Public Dialogue Task Force Members

Amanda Hollis-Brusky
Co-Chair
Associate Professor of Politics

A member of the Pomona faculty since 2011, Hollis-Brusky is the author of Ideas with Consequences: The Federalist Society and the Conservative Counterrevolution. She teaches courses on American politics, constitutional theory and law and legal institutions.


Jack Long
Co-Chair

A member of the Board of Trustees since 2014, Long is the parent of two Pomona graduates and co-founder of several companies, including SchoolAdmin, LLC; PeopleAdmin, Inc.; and Lone Star Overnight, L.P.


Audrey Bilger
Former Vice President for Academic Affairs,
Dean of the College and Professor of English

Bilger came to Pomona in 2016 to lead the College’s academic enterprise after 22 years as professor of literature at neighboring Claremont McKenna College. She is the author of Laughing Feminism.


Kiki Ramos Gindler ’83

A member of the Board of Trustees since 2016, Gindler is an entertainment attorney and president of The Center Theatre Group.


Alejandro Guerrero ’19

Guerrero, of Charlotte, N.C., is an anthropology major on the pre-medical track.


Allyson Harris ’89

Harris is a community volunteer and consultant in Portland, Oregon.


Jade Star Lackey
Associate Professor of Geology
and Chair of the Geology Department

A member of the Pomona faculty since 2007, Lackey teaches courses in introductory geology, minerology, petrology and geochemistry. His research is in petrology and stable isotope geochemistry.


Peter Sasaki ’91

Sasaki is managing member of CGS Associates, LLC, a New York City family office investment firm. He earned his B.A. from Pomona and his M.B.A. from New York University. He is a Pomona College trustee and serves as the vice chair of the Finance Committee. He serves as a trustee at the Hopkins School in New Haven, Connecticut.


Mercedes Teixido
Professor of Art

A member of the Pomona faculty since 1995, Teixido is a visual artist who works in the arena of abstract watercolor drawings, improvisational drawing, letter writing and site-specific artwork.