Elli Abdoli
National Advisory Council: 2021
For nearly 20 years, Elli Abdoli has counseled clients nationwide on engaging effectively in the political process to achieve business and policy objectives. She draws on deep experience navigating government processes at every level—including strategic use...Read more about Elli Abdoli
Elmy Bermejo
National Advisory Council: 2024
Elmy Bermejo has been a senior government official with more than 25 years of experience at the executive level and has established a successful record of collaboration with public and private stakeholders on a range of issues including workforce...Read more about Elmy Bermejo
Peter Brightbill
National Advisory Council: 2012
Peter Brightbill ('87), Senior Vice President and State Director of Government Relations and Public Policy for California, started working with Wells Fargo in 1998; he is based in San Francisco. In this role, he is responsible for managing the organization’...Read more about Peter Brightbill
Kelly Calkin
National Advisory Council: 2012
Kelly Calkin is a leader in a new generation of game-changing political strategists who are redefining how to win in high-stakes candidate, ballot measure and legislative campaigns.
Bringing state-of-the-audience perspectives and a fully integrated...Read more about Kelly Calkin
Mady Deininger
National Advisory Council: 2019
Ms. Madeleine (Mady) Deininger earned her BA in Liberal Studies from Stockton State College and her MA in Liberal Studies from Dartmouth College, with a concentration in Comparative Literature and History. During and after her tenure as a graduate...Read more about Mady Deininger
Pamela S. Duffy
National Advisory Council: 2011
Pamela Duffy is a Partner Emerita of Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass LLP. While now retired from the active practice, she was one of the first women name partners at a major San Francisco law firm. There her practice focused on public policy issues and...Read more about Pamela S. Duffy
Peter D. Hart
National Advisory Council: 2006
For more than 35 years, Peter Hart has been one of the leading analysts of public opinion in the United States. Since 1971, he has directed Peter D. Hart Research Associates, which has conducted more than 6000 public opinion surveys that have included...Read more about Peter D. Hart
Tom MacBride
National Advisory Council: 2016
Tom MacBride is Of Counsel at Downey Brand LLP after 35 years as a partner at Goodin, MacBride, Squeri & Day LLP in San Francisco. He continues to specialize in proceedings before the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC). He served as President...Read more about Tom MacBride
Michael Matthews
National Advisory Council: 2024
Michael Matthews is the President of Michael Matthews Consulting, which has provided an array of grassroots organizing capabilities, keen political strategic advice, and results-oriented project management to clients including high-tech companies, unions,...Read more about Michael Matthews
Kori Kelley Meehan
National Advisory Council: 2024
Kori Kelley Meehan (‘01) is Vice President, Global Head of Compliance at Epic Games. Prior to working at Epic, Kori worked at Google for nearly 12 years where she led a team responsible for compliance assurance across Privacy, Security, Consumer Protection...Read more about Kori Kelley Meehan
Matt Middlebrook (Chair)
National Advisory Council: 2019
Matt Middlebrook leads Policy for Airbnb’s Real Estate team overseeing government affairs and policy work in the company’s newly launched efforts to partner with multi-family building owners to make hosting more...Read more about Matt Middlebrook (Chair)
Laiza Negrete
National Advisory Council: 2014
Laiza Negrete is the Vice President of Political Affairs for the California Association of REALTORS® (C.A.R.), representing more than 200,000 members statewide. As the organization’s top political strategist and head of its political action committee...Read more about Laiza Negrete
Chris Patterson
Christopher M. Patterson was appointed Senior Vice President, Federal, State and Local Government Affairs by Pacific Gas and Electric Company in 2026.
In his role, Patterson is responsible for PG&E’s legislative agenda and leading advocacy efforts in the state’s...Read more about Chris Patterson
Heather Podesta
National Advisory Council: 2011
Heather Podesta guides a bipartisan team as the founder and CEO of Invariant. Now in its fourteenth year, Invariant is considered one of the nation’s top government relations firms. Known for her political savvy, substantive policy chops, and commonsense...Read more about Heather Podesta
Jon Ross
National Advisory Council: 2016
Jon is a Partner at KP. He started his lobbying career with the San Francisco law firm of Landels, Ripley and Diamond, which he left in 1996 to help start the predecessor firm to KP, the Kahl Pownall Companies. Jon leads KP’s advocacy efforts for financial...Read more about Jon Ross
Varsha Sarveshwar
Varsha Sarveshwar is Deputy Director for Policy at the California Energy Commission's Division of Petroleum Market Oversight, a new watchdog division within the CEC focucsed on preventing price-gouging and protecting Californians from gasoline price spikes and other forms of industry...Read more about Varsha Sarveshwar
Alan Unger
Alan Unger has over 40 years of experience working with public and private sector organizations – both domestic and international – managing projects and providing strategic planning and guidance in the areas of public policy, marketing and communications. He worked with a number of California...Read more about Alan Unger
Amy Worth
National Advisory Council: 2021
Amy Worth is a former Orinda City Council member and five-time mayor of Orinda. She served on the city council for 24 years from 1998 until her retirement in December 2022.
While an elected official, she was a member and past Chair of the...Read more about Amy Worth
Linda Yeung
National Advisory Council: 2015
Linda Yeung currently serves as the Executive Director of the Leadership Development Program for the City and County of San Francisco’s Department of Human Resources. Yeung's government experience included: Acting Director/Department Head, Department on the...Read more about Linda Yeung