Dr. Lily Bui provides strategic direction, thought leadership, and partnership coordination in support of developing engagement strategies to increase climate justice and equitable disaster preparedness, relief and recovery funding across the region and state.
Prior to her role at SoCal Grantmakers, she served in positions related to climate and disaster resilience in higher education, applied research, public policy, media, impact investing, and consulting in coastal communities across the Pacific and Caribbean regions. She received her PhD ('20) in urban planning and a master's ('16) in comparative media studies from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She earned a dual bachelor's in International Studies and Spanish from the University of California Irvine.
