Media contacts at UCLA
For general UCLA media inquiries, please call 310-825-2585 or contact us by email.
For our latest campus news, visit the UCLA Newsroom website.
For UCLA Health media inquiries, please email UCLAHealthNews@mednet.ucla.edu.
For UCLA Athletics media inquiries, please call 310-206-8140.
UCLA Media Relations
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Eddie North-Hager
Interim Executive Director of UCLA Media 310-780-3417
Ricardo Vazquez
Director of Media Relations 310-206-3986
Media inquiries
Jessica Wolf
Director of Arts Communications and Marketing 310-825-1046
Katherine Alvarado
Assistant Director of Media Relations 310-794-6847
Media inquiries
Alison Hewitt
Senior Media Relations Officer 310-206-5461
Climate change and environment, humanities, Volunteer Center, veterans
Elizabeth Kivowitz
Senior Media Relations Officer 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 310-340-3911
University events and initiatives, community engagement, campus life, sustainability
Holly Ober
Senior Media Relations Officer 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 310-844-3582
Ethnic studies, race and ethnicity, gender and sexuality, accessibility and disability
UCLA Health/David Geffen School of Medicine
For media inquiries regarding UCLA medical centers, hospitals and the David Geffen School of Medicine.
Email UCLAHealthNews@mednet.ucla.edu | UCLA Health Sciences newsroom
UCLA Athletics
For media inquiries regarding intercollegiate sports and athletics at UCLA.
Liza David
Sports Information Director 310-206-8140
UCLA professional schools
The professional schools provide media contacts in their areas.
School of the Arts and Architecture
Anne Marie Burke
Assistant Dean, Strategic Communications 310-825-4140
School of Dentistry
Ben Alkaly
Director of Communications 310-206-0835
School of Education and Information Studies
John McDonald
Director of Media Relations 310-880-5332
Samueli School of Engineering
Christine Wei-li Lee
Assistant Dean, Chief Marketing Communications Officer 310-206-0540
School of Law
Annabel Adams
Assistant Dean of Communications 562-682-5230
Anderson School of Management
Paul Feinberg 310-794-1215
Anderson School newsroom
Herb Alpert School of Music
Russell Kelban
Director of Strategic Communications and Marketing 310-825-4215
School of Nursing
Aaron Hilf
Director of Communications 310-903-6654
Luskin School of Public Affairs
Les Dunseith
Executive Director of Communications 310-206-5252
Fielding School of Public Health
Carla Denly
Associate Dean for Marketing and Communications 424-832-6408
School of Theater, Film and Television
Crystal Santana
Director of Marketing and Communications 310-206-9503
Other campus units
Many departments provide their own media contacts.
Alumni Association
Estellaleigh Franenberg
Creative Director, UCLA Alumni Marketing and Communications 310-794-5189
Broad Stem Cell Research Center
Ani Vahradyan
Communications and Media Relations Manager 310-968-6144
California NanoSystems Institute
Nicole Wilkins
Director of Strategic Communications 310-869-6835
Center for Health Policy Research
Tiffany Lopes
Director of Communications and Publications 310-794-0930
Center for Immigration Law and Policy
Hayley Burgess
Communications Strategist
Chicano Studies Research Center
Rebecca Epstein
Communications and Academic Programs Officer 310-206-9185
Depression Grand Challenge
Anne Dahlem
Director of Communications 949-400-2055
Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment
Evan George
Communications Director 323-877-8404
Film and Television Archive
Marisa Soto
Marketing and Communications Officer 310-206-8588
Fowler Museum at UCLA
Erin Connors
Director of Communications and Engagement 310-825-4288
Hammer Museum at UCLA
Santiago Pazos
Senior Manager, Public Relations 310-443-7016
Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz Performance at UCLA
Daniel Seeff
West Coast Director 310-206-9700
Institute of the Environment and Sustainability
David Colgan
Director of Communications 818-203-2858
International Institute
Peggy McInerny
Director of Communications 310-794-7226
The Promise Institute for Human Rights
Natalie Monsanto
Communications and Development Manager
Technology Development Group
Marivi Valcourt
Marketing Manager 310-569-1764
UCLA Labor Center
Emily Jo Wharry
Director of Communications 310-617-5609
UCLA Library
Ariane Bicho
Director of Communications and Marketing 760-836-2153
Williams Institute
Rachel Dowd
Communications Manager 310-206-8982
