President, CA Public Utilities Commission (CPUC)
Alice Busching Reynolds is the president of the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC). She was appointed by Governor Gavin Newsom on Nov. 22, 2021. Prior to her appointment, President Reynolds served for three years as Governor Gavin Newsom’s senior advisor for energy.
From 2011 to January 2019, she served as Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr.’s senior advisor for climate, the environment and energy and previously as chief counsel and deputy secretary for law enforcement at the California Environmental Protection Agency.
Reynolds began her public service career in 2002, serving approximately 10 years as a deputy attorney general in the California Attorney General’s Office, where she litigated cases involving protection of public trust lands, coastal resources and public access, and other environmental issues. Prior to entering public service, Reynolds was a lawyer in private practice in San Francisco. Reynolds holds a bachelor’s degree from Stanford University and a J.D. from Santa Clara University School of Law.