Leilani Barnett
Senior Outreach Manager, Community Engagement and Analysis, Inland areas of California (including the Central Valley and Sacramento) and Idaho
leilani.barnett (at) sf.frb.org
Leilani is senior outreach manager for the Inland areas of California (including the Central Valley and Sacramento) and Idaho in Community Engagement and Analysis at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. In this role, she is responsible for engaging communities and connecting with a broad range of community development stakeholders to understand the economic experiences of lower-income households and communities. She works to elevate emerging issues and innovative approaches that promote economic opportunity through shared learning, community conversations, and cross-sector partnerships.
Leilani has worked on affordable housing, transit-oriented development, and community development in California since 1997. Prior to joining the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco in 2014, her work experience included consulting for cities and counties throughout California on issues of growth, redevelopment, city planning, and affordable housing, and working in private real estate development. Leilani has served on a city planning commission, local housing advisory commission, technical advisory boards, and on the Sacramento County Children’s Coalition.
She received a master’s degree in city and regional planning from University of California, Berkeley and a bachelor’s degree from Brown University.