Thompson has extensive communications and media experience, including serving as press secretary for California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger from 2003–2006, working at the White House in the Office of the Vice President as press secretary to Lynne Cheney, and producing for Larry King Live. Her accomplishments also include delivering a “Top 10” list on Late Night with David Letterman. 

Woo, an urban planner, was dean of the Cal Poly Pomona College of Environmental Design from 2009–2019 and the first Asian American elected to the Los Angeles City Council. He has participated in Zócalo discussions on the future of L.A. newspapers and how to create a more integrated city, and in 2021 he wrote a Zócalo essay on the 150th anniversary of the Chinese massacre of 1871.

The Zócalo Board of Trustees is an advisory board that currently consists of 19 members with a wide range of backgrounds and experiences. Zócalo Public Square is a unit of ASU Media Enterprise committed to connecting people to ideas and to each other.

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