Lance Ignon, a mission-driven strategic communication professional, is the senior associate dean of communication for the Sol Price School of Public Policy at the University of Southern California. Specializing in climate change, he facilitates studies, organizes conferences, and oversees editorial projects. Previously, as founder of Citizen Public Relations, he focused on health care and environmental issues, working with clients such as IPCC, Energy Foundation, and ClimateWorks Foundation. With a journalism background, he began as a finance editor/reporter and foreign correspondent before earning degrees from the University of California, Irvine, and Columbia University.