Meet Zócalo

About Zócalo Public Square

Zócalo Public Square connects people to ideas and to each other in an open, accessible, non-partisan and broad-minded spirit. Through our web magazine, lectures, panels, screenings, and conferences, Zócalo takes on ideas that enhance our understanding of community—the forces that strengthen or undermine human connectedness and social cohesion.

We believe that over specialization and narrowcasting undermine the public square and are committed to welcoming a new, young and diverse generation to the conversation.

Established in Los Angeles in 2003, Zócalo roams across L.A., and has traveled to Chicago, New Orleans, San Francisco, and as far as Shanghai, Berlin and Guadalajara. In our seven years, we have featured over 800 compelling thinkers and doers from a wide range of fields—politics, governance, humanities, health, economics, education, technology, foreign policy, arts, science and beyond—who explore how we see and relate to one another, be it locally, regionally, nationally, or globally.

Staff

Dulce Vasquez

Program Director

Laura Villalpando

Media & Field Producer

Swati Pandey

Managing Editor

Contributing Editorial & Production Staff

Andrés Martinez

Associate Editor

 

Colette LaBouff Atkinson

Poetry Editor

 

Shahnaz Habib

Writer

 

Angilee Shah

Writer

 

Adam Fleisher

Writer

 

Jodie C. Liu

Writer

 

Saskia Vogel

Writer

 

Mark Boalt

Videographer

 

Aaron Salcido

Photographer

 

Terry Liquori

Webmaster

 

Board of Directors

Gregory Rodriguez

Founder / Executive Director/
Executive Editor
Zócalo Public Square

Thomas Tseng

President of the Board

Principal / Co-Founder
New American Dimensions Market Research

Tara L. Taylor

Treasurer of the Board

Vice President and COO
Community Financial Resource Center

Margaret Leal-Sotelo

Secretary of the Board

Assistant Provost
UCLA Office of the Chancellor

Darin Beaman

Executive Creative Director
OIC Integrated Marketing and Brand Communications Agency

David Gershwin

Principal
David Gershwin Consulting

 

Grace Kim

Principal
Grace Kim Consulting

Rebecca Mardach, M.D.

Partner
Southern California Permanente Medical Group

Steve O. Moya

Evolution Health Strategies

Ralph Walter

Senior Managing Director
Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors LLP

The Zócalo Public Square Board of Directors meets bimonhly.

Interactive Design by OIC

Connecting People to Ideas and to Each Other

Thank you to Zócalo sponsors: