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