Robert Williams, PhD
Dr. Robert J. Williams is the Finci-Viterbi Executive Director of USC Shoah Foundation. He is UNESCO Chair on Antisemitism and Holocaust Research and the Advisor to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, where he also served for four years as chair of the Committee on Antisemitism and Holocaust Denial.
Catherine E. Clark, PhD
Trained as a historian of modern Europe in USC’s History Department, Clark comes to the Shoah Foundation from MIT, where she has been the Faculty Director of MIT’s Programs in the Digital Humanities.
Sam Gustman
Sam Gustman has been chief technology officer (CTO) of the Shoah Foundation since 1994. Gustman is also associate dean and CTO at the USC Libraries where he oversees IT for the Libraries and started the USC Digital Repository.
Jenna Leventhal
Jenna Leventhal is the Senior Director of Administration at USC Shoah Foundation. She earned a BA in history from UC Santa Barbara and an MA in public history from University of Houston, with an emphasis in Holocaust education and oral history.
Kate Canada Obregon, PhD
Kate Canada Obregon, Ph.D. is the USC Shoah Foundation's Director of Marketing and Communications. Before this role, she served as a Managing Partner at Oishii Creative, a creative and brand strategy firm working with companies such as EA Games, FOX, NBC-Universal, NFL Network, Scripps Media, Disney, and Discovery.
Sandra Aguilar
Sandra Aguilar oversees metadata, indexing, and institutional archiving. Prior to the Institute, Sandra worked as Director of Archives for USC School... Read more
Sedda Antekelian, EdD
Sedda Antekelian develops educational content, programming and community partnerships utilizing Armenian Genocide testimony collections. Sedda... Read more
Alan Auyeung
Alan Auyeung oversees the collection, management and transfer area of broadcast video equipment; administers educational, instructional and reference... Read more
Doug Ballman
Doug works in the Institute’s technology group as a Technical Project Leader on a variety of different technology projects including the current,... Read more
Mollie Bowman
A grandchild of Auschwitz survivors, Mollie’s 3G legacy has influenced her career path in advocacy and public service. Prior to Living Links, Mollie... Read more
Crispin Brooks
Crispin Brooks is the curator of the Institute’s Visual History Archive. He holds a M.Phil. in Russian Literature from the University College London... Read more
Mills Chang
Mills Chang is the Senior Software Architect leading the software development of USC Shoah Foundation ITS Department. Mills received his Master in... Read more
Cerllin Chill
Cerllin Chill is a metadata assistant at the USC Shoah Foundation. In her current role, she is responsible for inputting and organizing metadata... Read more
Lesly Culp, EdD
Lesly Culp, is USC Shoah Foundation’s Director of Education. In her role, she leads the educational strategic plan to make audiovisual testimonies... Read more
Noah Ehrlich
Noah joined the USC Shoah Foundation in 2021 as Associate Director of Annual Giving and began his role as Director of Development in 2024. He is... Read more
Daryn Eller
Daryn Eller manages the Institute’s institutional media collection and participates in cataloging the Visual History Archive testimonies. She... Read more
Shana Fishman
Shana Fishman is a grant writer on the constituent affairs team responsible for composing grant proposals to support existing and planned program... Read more
Lindsay J. Friedman
Lindsay is the Managing Director of Echoes & Reflections, the Institute's flagship Holocaust Education program in partnership with ADL and Yad... Read more
Soumya Nambi Ganesh
Soumya Nambi Ganesh is a Metadata Analyst Intern at the USC Shoah Foundation. Primarily tasked with cleaning, tagging and annotating video interview... Read more
Inna Gogina
Inna Gogina is the archivist of the USC Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive. Prior to that, she has worked at USC Shoah Foundation – The... Read more
Zachary Goode
Zachary Goode fulfills most filming and editing requests that come to ITS. He also helps oversee the digitization and quality control of new... Read more
Elia Groode
Elia Groode is a student majoring in Law, History, and Culture and minoring in Consumer Behavior. As an intern at the USC Shoah Foundation, Elia... Read more
Rachel Herman
Rachel Herman is the Program Platforms Lead of the USC Shoah Foundation. In this role, Rachel manages IWitness, the Visual History Archive, SFI... Read more
Will Horowitz
Will Horowitz provides external relations for the USC Shoah Foundation. Will received his bachelor’s degree in political science and his master’s... Read more
Brian Hughes
Dr. Brian Hughes directs the Shoah Foundation’s Countering Antisemitism Laboratory (CAL). In this role, he develops evidence-backed interventions to... Read more
Porscha Johnson, MSW
Porscha specializes in bringing testimony-based education programming, multimedia resources, and digital tools to educators and students. Her top... Read more
Karen Kim, PhD
Karen Kim is the senior researcher and evaluator for the USC Shoah Foundation. She was previously a faculty member at CSU Fullerton; education... Read more
Jeffrey Langham, PhD
Jeffrey Langham oversees the management and the strategic development of the Institute's website. Prior to the Institute, Jeffrey worked at a Los... Read more
Susan McKibben, PhD
Susan is the Head of Project Management at USC Shoah Foundation. Prior to joining the USC Shoah Foundation she was Administrative Director of the USC... Read more
