Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
Available On Air Stations
Watch Live

photo of Chief of Staff Travis Tamasese

Travis Tamasese

Chief of Staff

As chief of staff, Travis Tamasese guides collaboration and coordination within cross-departmental projects at KPBS and builds relationships with community leaders and groups.

He has spent more than 10 years working in public education and served most recently as the deputy chief of staff and director of strategy and policy at San Jose State University. Prior to his time at SJSU, Travis served as the chief of staff in student affairs at Long Beach State University. He has led multiple functional areas and initiatives focused on expanding access to resources, internal and external communications, diversity, equity, and inclusion, budget allocation, and strategic planning.

He is currently completing his master’s degree in human rights practice at the University of Arizona.

RECENT STORIES ON KPBS
  • There hasn't been a grand prize winner since May 31, when a ticket worth $207 million was sold at a convenience store in Arleta, Calif.
  • Stream now with the PBS app + YouTube. Artificial intelligence is reshaping our world in countless ways — but what happens when we use it to protect the natural one? In India, where tigers prowl the outskirts of rural villages, scientists are training neural networks to help communities avoid conflict and protect their livestock.
  • Artificial intelligence is reshaping our world in countless ways — but what happens when we use it to protect the natural one? In India, where tigers prowl the outskirts of rural villages, scientists are training neural networks to help communities avoid conflict and protect their livestock. These systems of “traditional AI” aren’t resource-heavy — and they’re efficient, saving lives one alert at a time. In the fight to protect both wild predators and the people who live alongside them, this might be the wild card conservationists have been waiting for.
  • The Food and Drug Administration approved the next round of COVID-19 vaccines, but is restricting them to people at high risk for COVID complications.
  • Los demócratas se sumieron en una crisis política, especialmente divididos en temas de inmigración y seguridad fronteriza, tras su contundente derrota el año pasado en una elección en la que el presidente Donald Trump convirtió a la mano dura en inmigración en un pilar de su campaña.
  • Companies from Pillsbury to Invisalign to Olipop are cheering — and trying to cash in on — the couple's engagement. Experts spoke to NPR about how brands can strike a better balance.