Board Member Ronda R. Dixon, Esq.
Ms. Dixon is a 1983 graduate of Pitzer College in Claremont, California and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in film, communications, and English literature. She earned her Juris Doctorate at the University of California Davis King Hall School of Law in 1988. In 2020, Ms. Dixon began her studies to earn a Master’s Degree in Urban Studies/Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Work Experience
Ms. Dixon has had a long and distinguished career in both the public and private sectors. Ms. Dixon currently is the principal of the Dixon Justice Center, with practice areas including criminal law, civil rights, eviction/foreclosure, and immigration. She also acts as a City of Sacramento Cannabis Consultant, Cannabis Consultant for the City of Los Angeles and a Policy/Compliance Expert for Green Believers, a Social Equity Incubator featuring prominent and nationally recognized cannabis leaders, advocates, medical professionals, scientist, cultivators, extractors, attorneys.
Ms. Dixon began her law career in the Appellate Division of the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office. From 1992-2004, Ms. Dixon was a sole practitioner with a practice emphasis in entertainment law.
Attorney Dixon’s aspirations for outreach to the underserved were realized in 2004, when she became the Executive Director of Dream-builders, a nonprofit Supplemental Educational Services provider serving the Los Angeles Unified School District (“LASUD”) and Inglewood Unified School District. This organization served students from kindergarten to 12th grade in providing tutoring and tutoring training, which resulted in increased student achievement.
From 2007-2013, Ms. Dixon developed Dixon Recovery Institute, Inc., a non-profit behavioral health clinic serving at-risk youth and adults for the Department of Child and Family Services, LAUSD, probation, and the Los Angeles Superior Court. As Executive Director, Ms. Dixon led the direction of the Institute, which directed its efforts toward deep-rooted problems that cause people to surrender their life to addictions to bandage emotional hurts rooted in loneliness, despair, and/or loss. Ms. Dixon’s passion has helped hundreds of people that have suffered drug, alcohol and mental health challenges. Her work with the Dixon Recovery Institute led to her 2012 appointment as the Alcohol and Other Drug Commissioner by County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas.
In 2015, Ms. Dixon returned to private practice, first as the principal of Dixon Law Associates and since October 2019, under the present name Dixon Justice Center. At the same time, Ms. Dixon continued her work for non-profit organizations, Ms. Dixon served as the Site Manager of Community Career Development, which implemented workforce investment programs providing training and placement initiatives for intercity adults and youth.
From 2017-2019, Ms. Dixon was a Program Manager for JVS SoCal, a non-profit organization devoted to the creation of new and effective program models and expansion of partnerships in the public and private sectors – for fair and equal employment practices.
Community Service/Recognition
From 2003-2010, Ms. Dixon served as the host for “Some Of Us Are Brave” on public radio station KPFK, which focused on issues relevant to African-American women.
In 2010, Ms. Dixon received the Woman of the Year Award for Community Service from Inner City Mass Choir.
Ms. Dixon has received recognition for community service from several community leaders, including commendations, from state, county, city and national politicians including but not limited to Congresswoman Karen Bass, Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Supervisor Mark Ridley Thomas, Councilman Herb Wesson, and Councilman Bernard Parks.
