Personnel

826LA Staff

Executive Director
Joel Arquillos - joel@826la.org

Director of Education
Julius Diaz Panoriñgan - julius@826la.org

Director of Operations and Programs in Echo Park 
Marisa Urrutia Gedney - marisa@826la.org

Venice Programs and
Social Media Manager
Danny Hom - danny@826la.org

Development Manager
Carolyn Gan - carolyn@826la.org

Design Manager
Shannon Losorelli - shannon@826la.org

Echo Park Programs and Outreach Coordinator
Kristin Lorey - kristin@826la.org

Venice Programs Coordinator
Birte Klug - birte@826la.org

Echo Park Programs Coordinator
Luis Antonio Pichardo - luis@826la.org

Store Coordinator
Lauren Rock - laurenrock@826la.org

AmeriCorps VISTA Members
Jonah Bautista - jonah@826la.org
Corey Chan - corey@826la.org
Lauren Humphrey - laurenhumphrey@826la.org

Interns

Yelena Akopian
Hope Allen
Kristina Bravo
Gina Dell'amico
Maggie Flicker
Amy Gorton
Lauren Humphrey
Alexis Justman
Kelley Lonergan
Kyle Mauro
Max Nicolai
Drew Spears
Britt Storrs
Lesley Wasserman

Board of Directors

Mac Barnett
Joshuah Bearman
Grant DeVaul
Dave Eggers
Terena Thyne Eisner
Jodie Evans
John T. Gilbertson
Keith Knight
Krystyn Lakas
Brad Simpson
Sally Willcox

Advisory Board

J.J. Abrams
Judd Apatow
Fiona Apple
Miguel Arteta
Steve Barr
Father Greg Boyle, SJ
Stefan G. Bucher
Mark Flanagan
Naomi Foner
Mitchell Frank
Karen Fried
Ben Goldhirsh
Ellen Goldsmith-Vein
Nicole Holofcener
Spike Jonze
Miranda July
Catherine Keener
Al Madrigal
Melissa Mathison
Tara Roth McConaghy
Katie McGrath
R. Scott Mitchell
Jane Patterson
Will Reiser
Sarah Vowell

Development Board

Fred Beshid
Teresa Burkett Bourgoise
Laura Hertzfeld
Anneke Jong
Jacqui Lazo
Karl Meyer
Jane Patterson
Sonja Rasula
Alejandra Riguero
Natalie Tran
Alyssa Walker
Julie Wiskirchen