Our Team
Lande Ajose
Vice President and Chair in Understanding California’s Future, Interim Director of the Higher Education Center and Senior Fellow
Hannah Allen
Sacramento Center Office Manager
Andrew Ayres
Research Fellow
Mark Baldassare
President and Chief Executive Officer
Sarah Bardeen
Center Communications Manager
Stephanie Barton
Senior Editor
Jason Bennett
Facilities Manager
Steven Bliss
Director of Digital Strategy
Sarah Bohn
Vice President and Chair in Policy Research and Senior Fellow
Dean Bonner
Associate Survey Director and Research Fellow
Athena Brekke
Director of Information Technology
Stephanie Budde
Meetings Administrator
Paulette Cha
Research Fellow
Laurel Chun
Production Manager
Lisa Cole
Director of Development
Spencer Cole
Project Assistant
Joy Collins
Research Associate
Abby Cook
Vice President of Communications and Chief Strategy Officer
Kevin Cook
Associate Center Director
Alexia Cortez
Government Affairs Associate
Marisol Cuellar Mejia
Research Fellow
Arabella Cureton
Web Manager
Caroline Danielson
Policy Director and Senior Fellow
Khalil DeLaCerna
Data Systems Analyst
Dimitar Delchev
IT Systems Manager
Alvar Escriva-Bou
Senior Fellow
Rosalia Eveline
Research Operations Manager
Maria T. Chang Fay
Project Assistant
Ava Gambero
Development Associate
Niu Gao
Senior Fellow
Anneke Gaul
Human Resources Manager
Deborah Gonzalez
Vice President of Government Affairs and Chief Data Officer
Brian Gray
Senior Fellow
Ellen Hanak
Vice President and Director of the Water Policy Center and Senior Fellow
Heather Harris
Research Fellow
Joseph Hayes
Research Associate
Joseph Herrera
Research Associate
Laura Hill
Policy Director and Senior Fellow
Vicki Hsieh
Senior Editor
Jacob Jackson
Research Fellow
Hans Johnson
Senior Fellow
Julien Lafortune
Research Fellow
Stephanie Lam
Staff Accountant
Rachel Lawler
Survey Analyst
Emily Loeschinger
Senior Executive Assistant and Corporate Secretary
Magnus Lofstrom
Policy Director and Senior Fellow
Kellie Longo Flores
Deputy Director, Government Affairs
Michael Maa
Facilities Coordinator
Patricia Malagon
Research Associate
Brandon Martin
Research Associate
Shannon McConville
Research Fellow
Eric McGhee
Senior Fellow
Jerica Miles
Center Administrator
Zaira Joaquín Morales
Project Assistant
Becky Morgan
Publications Manager
Jeffrey Mount
Senior Fellow
Hannah Noonan
Communications Operations Manager
Nathania O’Meara
Research Administrator
Jennifer Paluch
Research Associate
Daniel Payares-Montoya
Research Associate
Cesar Alesi Perez
Research Associate
Ashlyn Perri
Digital Content Manager
Caitlin Peterson
Associate Center Director and Research Fellow
Wyatt Phipps
Center Administrator
Deepak Premkumar
Research Fellow
Emmanuel Prunty
Research Associate
Olga Rodriguez
Senior Fellow
Annabelle Rosser
Research Associate
Sandra Ruiz
Vice President of People and Culture
Cindy Scherer
Vice President of Finance & Administration and Chief Financial Officer
Gokce Sencan
Research Associate
Mary Severance
Senior Editor
Tammie Shea
IT Services Manager
Andrew Skelton
Research Associate
Thomas Sloan
Research Associate
Darriya Starr
Research Associate
Steve Stuck
Systems Administrator and Audio Visual Technician
Vida Tehrani
Senior Grants Manager
Deja Thomas
Survey Analyst
Tess Thorman
Research Associate
Pamela Torres
Controller
Lynette Ubois
Director of Content Strategy
Lianne Woo
Digital Marketing Associate
Anne Yamamoto
Administrative Assistant