Mr. Martinez stated that he s been with the organization since 1979. He s been President of the organization since 1995. LAUW was on the cusp of making good things happen but needed to make some internal operational changes. LAUW has downsized staff to 13. LAUW currently has a good staff in place who are committed to the organization.
Internally operations are as sound as they have ever been.
LAUW has a program called Giant Step Initiative . Everything we ve done internally for the United Way is under a TQM microscope. Everything from where we buy supplies and who our vendors are to how we deal with our volunteers - how we thank them, how we recognize them. Every minute detail of the United Way is under the microscope. For the last three years LAUW has hit its financial target and last year was the first year that it was able to provide increased allocations to member agencies.