Kimberly Clausing holds the Eric M. Zolt Chair in Tax Law and Policy at the UCLA School of Law. Professor Clausing is also a nonresident senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. During the first part of the Biden Administration, Clausing was the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Tax Analysis in the US Department of the Treasury, serving as the lead economist in the Office of Tax Policy.

Travis Ritchie is a Climate and Energy Research Fellow at CLEE. He specializes in electric utility rates and regulation. His research focuses on electricity affordability in the context of climate change impacts and California’s renewable energy transition. Prior to joining CLEE, Travis worked as an attorney on utility regulation and energy policy, primarily with the Sierra Club’s Environmental Law Program. He represented clients in public utility commission and other regulatory proceedings throughout the Western United States. J.D. and M.P.P., UCLA (2008) B.A. History and B.S. Biology, UC San Diego (2002)

Elias van Emmerick(he/him) is the 2025-2027 Emmett Frankel Fellow in Environmental Law and Policy at UCLA School of Law, where his work will focus on energy law and policy. van Emmerick received his B.A. from Pomona College and his J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School.

Tiffany Deguzman (she/her) is the 2025-2027 Shapiro Fellow in Environmental Law and Policy at UCLA School of Law, where her work will focus on sustainable agriculture, water justice, and environmental inequality. Deguzman received her B.A. from Duke University and her J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law.  She graduated from law school with certificates in Public Interest & Social Justice and Race & Law. Prior to joining UCLA, Deguzman clerked for the Honorable Ronald M. Gould of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and for the Honorable Dolly M. Gee of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.