Neil Chase

Chief Executive Officer, CalMatters

Neil Chase is the Chief Executive Officer of CalMatters. He was formerly Executive Editor at The Mercury News and the East Bay Times and has worked as a journalist at the San Francisco Examiner, Arizona Republic, CBS MarketWatch and The New York Times. 

CalMatters is a nonpartisan and nonprofit news organization bringing Californians stories that probe, explain and explore solutions to quality of life issues while holding our leaders accountable. We are the only journalism outlet dedicated to covering America’s biggest state, 39 million Californians and the world’s fifth largest economy. 

Sarah marzen

Associate Professor of Physics, Department of Natural Sciences, Claremont Colleges 

Sarah Marzen’s interdisciplinary research spans biophysics, machine learning, neuroscience, dynamical systems, and information theory. Particularly relevant to the Information Integrity Challenge is her work on opinion dynamics where she uses mathematical models to study how cognitive biases affect the way beliefs evolve as information is shared. Her research finds that confirmation bias can produce polarization, while interactions among multiple biases can generate complex and persistent fluctuations in beliefs.

RANDY STEIN

Associate Professor of Marketing, College of Business Administration, Cal Poly Pomona

Dr. Stein received his Ph.D. in Social Psychology from Yale University. He researches how people’s decisions, social beliefs, and economic understanding are shaped by how they determine what is real and what’s not. His current investigations include how political leanings impact how people weigh anecdotal versus scientific evidence, how trust in institutions relates to people’s reasoning ability, and why people value products that are verified to be ineffective or inauthentic  Prior to joining the faculty of Cal Poly Pomona, Dr. Stein worked at Material Plus where he executed advanced customer analytics on a wide range of studies for several Fortune 500 companies. 

Terril Jones

Visiting Lecturer of Government, Claremont McKenna College

Terril Jones has spent more than 40 years full-time in journalism -- 30+ years as a foreign and business correspondent and editor for Reuters, the Los Angeles Times, Forbes magazine and The Associated Press. His assignments included 18 years in Beijing, Paris and Tokyo covering politics, business, bilateral and regional relations, and all manner of domestic issues. 

Scott Wooley'92 CMC

Founder, Editor-in-Chief LA Reported

Scott Woolley spent most of his career at Forbes Magazine, as a reporter, editor and West Coast bureau chief. He has written for The Wall Street Journal, Slate, and Fortune; his biography of David Sarnoff, The Network: The Battle for the Airwaves and the Birth of the Communications Age, was published by HarperCollins. He is now a board member of Voice of San Diego. Scott serves as L.A. Reported’s editor-in-chief.

He is a CMC Alum and majored in Economics and went to earn a MPP at Harvard Kennedy School.

Ray S'12 PITZER

Trust and Safety @LinkedIn | Ex-Twitter, Etsy, UNHR

Ray S is an investigator specializing in high-harm online threats and information integrity. At LinkedIn, his work includes investigations into global influence operations, automation, scams, and other online harms. Previously, he led investigators on Twitter’s Threat Disruption team, combating information operations, and served as an investigator on two UN Commissions of Inquiry. He also brings more than eight years of international democracy and governance experience, including work on electoral integrity, human rights, and online safety. 

Harman Bawa

Director of Strategic Finance, Corporate Development, and Business Operations | Samba TV 

Harman manages strategic finance, corporate development, and business operations at Samba TV, where he has worked since 2016.  He led a $30 million Series B fundraising round and worked on company acquisitions including Axwave, Screen6, Wove, and Disruptel. 

Samba TV was co-founded by CEO Ashwin Navin'99 CMC. The company is a global leader in television technology, data, and analytics, using proprietary Automatic Content Recognition (ACR) software embedded in millions of Smart TVs to measure real-time viewership across broadcast, cable, and streaming platforms. 

Driven by Navin’s strong connection to the college, Samba TV frequently recruits bright CMC students, offering internship and full-time career opportunities to enter the advanced media and tech industries.