Our Team
Mandi Acevedo
Research Associate
Hannah Allen
Senior Government Affairs Administrator
Ruby Armstrong
Development Assistant
Eric Assan
Research Associate
Andrew Ayres
Research Fellow
Mark Baldassare
Statewide Survey Director and Miller Chair in Public Policy
Sarah Bardeen
Senior Center Communications Manager
Stephanie Barton
Senior Editor
Sal Beeby
Events Manager
Jason Bennett
Facilities Manager
Annalise Blum
Research Fellow
Sarah Bohn
Vice President and Director of the Economic Policy Center and Senior Fellow
Ricardo Bonilla
Manager of People and Culture
Dean Bonner
Associate Survey Director and Research Fellow
Athena Brekke
Director of Information Technology
Tani Cantil-Sakauye
President and CEO
(Chief Justice of CA, retired)
Paulette Cha
Research Fellow
Laurel Chun
Senior Production Manager
Spencer Cole
Research Associate
Abby Cook
Vice President of Communications and Chief Strategy Officer
Kevin Cook
Research Associate
Alexia Cortez
Senior Government Affairs Associate
Sean Cremin
Research Associate
Marisol Cuellar Mejia
Senior Fellow
Arabella Cureton
Web Manager
Caroline Danielson
Vice President of Research and Senior Fellow
Khalil DeLaCerna
Data Systems Analyst
Beyond Deng
Research Associate
Beth Elder
Senior Executive Assistant and Corporate Secretary
Kellie Longo Flores
Deputy Director of Government Affairs
Bradley Franklin
Research Fellow
Ava Gambero
Senior Development Associate
Anneke Gaul
Senior Manager of People & Culture
Selina Gomez
Research Associate
Deborah Gonzalez
Vice President of Government Affairs and Chief Data Officer
Brian Gray
Senior Fellow
Kyle Greenspan
Research Associate
Letitia Grenier
Director of the PPIC Water Policy Center and Senior Fellow
Brett Guinan
Research Associate
Heather Harris
Research Fellow
Laura Hill
Policy Director and Senior Fellow
Martin Hoshino
Chief Operating Officer
Vicki Hsieh
Senior Editor
Hans Johnson
Senior Fellow
Julien Lafortune
Senior Fellow
Stephanie Lam
Senior Accountant
Matt Levin
Director of Digital Strategy
Magnus Lofstrom
Policy Director and Senior Fellow
G.R. Love
Director of Development
Valerie Lundy-Wagner
Associate Center Director and Research Fellow
Patricia Malagon
Research Associate
Brandon Martin
Senior Research Associate
Shannon McConville
Senior Fellow
Eric McGhee
Policy Director and Senior Fellow
Jerica Miles
Senior Center Administrator
Douglas Moore
Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Finance and Administration
Lauren Mora
Survey Analyst
Yansi Moreno
Executive Assistant
Becky Morgan
Publications Manager
Jeffrey Mount
Senior Fellow
Shalini Mustala
Research Associate
Hannah Noonan
Associate Director of Communications
Sarah Novicoff
Research Fellow
Jennifer Paluch
Research Associate
Daniel Payares-Montoya
Research Associate
Alex Perez
Facilities Coordinator
Ashlyn Perri
Digital Content Manager
Caitlin Peterson
Associate Center Director and Research Fellow
Wyatt Phipps
Project Associate
Deepak Premkumar
Research Fellow
Olga Rodriguez
Director of the PPIC Higher Education Center and Senior Fellow
Sandra Ruiz
Vice President of People and Culture
Guisselle Salazar
Events Associate
Mary Severance
Senior Editor
Tammie Shea
IT Services Manager
Steve Stuck
Senior IT Operations Administrator
Luciana Susanto
Research Associate
Vida Tehrani
Associate Director of Development
Deja Thomas
Survey Analyst
Tess Thorman
Senior Research Associate
Pamela Torres
Controller
Lynette Ubois
Director of Content Strategy
Iwunze Ugo
Research Fellow
Augustina Ullman
Research Administrator
Charlie Wigul
Research Associate
Lianne Woo
Digital Marketing Manager
Anne Yamamoto
Senior Research Operations Manager
Rachel Yang Zhou
Research Fellow