 Delaney Hunter
Ms. Hunter serves as the Founder of Seaside Advocacy, LLC and is a veteran lobbyist who specializes in infrastructure issues with a special focus on energy and transportation – issues she has been working on since the beginning of her career. Her background includes more than 30 years of experience in political and governmental work throughout the state. On the energy front, Ms. Hunter’s clientele comprises a representative sample of every aspect of the electricity market in California, including investor-owned utilities, renewable trade associations, utility scale renewable energy companies, distributed generation, and energy storage technology start-ups.
Ms. Hunter is a leading expert in the regulatory arena with extensive experience working with the California Energy Commission (CEC), the Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), and Resources Board (CARB).
Prior to founding Seaside Advocacy, Ms. Hunter spent more than a decade honing her skills as a contract lobbyist both as an owner and as an employee. She helped establish and manage three firms and grew her clientele, experience and reach. As an employee of a major national firm, she helped establish their lobbying practice in California and expanded her expertise in the regulatory space by working as a consultant to many energy companies with issues pending before the CPUC.
Ms. Hunter previously served as an appointee of Governor Schwarzenegger – specifically as the Director, Office of Governmental Affairs for the California Public Utilities Commission – and managed the confirmation process for four different commissioners as well as managing all legislative and budget matters for the Commission. Ms. Hunter also served as Legislative Director for the lobbying firm of Smith & Kempton/Smith, Kempton & Watts/Smith, Watts & Company and focused on energy, air quality, local government, and transit and transportation related issues, working with over 20 different private sector and public agency clients and was involved in the development and passage of local transportation sales tax measures in several counties. She began her political career in 1993 in the office of Senator Bill Leonard, staffing the Senator on energy and transportation related issues. She served as the sole Senate Republican staff to the historic conference committee on AB 1890 (Brulte) which restructured California’s energy industry and created the California Independent System Operator (CAISO). Her tenure with Leonard spanned his time in the Senate and as Assembly Republican Leader.
 Chase Maxwell
Chase Maxwell is an attorney with Climate Edge Law Group. Her practice focuses on energy law and regulatory compliance. She has represented independent generators, publicly-owned utilities, and product manufacturers in administrative law matters before multiple California state agencies, including the California Public Utilities Commission, the California Energy Commission, the Department of Conservation, and CalRecycle. Ms. Maxwell has advised clients in matters involving interconnection and the wholesale market before the California Independent System Operator and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Prior to earning her J.D., Chase worked as a consulting economist in the D.C. metro area with a consulting firm that provided economic and financial services to government agencies and large consumers in the areas of energy and telecommunications. She earned her J.D. from the University of Richmond School of Law in Virginia and graduated with degrees in Economics and English from James Madison University in Virginia.
 Jessyca Sheehan As Executive Vice President and the lead for Lucas Public Affairs’ work in energy and climate, Jessyca brings a depth of experience in corporate communications, strategy and message development, issues management and crisis communications to the firm’s clients spanning energy, water, technology, transportation and more. Jessyca provides strategic guidance to LPA clients, managing statewide public affairs campaigns and corporate initiatives. She is also a sought-after speaker, leading public speaking and message training seminars for Fortune 500 companies, nonprofit organizations and senior executives. She serves as a valued member of the firm’s executive team and is an experienced mentor for the staff. Jessyca oversees LPA’s client services and innovation initiative focusing on AI and other emerging industry trends, tools and best practices. Before joining LPA, Jessyca was vice president of a Bay Area-based public affairs agency where she oversaw strategic communications and engagement programs for high-profile statewide initiatives in the energy and utility sector. Previously, she was a director at the Sacramento office of APCO Worldwide where she led the firm’s North America Energy and Clean Tech practice. Earlier, she worked at the California Chamber of Commerce supporting public affairs activities and at a statewide nonprofit organization. Jessyca has a Bachelor of Arts in English and French from the University of California, Los Angeles. Following her graduation, she taught English at a high school in the southwest of France. Jessyca is an avid runner with countless long-distance runs under her belt, including numerous half-marathons in national parks across the western U.S.
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 Kerry Yoshida
Ms. Yoshida serves as a Principal Consultant on energy issues in the California State Senate. She has held this position since 2012.
She has over 20 years of experience in political and public policy work, beginning as an intern and graduate student assistant in the legal department of the Office of Oil Spill Prevention and Response. There, she worked on policies relating to the California Public Records Act and pilotage issues.
After graduating from McGeorge School of Law, she was selected for the Assembly Fellowship Program where she focused on natural resources issues. Ms. Yoshida continued her legislative career in the Assembly conducting demographic research and then serving as a consultant on public safety issues. In 2001 she moved to the Senate and worked for multiple Senators focusing on public safety, healthcare, and energy issues.
 Amy Mmagu
Amy Mmagu currently serves as the Government Affairs Manager for Strategy, Business Development and Government Affairs for North America Operations at Schneider Electric.
Previously, Amy served as the CA Government Affairs Director at Newlight Technologies. Amy also previously served as the Senior Manager of Policy and Government Affairs at Bloom Energy and as the State Government Relations Manager at the Southern California Public Power Authority where she represented their membership on policy matters in front of the California State Legislature. Amy also lobbied for for the California Chamber of Commerce from April 2011 to April 2018. She presented the business perspective on climate change, education, energy, environmental regulation, housing and land use issues. She joined the CalChamber staff in 2006, working in a wide range of areas, including labor and employment, health, education, climate change, energy, and housing and land use. Before joining the CalChamber, Amy worked for the California Cable and Telcommunications Association. Amy spent three years in China working in Nanjing for a Spanish exporting company where she managed client accounts and advised clients from Spain, Central and South America on the exportation of goods. Amy also interned for the U.S. State Department at the American Embassy in Lima, Peru. She earned a B.A. in international relations from California State University, Sacramento, spending one year at the University of Denmark in Copenhagen, studying European politics.
 Amber Blixt
Amber Blixt is a Government Relations Supervisor with Roseville Electric Utility and has served in this role since 2019. Prior to this role, Blixt was a policy analyst and lobbyist with the Independent Energy Producers Association, representing independent power producers before the California State Legislature, the California Air Resources Board and the California Energy Commission. Blixt has over 11 years of experience in the energy industry and has worked on various legislative and regulatory topics including California’s renewable energy and climate change policies, the role of the natural gas generation fleet, long-term energy procurement and planning, and regional grid expansion. Amber completed her undergraduate work with honors at the University of California, San Diego and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Law and Society, with a minor in Psychology.
 Ann L. Trowbridge
Ann Trowbridge is a founding partner at Day Carter & Murphy LLP, a Sacramento firm focusing on natural resources issues. Ann represents clients before the California Public Utilities Commission on matters including rates for utility services, distributed energy resources, renewable resources, bioenergy, electric sales, tariffs and market access, and natural gas storage and delivery. She also represents publicly owned utilities regarding energy services, including renewable procurement, rates, and service territory matters. Additionally, Ann negotiates with the investor-owned utilities regarding power purchase agreements, interconnection issues, and tariff implementation.
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