International Affairs Team

Marcia Martinez is the Operations, Events, and Community Relations Director for the Mayor's Office for International Affairs. She manages the Western Hemisphere (Latin America and the Caribbean) portfolio in this role. She implements ambitious efforts to elevate the work of city agencies by highlighting New York City's best practices through joint programming and partnerships with city agencies, Consulates, Missions, and the United Nations. Marcia also delivers on the Office's core operational and protocol obligations, including administrating the Diplomatic and Consular Parking Program. She also oversees the Office's daily functions and is critical in welcoming the diplomatic and consular community to NYC.  Marcia also co-facilitates the Office’s Internship Program in collaboration with the Deputy Commissioner for Policy & Strategic Initiative, the Chief of Staff.

Marcia has worked in many fields, from healthcare to education and government. She has over a decade of experience in administration and customer service.  Before joining the International Affairs Office, she was an External Affairs Coordinator with the NYC Department of Small Business Services (SBS). At SBS, she promoted the Minority Women Owned Business program by playing a critical role in extensive outreach, including events with small businesses that resulted in helping the agency certify over 10,000 M/WBE businesses across New York City.

Marcia has worked in many different fields from Health care to education and now government. She has over a decade of experience in administration and customer service. Her most recent employer was with the NYC Department of Small Business Services as an External Affairs Coordinator. At SBS she played a critical role of making sure that through extensive outreach, networking agency and business events with small businesses, she promoted the Minority Women Owned Business program that former Mayor Bill DeBlasio supported and through those efforts, was a part of helping certify over 10,000 M/WBE businesses across the city of New York. Marcia is Bilingual in Spanish, holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Lehman College and graduated top of her class in High school.

Marcia is Bilingual in Spanish and holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Lehman College. She is originally a Garifuna from Honduras and currently resides in the Bronx.