizes—regardless of socioeconomic certification—can compete on merit and capacity. While she does not prioritize 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB set-asides, her evaluations emphasize demonstrated capability in equity-focused service delivery as a core selection criterion. Her primary procurement focus is exclusively under NAICS 561210 (Facilities Support Services), encompassing cleaning, maintenance, accessibility modifications, translation and interpretation services, and event logistics for public outreach. She specializes in procuring mission-critical support that sustains equitable civic participation, ensuring that city facilities and engagement programs are fully accessible and linguistically inclusive for all residents.