Our Team
Hannah Allen
Government Affairs Administrator
Eric Assan
Research Associate
Andrew Ayres
Research Fellow
Mark Baldassare
Statewide Survey Director and Miller Chair in Public Policy
Sarah Bardeen
Center Communications Manager
Stephanie Barton
Senior Editor
Sal Beeby
Events Associate
Jason Bennett
Facilities Manager
Steven Bliss
Director of Digital Strategy
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)
Erin Carvalho
Government Affairs Associate
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
Associate Center Director
Alexia Cortez
Government Affairs Associate
Sean Cremin
Research Associate
Marisol Cuellar Mejia
Research Fellow
Arabella Cureton
Web Manager
Caroline Danielson
Interim Vice President of Research and Senior Fellow
Khalil DeLaCerna
Data Systems Analyst
Jenny Duan
Research Associate
Beth Elder
Senior Executive Assistant
Bradley Franklin
Research Fellow
Ava Gambero
Development Associate
Anneke Gaul
Human Resources Manager
Selina Gomez
Research Associate
Deborah Gonzalez
Vice President of Government Affairs and Chief Data Officer and Corporate Secretary
Brian Gray
Senior Fellow
Kyle Greenspan
Research Associate
Letitia Grenier
Director of the PPIC Water Policy Center and Senior Fellow
Clarissa Grubbs
Center Administrator
Brett Guinan
Research Associate
Ellen Hanak
Senior Fellow
Heather Harris
Research Fellow
Joseph Hayes
Senior Research Associate
Laura Hill
Policy Director and Senior Fellow
Martin Hoshino
COO & Interim CFO
Vicki Hsieh
Senior Editor
Jacob Jackson
Research Fellow
Hans Johnson
Senior Fellow
Hoyun Kim
Project Assistant
Julien Lafortune
Research Fellow
Stephanie Lam
Senior Accountant
Magnus Lofstrom
Policy Director and Senior Fellow
Patricia Malagon
Research Associate
Brandon Martin
Research Associate
Shannon McConville
Research Fellow
Eric McGhee
Policy Director and Senior Fellow
Jerica Miles
Center Administrator
Lauren Mora
Survey Analyst
Zaira Joaquín Morales
Research Associate
Yansi Moreno
Executive Assistant
Becky Morgan
Publications Manager
Jeffrey Mount
Senior Fellow
Shalini Mustala
Research Associate
Hannah Noonan
Senior Communications Operations Manager
Jennifer Paluch
Research Associate
Daniel Payares-Montoya
Research Associate
Alex Perez
Facilities Coordinator
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
Director of the PPIC Higher Education Center and Senior Fellow
Sandra Ruiz
Vice President of People and Culture
Gokce Sencan
Research Associate
Mary Severance
Senior Editor
Tammie Shea
IT Services Manager
Andrew Skelton
Research Associate
Steve Stuck
Systems Administrator and Audio Visual Technician
Vida Tehrani
Associate Director of Development
Deja Thomas
Survey Analyst
Tess Thorman
Research Associate
Pamela Torres
Controller
Lynette Ubois
Director of Content Strategy
Iwunze Ugo
Research Fellow
Augustina Ullman
Research Administrator
Lianne Woo
Digital Marketing Manager
Anne Yamamoto
Research Operations Manager
Kareen Yang
Events Manager