George Runner was elected in November 2010 and re-elected in 2014, he represents more than nine million Californians as a member of the State Board of Equalization. Runner is a leading advocate for California taxpayers and serves as the Board’s Vice Chair. During his time on the Board, Runner has worked to improve California’s tax policies and practices and to ...

Tom Lackey has represented California’s 36th Assembly District since 2014 which includes Antelope Valley and the western edge of the High Desert and the Mojave Desert. Before joining the Assembly, Tom served on the Palmdale Elementary School District Board of Trustees and the Palmdale City Council. After high school, He served as a missionary for two years before he earned ...

Henry Stern was elected in November 2016 to represent the 27th Senate District, which includes parts of Los Angeles and Ventura counties. Prior to his election, Stern worked as a senior policy advisor to former California State Senator Fran Pavley. As a staff member, he helped Senator Pavley pass common sense policies to improve the quality of life and economic ...

Senator de Leon has proven to be a tenacious leader that takes on powerful special interests on behalf of his diverse district and those marginalized in California’s economy. With a focus on using the public-policy process to empower the least fortunate and voiceless, he has led a bold agenda to increase economic opportunity for all Californians focused on education, equity ...

Rob Lapsley was named President of the California Business Roundtable in 2011, a nonpartisan organization comprised of the senior executive leadership of the state’s major companies employing over half a million Californians. Previously, Rob served as VP and state political director for CalChamber; President of RCL Consultants and VP for Arnel Development, one of the largest private real estate companies ...

September 2014 – Present (2 years 7 months) San Francisco Bay Area Responsible for managing, relations with U.S. state and city governments, and leading Twitter’s global disaster response program. Chief Policy Officer Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America July 2012 – August 2014 (2 years 2 months)Washington D.C. Metro Area I was responsible for the strategic direction and roadmap of ...

California State Senator Ben Allen was elected in 2014 to represent the 26th Senate District, which consists of the Westside, Hollywood and coastal South Bay communities of Los Angeles County. Ben serves as chair of the Senate Education Committee and the legislature’s Joint Committee on the Arts.  He is a member of the Senate Committees on Elections and Constitutional Amendments, ...

As Executive Director of the California Transportation Commission, Kempton reports to the 11-member commission, which is responsible for providing programming and funding of several billion dollars annually for highway and rail transportation projects in partnership with regional transportation agencies and the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans). The commission also advises the secretary of the California State Transportation Agency and the ...

Jeremy Merz has joined the American Insurance Association as the Vice President, Western Region in January 2017.  Mr. Merz will be based in the Sacramento, California office. He joins AIA from the California Chamber of Commerce, the largest business advocacy organization in the state, where he worked as a policy advocate representing over 14,000 company members before the California legislature, ...

Lande Ajose is executive director of California Competes, which develops recommendations for improved higher education. She has expertise in education; poverty alleviation; workforce development, especially for low-income adults; and issues of inequity. Before she became executive director she served as deputy director for four years. She also served as managing director at the strategic consulting firm Informing Change and focused ...