Maya Ofek

Maya Ofek

Research Analyst

California Center for Sustainable Communities at UCLA

619 Charles E. Young Drive East, LaKretz Hall – Suite 300, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA

Campus Mailcode: 149606

Pronouns: she/her

Maya Ofek is a research analyst whose work focuses on the intersection of climate and energy policy and equity.

Before joining the CCSC team at UCLA, Maya has worked as a researcher at the Lewis Center for Regional Studies at UCLA and the Center for Health Policy Research at UCLA. She previously interned at the Institute on Tax and Economic Policy and worked on consulting projects for the California Community Foundation, the City of Los Angeles and Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy. 

She received her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology at UC Berkeley and her Master’s in Public Policy at UCLA. 

Projects

Electric distribution and generation in the foreground with natural gas infrastructure in the background.

Mindful Gas Decommissioning

California’s goal of decarbonizing the state’s energy sector by 2045 requires an accompanying strategic approach to the decommissioning of the extensive gas infrastructure.