Advisory Board
Our Advisory Board helps ensure that the Luskin Center for Innovation has the resources, strategic guidance, and partnerships to maximize its impact. Titles are for identification purposes.
- Dr. Sandra Aronberg, Adjunct Professor of Medicine, UCLA
- Ruben Aronin, Senior VP, Better World Group
- Daniel Freedman, Partner, JMBM
- Max Gomberg, Independent Consultant, Water Affordability & Resilience
- Alfredo Gonzalez, Director, Resources Legacy Fund
- Mary Leslie, President, Los Angeles Business Council
- Meyer Luskin, President, Scope Industries
- Renee Luskin, Philanthropist
- David Nahai, President, David Nahai Companies
- Sara Nichols, Former Environmental Attorney
- Jonathan Parfrey, Executive Director, Climate Resolve
- Michele Prichard, Philanthropic Leader (retired director, Liberty Hill Foundation)
- Alvaro Sanchez, Former VP of Policy, The Greenlining Institute
- Deidre Sanders, Founder & Principal, AskSpring Consulting
Members of the Luskin Center for Innovation’s Advisory Board meeting at UCLA in April, 2025. Credit: Shanley Kellis.
Board Alumni (most recent transitions)
- Mitra Best, Partner, PwC
- Anthony Eggert, Program Director, ClimateWorks Foundation
- Cynthia Hirschhorn, Founder of Civicas and Unycyn Civic Arts
- Hon. Fran Pavley, California State Senator Emeritus and Director, USC Schwarzenegger Institute for State and Global Policy
Ambassador Committee
Our Ambassador Committee is composed of extraordinary early and mid-career UCLA alumni who help advance the mission of the Luskin Center for Innovation by expanding our networks, collaborating on research, and mentoring current UCLA students. Titles are for identification purposes.
- Nicholas Chow, PhD Candidate at Oxford
- Maggie Faigen, Operational Sustainability, Saks Global
- Rebecca Ferdman, Sustainability Policy Director, Los Angeles County Chief Sustainability Office
- Kelsey Jessup, Project Director, The Nature Conservancy
- Julien Gattaciecca, Director of Community Choice Aggregation Market Development and Strategic Partnerships, Calpine Energy Solutions
- Quinn Haaga, Senior Project Manager, Water Efficiency & Sustainability, MEA Consulting
- Lys Mendez, Environmental Communications Consultant
- Linda Mitchell, Executive Assistant, Los Angeles County Department of Economic Opportunity
- Kristen Torres Pawling, Deputy Chief of Staff, Councilmember Katy Yaroslavsky
- Nora Pearlman, Associate Director of Development, Valley Beth Shalom
- Sarah Perez, Planner, Alta Planning + Associates
- Itzel Vasquez-Rodriguez, Small Utilities Project Manager, Rural Communities Assistance Corporation
- Kalani Seymore, US Interest Rate Trading Analyst, Morgan Stanley
- Kristen Soares, State Climate Policy Network Manager, Climate XChange
- Kelly Trumbull, Senior Researcher, Climate and Energy, Sightline Institute
- Tayler Ward, Director of Communications, Central Valley Community Foundation
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