Lorrie Frasure, PhD
Bunche Center Director
Leadership & Staff
Bunche Center Director & Leadership Team
Whitney Pirtle, Ph.D.
Associate Director
Jennifer Thomas, MSW
Assistant Director
Tiffani Mellado
Management Services Officer (MSO)
Faculty Directors for Bunche Research Initiatives & Programs
H. Samy Alim
Faculty Director, Hip Hop Initiative (HHI)
Ketema Paul
Faculty Co-Director, Bunche Fellows Program (BFP)
Michael A. Stoll
Faculty Director, Black Policy Project (BPP)
Courtney Thomas Tobin
Faculty Co-Director, Bunche Fellows Program (BFP)
David Turner
Faculty Director, Million Dollar Hoods (MDH)
Fund Management
& Operations Team
Eva Nguyen
Senior Contracts & Grants Fund Manager
Darling Sianez
Business & Operations Analyst
Sheng Yao Huang
Finance & Operations Coordinator
Elizabeth Hawthorne
HR & Payroll Administrator
Program Management and Coordination
Isaiah Bradshaw
Program Manager
Aryonna Young
Program Manager
Hannah Yonas
Administrative Coordinator
Lily Yanez
Student Affairs Officer
Research, Projects
& Programs Support Staff
Eric Lee
Senior Data Analyst, Black Policy Project (BPP)
Mariah Tso
GIS Specialist, Million Dollar Hoods (MDH)
Yolanda Hester
Oral Historian & Project Coordinator, Arthur Ashe Legacy at UCLA
Chinyere Nwonye
Policy Analyst, Black Policy Project (BPP)
Jordan Brewington
Oral Historian, Million Dollar Hoods (MDH)
Izul de la Vega
Postdoctoral Scholar & Project Coordinator, Collaborative Multiracial Post-Election Survey (CMPS)
Library & Archives
Stacy Williams
Librarian
Ishmael Ross
Digital Archivist
Kesheena Doctor
Digital Archivist Assistant