Meet Our Center Team
The Center is staffed by individuals representing a wide range of experience and perspectives, and led by two of the nation’s most experienced and respected political experts, Robert Shrum and Michael Murphy.
Bob Shrum
Director, USC Dornsife Center for the Political Future and Carmen H. and Louis Warschaw Chair in Practical Politics.
Mike Murphy
Co-Director, USC Dornsife Center for the Political Future
Kamy Akhavan
Executive Director, USC Dornsife Center for the Political Future
Nicole Pompilio
Assistant Director
Art Auerbach
Internship Director, Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics
Kristy Plaza
Manager, Communications and Media
Kayla Koerting
Manager, Fellows Program
Steph Domond
Manager, Student Programs
Nicholas Collins
Senior Associate
Iva Bozovic
Professor of the Directed International Relations Field Study Internship Course