Institute Staff
Galina Hale
Faculty Director,Institute for Social Transformation
and Professor of Economics
gbhale@ucsc.edu
Ned LeBlond
Managing Director,Institute for Social Transformation
and Campus + Community
319-321-4356
nleblond@ucsc.edu
Darío León
Research and Community Coordinator,Institute for Social Transformation
and Center for Labor and Community
dariol@ucsc.edu
Jessica De La Cruz
Administrative Research Coordinator, Institute for Social Transformation andUCSC California Climate Action Grants
jesdelac@ucsc.edu
Vicente Vega
Administrative Research Coordinator,Institute for Social Transformation and
Center for Labor and Community
vvega@ucsc.edu
Allison Arteaga Soergel
Associate Director of Communications and Marketing, Division of Social SciencesFor media inquires contact: asoergel@ucsc.edu
Belle Esters
Programs and Outreach Intern,Chancellor’s Undergraduate Internship Program
Double major in Psychology and Sociology
Faculty Fellows
Executive Board
Jorge Menna Barreto
Assistant Professor,Art Department
Environmental Art + Social Practice MFA
jomebarr@ucsc.edu
Audrie Lin
Assistant Professor,Department of Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology
audrielin@ucsc.edu
