Board of Directors
Ophelia Basgal
Chair, PPIC Board of Directors
Affiliate, Terner Center for Housing Innovation, University of California, Berkeley
Rusty Areias
Partner
California Strategies
Tani Cantil-Sakauye
President and CEO
Public Policy Institute of California
(Chief Justice of CA, retired)
John Chiang
Board Member
Astrana Health
(Former California State Controller and Treasurer)
Caroline Choi
Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs & Public Policy
Edison International and Southern California Edison
Carolyn Coleman
Executive Director and CEO
League of California Cities
Chet Hewitt
President and CEO
Sierra Health Foundation
Jerrilyn Malana
Chief Deputy District Attorney
San Diego County District Attorney’s Office
Ana J. Matosantos
Managing Director and Partner
Boston Consulting Group
(Former Cabinet Secretary, Office of Governor Gavin Newsom)
Michael Méndez
Associate Professor and Chancellor's Fellow
University of California, Irvine
Steven J. Olson
Partner
O'Melveny & Myers LLP
Leon E. Panetta
Chairman
The Panetta Institute for Public Policy
Dave Puglia
President and CEO
Western Growers
Cassandra Walker Pye
President
Lucas Public Affairs
Helen Iris Torres
CEO
Hispanas Organized for Political Equality
David Traversi
CEO
Traversi & Company, LLC
Gaddi H. Vasquez
Retired Senior Vice President, Government Affairs
Edison International, Southern California Edison
Ann M. Veneman
Former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture and Former California Secretary of Agriculture
Directors Emeriti & Corporate Officers
Directors Emeriti
Mark Baldassare
Ruben Barrales
María Blanco
Louise Henry Bryson
William K. Coblentz *
David A. Coulter
A. Marisa Chun
Edward K. Hamilton
Gary K. Hart
Walter B. Hewlett
Roger W. Heyns *
Phil Isenberg
Donna Lucas
David W. Lyon *
Cheryl White Mason *
Mas Masumoto
Steven A. Merksamer
Arjay Miller *
Ki Suh Park
Gerald L. Parsky
Kim Polese
Alan Post *
Constance L. Rice
Thomas C. Sutton
Cynthia A. Telles *
Raymond L. Watson *
Carol Whiteside
Harold M. Williams *
Corporate Officers
Tani Cantil-Sakauye
Beth Elder
Douglas Moore