Media contacts at UCLA
General UCLA information and media inquiries
For general media inquiries, please call 310-825-2585 or email media@stratcomm.ucla.edu
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UCLA Health
For media inquiries, email UCLAHealthNews@mednet.ucla.edu
UCLA Athletics
For media inquiries, call 310-206-8140
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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