California Center for Sustainable Communities at UCLA

Meet Our Team

Our mission at the CCSC is to provide assistance to California communities as they make the transition to greater urban sustainability on multiple fronts. Our leaders, researchers, collaborators, and support staff  work to provide insights, data, methods, models, case studies, research, tools and strategies to address challenges facing California communities today.

We serve as a resource for policy makers, stakeholders, environment advocates, journalists, and residents of the state.

Our work makes worthwhile reform possible in the areas of energy, water, and transportation management and it informs forward-thinking leadership within the state to make meaningful advances in California’s sustainability transition.  

Leadership

Stephanie Pincetl

Founding Director and Professor

California Center for Sustainable Communities at UCLA; Chair, PhD in Environment and Sustainability;

Eric Fournier, Ph.D.

Research Director

California Center for Sustainable Communities, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability

Researchers

Robert Cudd, MPP

California Center for Sustainable Communities at UCLA Energy policy, urban planning, and the de-carbonization of thermal energy

Spencer Mathews

GIS Programmer, UCLA Energy Atlas

California Center for Sustainable Communities at UCLA

Julia Skrovan

Senior Public Admin Analyst

California Center for Sustainable Communities at UCLA

Maya Ofek

Research Analyst

California Center for Sustainable Communities at UCLA

Staff

Samantha Smithies

Project Coordinator

California Center for Sustainable Communities at UCLA

Mary Hardin

Center Administrator and Social Media Coordinator

California Center for Sustainable Communities at UCLA

Graduate Students

Rachel Sheinberg

Graduate Student Researcher

California Center for Sustainable Communities at UCLA

Sebastián Solarte-Caicedo

Graduate Student Researcher

California Center for Sustainable Communities at UCLA Energy poverty and community empowerment in the Global South

Visiting Scholars