The Luskin Center for Innovation has about 20 employees on our core team who serve in executive leadership, research, and administrative roles. Team members collaborate with affiliated faculty — about 20 at a time, based throughout UCLA and at other universities — who have expertise in public policy, urban planning, economics, engineering, environmental health, and other subjects relevant to our research. Part-time consultants and student workers are also a critical part of our team. We employ or otherwise support about 50 students each year.

Core Team

Samantha Astudillo
Project Manager
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Isaac Buo
Research Staff Associate
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Mara Elana Burstein

Mara Elana Burstein
Communications Director
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Colleen Callahan
Co-Executive Director
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Dan Coffee
Project Manager
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Rachel Connolly
Project Director
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Nick Cuccia
Editor and Designer
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Lauren Dunlap
Project Manager
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Edith de Guzman

Edith de Guzman
Policy Specialist
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Grace Harrison
Project Manager
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Ariana Hernandez
Project Manager
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Elena Hernandez
Senior Project Manager
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Jason Karpman
Project Director
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Trace Lane
Senior Project Manager & Researcher
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Megan Mullin
Faculty Director
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Gregory Pierce
Research and Co-Executive Director;
Director, Human Right to Water Solutions Lab
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V. Kelly Turner
Associate Director and Professor of Urban Planning and Geography
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Constance Vance
Operations Director
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Zach Wampler
Project Coordinator

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Lana Zimmerman
Associate Project Manager
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