Institute Staff

Tobias Higbie

Director, Professor of Labor Studies and History
higbie@history.ucla.edu
(310) 794-9331

Nancy Velasquez

Chief Administrative Officer
nvelasquez@irle.ucla.edu
(310) 267-4567

Chris Zepeda-Millán

Labor Studies Program Chair, Professor of Public Policy and Chicana/o & Central American Studies
czm@ucla.edu

Elizbeth Espinoza

Academic Programming Manager
espinoza@irle.ucla.edu
(310) 206-4336

Gloria Chan

Student Affairs Officer
gchan@irle.ucla.edu
(310) 206-0812
9244 Bunche Hall

Veronica Gnandt

IT Manager
vgnandt@ssc.ucla.edu
(310) 206-2745

Lesly Ayala

Communications Specialist
ljayala@ucla.edu

Marcos Ruiz Rojas

Digital Communications Specialist
marcosruiz1999@ucla.edu

Lily Hernandez

Human Resources Manager, Academic and Staff Personnel
lilyhernandez@irle.ucla.edu
(310) 206-5111

Jamie Reniva

Payroll and Administrative Analyst
jreniva@irle.ucla.edu
(310) 267-1957

Claudia Suarez

Finance Manager
csuarez@irle.ucla.edu
(310) 267-4739

Karen Vargas

LOSH Fund Manager
kvargas@irle.ucla.edu
(310) 794-5975

Kevin Riley

Director, Labor Occupational Safety and Health Program

Ellen Sheehan

Executive Director, HARRT

Kent Wong

Director, UCLA Labor Center

Ana-Christina Ramón

Director, Entertainment and Media Research Initiative