Camden McEfee

Managing Partner

Camden McEfee currently serves as Managing Partner of California Strategies, LLC, where he provides strategic advice and advocacy services to help clients achieve their public sector goals. McEfee works effectively with business and government leaders alike on issues such as infrastructure, education, economic development, and business regulations.

McEfee joined California Strategies in 1999 and has since helped engineer the firm’s growth from its early beginnings to its current status as one of California’s most preeminent public affairs firms. Over the last several years, McEfee was California Strategies’ Managing Partner.

Prior to his work at California Strategies, McEfee served as Chief Deputy Cabinet Secretary to Governor Pete Wilson, serving as the chief liaison to the state agencies and departments that comprised the executive branch of state government. His broad policy portfolio included oversight of general business issues, economic development, and major state procurement programs.

McEfee graduated from the University of Southern California (USC) and remains an active alumnus. While serving as Managing Partner of California Strategies, McEfee created and developed an applied research internship project which allowed USC students exposure to client issues and the encouragement to develop policy solutions.

McEfee resides in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife and two daughters.

Specialties
1.
Business and Government Issues Management
2.
Public Sector Business Development
3.
Strategic Regulatory Consulting
4.
Procurement

Expertise

Education
Employment Labor & Workforce Development
Federal State & Local Government
Gaming
Health Care
Non-Profits
Public Private Partnerships
Technology & Innovation
Transportation & Infrastructure
Career Highlights
1.
Vice Chair of Business Affairs, California Strategies LLC
2.
Managing Partner, California Strategies LLC
3.
Chief Deputy Cabinet Secretary for Governor Pete Wilson
4.
Former Board Member, Bay Area Council
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Member, Bay Planning Coalition
6.
Advisor to Arnold Schwarzenegger's successful ballot initiative Proposition 49, the After School Education & Safety Act of 2002 which made California the leading state in after-school program funding.
7.
Former Advisory Committee Member, USC Unruh Institute of Politics
8.
Board Member, Thunder Road Youth and Adolescent Treatment Centers (2004 – 2017)

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CALIFORNIA’S PREEMINENT PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND LOBBYING FIRM, CALIFORNIA STRATEGIES, INSTALLS NEW LEADERSHIP
SACRAMENTO, CA – California Strategies, LLC, one of the Golden State’s preeminent public affairs and lobbying firms has tapped veteran strategist Camden McEfee and longtime legislative advocate Jim Lites to...