Cully Nordby
Associate Director
Institute of the Environment and Sustainability
Sustainability Action Research
Meet the people behind the Sustainability Action Research (SAR) program.
Sustainability Action Research’s exemplary work is made possible by a dedicated team of student leaders, faculty advisors, and stakeholders who work hand-in-hand with undergraduate students to research and implement sustainable solutions at UCLA.
Advisors
Carl Maida
Emeritus Adjunct Professor
Oral Biology Graduate Program, UCLA Graduate Division
Nurit Katz
Chief Sustainability Officer
UCLA
Bonny Bentzin
Deputy Chief Sustainability Officer
UCLA
Scott Gruber
Designer | Developer
Institute of the Environment and Sustainability
2025 Leadership Team
Audrey Jason
2025 SAR Program Director
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Gabrielle Biederman
2025 SAR Program Director
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Joy Huang
2025 SAR Communications Director
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Pam Nelson
2025 SAR Communications Director
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2024 Leadership Team
Sam Trezona
2024 SAR Program Director
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Grace Salvestrin
2024 SAR Program Director
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Melissa Morales
SAR Communications Director
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Eli Cho
2024 SAR Marketing & Media Director
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2023 Leadership Team
Racquel Fox
2023 SAR Program Director
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Julia Wu
2023 SAR Program Director
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Jeff Van
2023 SAR Communications Director
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2022 Leadership
Phoebe Chiu
2022 SAR Program Director
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Maddie Wilson
2022 SAR Program Director
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Eric Ha
2022 SAR Communications Director
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Ruhena Randhawa
2022 SAR Communications Director
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2021 Leadership Team
Anh-Vy Pham
2021 SAR Program Director
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Elizabeth Tanner
2021 SAR Program Director
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Jaime Wittner
2021 SAR Communications Director
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2020 Leadership Team
Léa Le Rouzo
2020 SAR Program Director
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Amber Lam
2020 SAR Communications Director
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Brooke Shimasaki
2020 SAR Program Director
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2019 Leadership Team
Shannon Cavanaugh
2019 Program Director
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Chloe Ney
2019 Communications Director
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Elias Platte-Bermeo
2019 Program Director
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2018 Leadership Team
Danna Creager
2018 Program Director
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Melissa Ikeda
2018 Communications Director
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Manali McCarthy
2018 Program Director
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2017 Leadership Team
Mochi Li
2017 Program Director
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Gabriella Merino
2017 Communications Director
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Austin Park
2017 Program Director
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2016 Leadership Team
Noopur Goel
2016 Communications Director
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Elizabeth Roswell
2016 Program Director
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