Media contacts at UCLA

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UCLA Media Relations personnel

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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 
[email protected]  
310-780-3417

Ricardo Vazquez 
Director of Media Relations
[email protected]
310-206-3986
(media inquiries, English and Spanish)

Jessica Wolf
Director of Arts Communications and Marketing 
[email protected]
310-825-1046

Reggie Kumar
Associate Director of Media Relations
[email protected]
310-850-4264
(media inquiries)

Katherine Alvarado
Assistant Director of Media Relations
[email protected]
310-794-6847
(media inquiries, English and Spanish)

Alison Hewitt
Senior Media Relations Officer
[email protected]
310-206-5461
(areas: climate change and environment, humanities, Volunteer Center, veterans)

Elizabeth Kivowitz 
Senior Media Relations Officer
[email protected] 
310-466-8769
(areas: 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 
[email protected]
310-340-3911
(areas: university events and initiatives, community engagement, campus life, sustainability)

Holly Ober
Senior Media Relations Officer
[email protected]
310-956-6465
(areas: 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
[email protected]
310-844-3582
(areas: ethnic studies, race and ethnicity, gender and sexuality, accessibility and disability)

Valarie Haynes
Office Manager
[email protected]
310-825-5295

Chris Stanton
Media Relations Assistant
[email protected]
310-825-2585
 

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UCLA Newsroom 

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Todd Schindler
Interim Director of UCLA Media
[email protected]
213-326-6300

Nancy Gondo
Senior Editor
[email protected]
310-429-8527

Madeline Adamo
Features Writer
[email protected]
650-387-1565

Michael Callahan
Editorial Director of UCLA Magazine
[email protected]
310-487-8728
 

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UCLA Health

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For media inquiries regarding UCLA medical centers, hospitals and clinics, email [email protected] and visit the UCLA Health news page. 

Contact information for individual members of the UCLA Health media team can be found here.
 

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UCLA Athletics

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

Liza David
Sports Information Director
[email protected]
310-206-8140
 

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UCLA professional schools

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

School of the Arts and Architecture

Anne Marie Burke
Assistant Dean, Strategic Communications
[email protected]
310-825-4140

School of Dentistry

Ben Alkaly 
Director of Communications 
[email protected]
310-206-0835

School of Education and Information Studies

John McDonald
Director of Media Relations
[email protected]
310-880-5332

Samueli School of Engineering

Christine Wei-li Lee
Assistant Dean, Chief Marketing Communications Officer
[email protected]
310-206-0540

School of Law

Joshua Rich
Editorial Director
[email protected]
310-206-2221

Anderson School of Management

Paul Feinberg
Associate Director, Marketing and Communicatios
[email protected]
310-794-1215

Geffen School of Medicine

Phil Hampton
Senior Director, Communications
[email protected]
310-267-7014

Herb Alpert School of Music

Russell Kelban 
Director of Strategic Communications and Marketing
[email protected]
310-825-4215

School of Nursing

Aaron Hilf
Director of Communications
[email protected]
310-903-6654

Luskin School of Public Affairs

Kate Shirley
Executive Director of Communications
[email protected]
310-206-5252

Fielding School of Public Health

Carla Denly
Associate Dean for Marketing and Communications
[email protected] 
424-832-6408

School of Theater, Film and Television

Jennifer Villela
Media Communications Specialist
[email protected]
505-577-1347
 

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Additional campus units

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Many UCLA centers and units have their own media contacts:

Alumni Association

Estellaleigh Franenberg
Creative Director, Marketing and Communications
[email protected]
310-794-5189

Broad Stem Cell Research Center

Ani Vahradyan 
Communications and Media Relations Manager 
[email protected]
310-968-6144

California NanoSystems Institute

Nicole Wilkins
Director of Strategic Communications 
[email protected]
310-869-6835

Center for Health Policy Research

Tiffany Lopes
Director of Communications and Publications
[email protected]
310-794-0930

Center for Immigration Law and Policy

Sandra Hernandez
Director of Strategic Communications
[email protected]

Chicano Studies Research Center

Rebecca Epstein
Communications and Academic Programs Officer
[email protected]
310-206-9185

Depression Grand Challenge

Anne Dahlem
Director of Communications
[email protected]
949-400-2055

Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment

Evan George
Communications Director 
[email protected]
323-877-8404

Film & Television Archive

Marisa Soto
Marketing and Communications Officer
[email protected]
310-206-8588

Fowler Museum at UCLA

Erin Connors
Director of Communications and Engagement
[email protected]
310-825-4288

Hammer Museum at UCLA

Santiago Pazos
Senior Manager, Public Relations
[email protected]
310-443-7016

Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz Performance

Daniel Seeff
West Coast Director
[email protected]
310-206-9700

Institute of the Environment and Sustainability

Claire Griffiths
Marketing and Communications Specialist
[email protected]
714-396-6766

International Institute

Peggy McInerny
Director of Communications
[email protected]
310-794-7226

The Promise Institute for Human Rights

Natalie Monsanto 
Communications and Development Manager
[email protected]

Technology Development Group

Marivi Valcourt 
Marketing Manager
[email protected]
310-569-1764

UCLA Labor Center

Emily Jo Wharry
Director of Communications
[email protected]
310-617-5609

UCLA Library

Ariane Bicho
Director of Communications and Marketing
[email protected]
760-836-2153

Williams Institute

Rachel Dowd
Communications Manager
[email protected]
310-206-8982