Position Title
Former Assistant Director
- University of California, Davis
Lauren Iacobucci served as Assistant Director for the UC Davis Institute of Transportation Studies and the National Center for Sustainable Transportation until September 2025. Mrs. Iacobucci joined the NCST team in February 2017 and managed the many activities and programs of the NCST, including administering the Center’s research and education programs, assisting with engagement and outreach, and overseeing all of the consortium’s grants and projects. Lauren also served as Senior Program Manager of ITS-Davis’s Statewide Transportation Research Program, as well as managed ITS-Davis’s partnership with the Pacific Southwest Region UTC (led by the University of Southern California).
Lauren currently serves as the Chief Administrative Officer for ITS-Davis, as well as the Energy & Efficiency Institute, and the Air Quality Research Center, collectively the Transportation & Energy Cluster at UC Davis.
Prior to her role at ITS-Davis, Lauren was an Associate Transportation Planner and Research Program Manager with the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) Division of Research, Innovation & System Information, where she managed research projects with various universities, as well as the NCST’s additional Caltrans-funded research program and projects. Lauren also previously worked as a Contract Analyst with Caltrans’ Division of Procurement and Contracts.
Mrs. Iacobucci earned a Bachelor's Degree from the University of California, Berkeley, in Urban Studies.