Role: Leadership

Ariana Zacarias is an intern for the Safe Communities Institute, working on the SCI Police Misconduct Registry (PMR). She earned a bachelor’s degree in Political Science-Public Policy with a minor in Education Studies at UC San Diego. She is currently pursuing a Masters of Public Policy at the USC Price School. Her academic ambition is … Continued

Anne Larsen is an intern for the Safe Communities Institute. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from La Sierra University and is pursuing a master’s degree in Public Administration at USC Price School. Previously, Anne worked for a congressional campaign and served as a field representative for a member of the California State … Continued

Dr. Lauren Brown is the SCI Post-Doctoral Scholar and Research Associate. She also teaches courses in the USC Department of Social Change and Innovation. She strives to create a collaborative learning environment that supports and stimulates critical thinking and analysis, problem solving, capacity building, and synthesis of social work principles and values. Brown’s work and … Continued

Dana Goldman is the Dean at the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy, as well as the Leonard D. Schaeffer Chair and Distinguished Professor of Pharmacy, Public Policy, and Economics at the University of Southern California.  He is also a nonresident senior fellow at The Brookings Institution and research associate with the National Bureau for Economic Research.  … Continued

Jessie Redd is the Interim Director of the Safe Communities Institute (SCI), where she supervises the strategic direction of the institute and coordinates SCI’s certificate programs, conducts research, manages the institute’s digital presences, oversees the budget, and develops events and other programming and projects. Ms. Redd earned a Master of Public Administration with honors from … Continued