AeA Adds Devin Whitney to California Public Policy Staff

Sacramento, CA (February 25, 2008) – AeA announced today that Devin Whitney has joined its California Public Policy office. With the addition of Devin, California’s Policy team now consists of 5 full-time policy staff and 2 contract lobbyists. Devin will be partnering with the rest of the AeA policy team on implementing the overall policy agenda for keeping California competitive for high-tech companies to conduct business in the state. Specific issue areas include: tax policy; procurement; environmental issues; and children’s online safety, among others.

“Devin's broad range of issue experience will bring added value to the AeA team as we move towards restructuring lobbying responsibilities and embark upon an exciting year ahead,” said Roxanne Gould, Senior Vice President, California Public and Legislative Affairs. “We feel very fortunate to have him on board.”

“I'm very excited to be joining AeA’s California Public Policy team,” said Devin Whitney. “I am looking forward to representing a diverse array of innovative and dynamic high-tech companies before the California State Legislature, and ensuring that California is a competitive and appealing place to do business.”

Whitney is a graduate of UC Davis with a Bachelors Degree in Political Science, and most recently worked at the California Chamber of Commerce in their legislative advocacy division. While at the Chamber, he worked closely with the lobbying team, and focused on research, legislative tracking and the development of strategy and issue briefs in the areas of environment, transportation, workers’ comp, energy, natural resource, agriculture, and privacy policy. Devin also played an instrumental role at the Chamber in organizing coalitions and developing a grassroots network.

For more information about AeA’s Sacramento office, including a list of upcoming events, please visit www.aeanet.org/sacramento. 


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This page was last updated on 02/25/08.