Alice Reynolds

Alice Reynolds

Public Policy Board | Board Member

Alice Reynolds was appointed to the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) as President by Governor Gavin Newsom on Nov. 22, 2021.

Previously, she served for three years as Governor Newsom’s senior advisor for energy. From 2011 to January 2019, she served in the administration of Governor Brown, most recently as the Governor’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. President Reynolds began her public service career in 2002, serving 10 years as a deputy attorney general in the California Attorney General’s Office, where she litigated cases involving the protection of public trust lands, coastal resources, and public access, and other environmental issues.

President Reynolds holds a bachelor’s degree from Stanford University and a juris doctor degree from Santa Clara University School of Law where she graduated magna cum laude.