Anita Pace
Anita Pace, Director of Technology for the Shoah Foundation Institute at the University of Southern California, is responsible for overseeing the... Read more
Alex Paiva, Jr
Alex Paiva Jr is a programmer helping build the Dimension in Testimony platform by using AI services to allow for an interactive experience with... Read more
Larina Palacpac
Larina Palacpac supports the financial management of the Institute by assisting in account reconciliation, budget development and financial reporting... Read more
Rachel Peacock
Rachel Peacock has a B.S. in Telecommunications Production from University of Florida's College of Journalism and Communications. She has eight years... Read more
Wendy Pedersen
Wendy Pedersen earned her MA (MCG) from Annenberg USC. She has extensive experience in Global Education Management and Budget Oversight from her time... Read more
Kobi Penland
Kobi is the Program Specialist for Organizational Engagement and Strategic Partnerships - Programs, and assists with all USC Shoah Foundation... Read more
Jayne Perilstein
Jayne joined USC Shoah Foundation in 2012, and is based in New York and Philadelphia. Currently the Director of Community Engagement & Outreach... Read more
Susan Popler
Susan Popler is Director of the Visual History Archive Program where she is driving initiatives to reimagine how audiences access, engage with and... Read more
Matthew Rabin
Since December 2021 Matthew Rabin has served as Senior Director of Development for USC Shoah Foundation, coming from his prior role as Chief... Read more
Adriana Reynoso
Adriana Reynoso is a Holocaust Indexer for USC Shoah Foundation. She also supports the training program of new indexers for Holocaust and Guatemalan... Read more
Jennifer Rodgers, PhD
Jennifer Rodgers is a historian of modern Germany and Europe. She holds a PhD in History from the University of Pennsylvania, where she wrote a... Read more
Zovaira Rodriguez
Zovaira Rodriguez is the Procurement Specialist for the USC Shoah Foundation and has been with the institute for 3 years. She works within our... Read more
Michael Russell
Michael Russell is a lead web developer at USC Shoah foundation. He received a BA in French from University College London, England, and has been a... Read more
Arie Salma
Arie Salma is a web developer and program analyst for the Shoah Foundation. He specializes in front end, back end and CMS development.
Lacey Schauwecker, PhD
Lacey Schauwecker is Program and Development Lead for USC Shoah Foundation’s education department. She manages higher education programs and partners... Read more
Cynthia Schirmer
Cynthia Schirmer currently oversees the finances and business operations of the Institute. She has worked for the Shoah Foundation since March 2016.... Read more
Jeff Schulz
Jeff Schulz is a Senior Software Engineer leading the Angular development for USC Shoah Foundation's interactive web sites.
Ari Şekeryan, PhD
Ari Şekeryan received his PhD from the University of Oxford in 2018 and has since held research positions at the University of Wisconsin–Madison,... Read more
Raquel Diaz Serralta
Raquel Diaz Serralta is the Learning and Development Specialist for Primary Education. She creates developmentally appropriate testimony-based... Read more
Jaclyn Singer
Jaclyn Singer has a lifelong passion for Judaism, Israel and community-building. She holds a bachelor's degree in social science from San Diego State... Read more
Alla Svitlynets
Alla Svitlynets graduated with honors from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine, holding a bachelor's degree in history and a master... Read more
Tom Tearney, PhD
Tom indexes Holocaust survivor testimonies for the Visual History Archive. He joined the Shoah Foundation in 2022 after earning a MSt in Yiddish... Read more
Edith Umugiraneza
Edith Umugiraneza joined the USC Shoah Foundation in 2009 as a consultant and later became an indexer. Before that, she lived in Canada for 10 years... Read more
Svetlana Ushakova
Svetlana Ushakova provides the service of research, annotation, and evaluation to the Dimensions in Testimony program. In 2014-2018, she worked at... Read more
Nicole Watkins
Nicole Watkins serves as the Director of Donor Relations for USC Shoah Foundation’s Advancement team and is responsible for managing our donor... Read more
Mark Weicht
Mark Weicht is a Video Archivist and Post Production Specialist. He also has fabricated many items designed for use with several DIT projects and... Read more
Cate Wilson, PhD
Cate Wilson is the Community Engagement and Outreach specialist for the USC Shoah Foundation’s education department. She earned an MA in Religion and... Read more
Letisha Young
Letisha Young joined the Shoah Foundation in July of 2017 as the Program Manager of Administrative Programs. She oversees Human Resources and... Read more
Aaron Zarrow
On staff since 2011, strategic communications manager Aaron Zarrow joined the organization for the first time in 1995 as a production assistant. In... Read more
Ita Gordon
Ita was a cataloguer and indexer of Holocaust survivors testimonies. She also worked as a translator. She was fluent in Portuguese and Spanish, as well as conversant in Yiddish.
Kim Simon
Having been at the Institute for 25 years, Kim Simon was involved in developing and scaling the Institute’s impact and reach globally. She directed the development and implementation of key public engagement programs that connect USC Shoah Foundation to its many distinct audiences.