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SHAUDI FALAMAKI FULP

Shaudi Falamaki Fulp is the Chevron Corporation's Chief Advocate in California, a position she has held since joining the company's Policy, Government, and Public Affairs division in 2009. In this role she develops strategies and advocates on a broad range of issues before the California Legislature, Governor's Administration, and various state agencies and commissions. Beyond her public policy work, she is also responsible for coalition building and developing broader political strategies as they relate to campaigns and elections.

Previously, Ms. Fulp represented clients with interests in transportation, trade, land use/ development, energy, environmental, and tax policies at California's largest advocacy firm, KP Public Affairs. During this time she also served as an advisor to the Mayor of Sacramento Kevin Johnson and as a member of his Transition Team. Prior to her advocacy work, Ms. Fulp was a political correspondent based in California, reporting and producing for Bay-Area based stations KTVU (Fox), KABC (ABC), KPIX (CBS), and CNN's Larry King Live based in Los Angeles.

Ms. Fulp serves on National Advisory Council for the Institute of Government Studies (IGS), the board of the Sacramento Metro Chamber of Commerce, and is a Founding Committee Member for City Year Sacramento, an organization that facilitates the full-time mentorship of students in local schools. Additionally, she is a board member of LEED, a partnership of business, education, community and government focused on aligning educational resources with the capital region's workforce needs. As an active member of the UC-Berkeley Alumni Association, Ms. Fulp serves on the Dean's Alumni Board and various scholarship committees. She also guest lectures for law, economics, and political science courses at the University of California-Berkeley and University of Southern California (USC).

Due to her work at Chevron and in the community, the Sacramento Business Journal named Ms. Fulp one of the region's "Top 40 Under 40." Ms. Fulp graduated with a double major with honors from UC-Berkeley, where she served as one of the University's twenty Senators for the Associated Students of the University of California.

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