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Spencer Burrows

Secretary

Spencer Burrows is a Planning Commissioner and educator in the City of Carlsbad. He has published articles for the San Diego Union-Tribune, NAIS, Edutopia, Education Week, and CSEE, and consults for iCivics, Street Law, Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, and Bill of Rights Institute. Prior, he served as Lead LA Fellow for Coro California, California State Policy Fellow for Teach Plus, and Assistant Director of the San Diego Center For Economics Education. Burrows was awarded the Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce 40 Under 40 Award in 2024 and the UCLA Alumni Bruin Excellence In Civic Engagement Award in 2023. He earned his B.A. from UCLA, and J.D. from University of California, College of the Law, San Francisco.