Spencer Alcorn

Spencer Alcorn is Straight Arrow’s communications & PR strategist, joining in 2026. He amplifies the organization’s journalism and journalists via targeted outreach, collaborations, and media engagement.

As a consultant, Spencer recently built communications and operational frameworks for civic, nonprofit, media and arts organizations. In a prior role at the Milken Institute, he designed and co-founded their first speakers bureau, implementing scalable processes for executive visibility. During his earlier tenure at Sundance Institute, he led global publicity operations for their iconic Film Festival, prestigious Labs, and extensive grantmaking programs, and co-founded and directed the Press Inclusion Initiative, which reshaped the Festival’s critical landscape. Earlier, at the Los Angeles Times, Spencer managed public relations operations for the newsroom, large-scale public events and corporate initiatives.

Currently, he also serves on the board of the Los Angeles Reporting Collective (LARC) and the Preselection Committee of the Social Impact Media Awards. A native Californian based in Los Angeles, he holds a B.A.in English and the history of art and architecture from UC Santa Barbara.