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EMIKO TAJIMA
Executive Director
LISETTE AUSTIN
Communications Manager
VANIA BUCK
Doctoral Student
MELISSA BECKER
RESEARCH CONSULTANT
KATHY BRENNAN
RESEARCH SCIENTIST
ANGELIQUE DAY
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
NATHAN FOWLER
ELEARNING DEVELOPER
KRISTIAN JONES
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
KIM JUSTICE
Director of Public Policy
MOO-HYUN KIM
Research Coordinator
JEN KITAJO
OPERATIONS SPECIALIST
HUNG-PENG LIN
DOCTORAL STUDENT
LAURIE LIPPOLD
Senior Policy Advisor
BREANNA MARTINEZ
Doctoral Student
SOPHIA MERELAS
STRIVE RESEARCH COORDINATOR
PERLA NUCICO
RESEARCH COORDINATOR
LAURA ORLANDO
RESEARCH SCIENTIST
MARIA PONZ
FINANCE ADMINISTRATOR
ISAAC ANDREW SANDERS
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JON TORRES
RESEARCH COORDINATOR
WILLIAM VESNESKI
Associate Teaching Professor
SIERRA WOLLEN
RESEARCH & COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR