Media contacts at UCLA

UCLA Media Relations personnel

UCLA media relations serves journalists covering breaking news, campuswide issues and student affairs and responds to general media inquiries.

Eddie North-Hager 
Interim Executive Director of UCLA Media 
enhager@stratcomm.ucla.edu  
310-780-3417

Ricardo Vazquez 
Director of Media Relations
rvazquez@stratcomm.ucla.edu
310-206-3986
(media inquiries)

Jessica Wolf
Director of Arts Communications and Marketing 
jwolf@stratcomm.ucla.edu
310-825-1046

Katherine Alvarado
Assistant Director of Media Relations
kalvarado@stratcomm.ucla.edu
310-794-6847
(media inquiries)

Alison Hewitt
Senior Media Relations Officer
ahewitt@stratcomm.ucla.edu
310-206-5461
(climate change and environment, humanities, Volunteer Center, veterans)

Elizabeth Kivowitz 
Senior Media Relations Officer
ekivowitz@stratcomm.ucla.edu 
310-466-8769
(social sciences, politics, economics, anthropology, technology and society, immigration, Center for Community Engagement, international and foreign policy experts)

Ron Mackovich-Rodriguez 
Senior Media Relations Officer 
rmackovich@stratcomm.ucla.edu
310-340-3911
(university events and initiatives, community engagement, campus life, sustainability)

Holly Ober
Senior Media Relations Officer
hober@stratcomm.ucla.edu
310-956-6465
(physical sciences, life sciences, space and astronomy, geology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, statistics, atmospheric and oceanic sciences, evolution, ecology, biology, molecular genetics, psychology)

Barbra Ramos
Assistant Director of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Communications
bramos@stratcomm.ucla.edu
310-844-3582
(ethnic studies, race and ethnicity, gender and sexuality, accessibility and disability)
 

UCLA Health

For media inquiries regarding UCLA medical centers, hospitals and clinics, email uclahealthnews@mednet.ucla.edu and visit the UCLA Health news page. 
 

UCLA Athletics

For media inquiries regarding intercollegiate sports and athletics at UCLA, visit the UCLA Bruins website and contact:

Liza David
Sports Information Director
ldavid@athletics.ucla.edu
310-206-8140
 

UCLA professional schools

Media contacts for each of UCLA’s 12 professional schools:

School of the Arts and Architecture

Anne Marie Burke
Assistant Dean, Strategic Communications
aburke@arts.ucla.edu
310-825-4140

School of Dentistry

Ben Alkaly 
Director of Communications 
balkaly@dentistry.ucla.edu
310-206-0835

School of Education and Information Studies

John McDonald
Director of Media Relations
jmcdonald@gseis.ucla.edu
310-880-5332

Samueli School of Engineering

Christine Wei-li Lee
Assistant Dean, Chief Marketing Communications Officer
clee@seas.ucla.edu
310-206-0540

School of Law

Joshua Rich
Editorial Director
rich@law.ucla.edu
310-206-2221

Anderson School of Management

Paul Feinberg
Associate Director, Marketing and Communicatios
paul.feinberg@anderson.ucla.edu
310-794-1215

Geffen School of Medicine

Phil Hampton
Senior Director, Communications
phampton@mednet.ucla.edu
310-267-7014

Herb Alpert School of Music

Russell Kelban 
Director of Strategic Communications and Marketing
rkelban@schoolofmusic.ucla.edu
310-825-4215

School of Nursing

Aaron Hilf
Director of Communications
ahilf@sonnet.ucla.edu
310-903-6654

Luskin School of Public Affairs

Kate Shirley
Executive Director of Communications
kshirley@luskin.ucla.edu
310-206-5252

Fielding School of Public Health

Carla Denly
Associate Dean for Marketing and Communications
cdenly@support.ucla.edu 
424-832-6408

School of Theater, Film and Television

Jennifer Villela
Media Communications Specialist
jvillela@tft.ucla.edu
505-577-1347

 

Other campus units

Many UCLA centers and units have their own media contacts:

Alumni Association

Estellaleigh Franenberg
Creative Director, UCLA Alumni Marketing and Communications
franenberg@support.ucla.edu
310-794-5189

Broad Stem Cell Research Center

Ani Vahradyan 
Communications and Media Relations Manager 
avahradyan@mednet.ucla.edu
310-968-6144

California NanoSystems Institute

Nicole Wilkins
Director of Strategic Communications 
nwilkins@cnsi.ucla.edu
310-869-6835

Center for Health Policy Research

Tiffany Lopes
Director of Communications and Publications
tlopes@ucla.edu
310-794-0930

Center for Immigration Law and Policy

Hayley Burgess
Communications Strategist
burgess@law.ucla.edu

Chicano Studies Research Center

Rebecca Epstein
Communications and Academic Programs Officer
repstein@chicano.ucla.edu
310-206-9185

Depression Grand Challenge

Anne Dahlem
Director of Communications
adahlem@conet.ucla.edu
949-400-2055

Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment

Evan George
Communications Director 
george@law.ucla.edu
323-877-8404

Film & Television Archive

Marisa Soto
Marketing and Communications Officer
msoto@cinema.ucla.edu
310-206-8588

Fowler Museum at UCLA

Erin Connors
Director of Communications and Engagement
erinconnors@arts.ucla.edu
310-825-4288

Hammer Museum at UCLA

Santiago Pazos
Senior Manager, Public Relations
spazos@hammer.ucla.edu
310-443-7016

Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz Performance

Daniel Seeff
West Coast Director
dseeff@monkinstitute.org
310-206-9700

Institute of the Environment and Sustainability

Claire Griffiths
Marketing and Communications Specialist
cgriffiths@ioes.ucla.edu
714-396-6766

International Institute

Peggy McInerny
Director of Communications
p_mcinerny@international.ucla.edu
310-794-7226

The Promise Institute for Human Rights

Natalie Monsanto 
Communications and Development Manager
monsanto@law.ucla.edu

Technology Development Group

Marivi Valcourt 
Marketing Manager
marivi.valcourt@tdg.ucla.edu
310-569-1764

UCLA Labor Center

Emily Jo Wharry
Director of Communications
emilyjowharry@g.ucla.edu
310-617-5609

UCLA Library

Ariane Bicho
Director of Communications and Marketing
abicho@library.ucla.edu
760-836-2153

Williams Institute

Rachel Dowd
Communications Manager
dowd@law.ucla.edu
310-206-8982