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.
