Robert T. Matsui Center for Politics and Public Service
Institute of Governmental Studies
Megan Collins manages the Matsui Center's student programs, providing professional development, experiential training, and advising for Cal undergraduates who are interested in public service. Her portfolio includes the Cal-in-Sacramento Fellowship, the Leonard D. Schaeffer Fellows in Government Service program, the...
Mark DiCamillo is director of the Berkeley IGS Poll, a non-partisan survey of California public opinion on matters of politics, public policy and public affairs conducted by the Institute of Governmental Studies (IGS) at UC Berkeley. Working under IGS co-directors Eric Schickler and Cristina Mora, he is responsible for overseeing the design and execution of each poll, as well as preparing reports and press releases summarizing its findings to the news media. DiCamillo has been actively involved in...
Dawn Geddes is the Administrative Manager at the Institute of Governmental Studies. After studying English literature with a focus on Britain between the world wars, Dawn designed and managed wardrobe for theater and television, worked as a fiction editor, and produced and managed prominent e-commerce websites. She joined UC Berkeley in 2007 and IGS in 2019.
Government Information Collection and Circulation Specialist, LoCALDig Digitization Operations Lead, Metadata and Copy Cataloging
Institute of Governmental Studies Library
IGS Library Local Government Digitization Project
Jordan Gerner is the Government Information Collection and Circulation Specialist at the IGS Library. Jordan manages circulation and processes and catalogs archival materials. He also assists with the Library's local government digitization project. Jordan has a BA in film studies from the Academy of Art in San Francisco.
Ezra Hom-Bristow is the Event and Communications Coordinator at the Institute of Governmental Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, where he leads digital communications, multimedia storytelling, and public programming that connect academic research with broader civic audiences. In this role, he manages the institute’s communications ecosystem across web, email, video, and social media, and produces live and hybrid events that bring together scholars, policymakers, students, and community leaders to engage in dialogue about the most pressing public...
Library Director, LoCALDig Project Sponsor and Project Curator
Institute of Governmental Studies Library
IGS Library Local Government Digitization Project
Kris comes to IGS from the Stanford University Libraries where she was the Government Information Librarian for State, Local and International Documents and managed the Social Sciences Resources Group from 2017-2021. Prior to Stanford, Kris was the State and Local Government Information and Non-governmental Information Librarian at UCLA’s Young Research Library from 2001-2011. She received her M.S.L.I.S. from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign’s Graduate School of Library and Information Science in 2002, and was the recipient of the...
Library Supervisor and PPIC Coordinator, LoCALDig Outreach and Promotion
Institute of Governmental Studies Library
IGS Library Local Government Digitization Project
Paul King is the Circulation Supervisor and PPIC Coordinator for the Institute of Governmental Studies Library. In addition, he serves as reference staff and a technical services professional. Paul studied political science at Evergreen College in Olympia, WA.
Robert T. Matsui Center for Politics and Public Service
Institute of Governmental Studies
Rubin Rubin (they/them) brings over 15 years of experience shaping educational programs for young adults focused on a broad range of subjects, from biomimicry and ethical applications of AI, to leadership skill development, career preparedness, and identity exploration. They bring a strong equity lens to their work, centering student voices and supporting young adults from marginalized communities. Rubin focuses heavily on experiential and project-based learning, prioritizing community and civic engagement. They have worked in a variety of educational environments, including nonprofits,...
Kathryn joins the Institute of Governmental Studies Library (IGSL) Team as the Digitization Project Planner. Kathryn will be responsible for and instrumental in developing the IGS Library's California local government documents digitization project plan, for which IGS received state funding to undertake.
Kathryn comes to IGSL with more than 15 years of experience managing library digitization and digital access initiatives, as well as archives and special collections processing and programs. She has extensive metadata and collection analysis skills, which are...
Robert Toyama is the IGS Library’s part-time cataloger. He is responsible for creating metadata and bibliographic records to make the library’s collections discoverable in UC Library Search. He is also the Cataloging Coordinator at the Ethnic Studies Library, processing library materials for the Asian...
