Andillon Hackney is the director of prospect management and research at UC San Diego. Previously, she was the senior research coordinator at CHOC Children's Hospital and before that the prospect researcher for the Los Angeles County Natural History Museum.

She is a graduate of UC Santa Cruz and holds a master's degree from Art Center College of Design. She has served on the CARA Board as volunteer and mentor chair, treasurer and president. She also served on the Association of Professional Researchers for Advancement (Apra) 2014 Curriculum Conference Committee, the 2016 Apra Talks Committee, and served as the 2017 Apra Conference chair and the 2018 Apra Education and Professional Development chair. She is currently part of Apra's New Researcher's Symposium faculty.