Speaker's Biography:
John Garamendi
Lieutenant Governor, State of California
John Garamendi is Lieutenant Governor of California, a position he has held since January 2007. As such, he also serves as President of the state Senate, a Regent of the University of California, a Trustee of the California State University system, a member of the California State Lands Commission and Chairman of the California Commission for Economic Development. Garamendi previously served as the state's first elected insurance commissioner, in 1991, and was elected again to the position in 2002, leading efforts to provide consumer rebates, reduce auto rates, add protections for homeowners and stop insurance brokers from overcharging business consumers. In 1995, President Clinton appointed him deputy secretary of the Department of the Interior, where he negotiated the Headwaters Forest Agreement, conducted the Cal-Fed water negotiations and put an end to the dumping of nuclear wastes in the California desert. Garamendi previously served for 14 years as a state senator and two years as an assemblyman. He is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, and received an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Panel:
Is the Golden State Still a Leader in Global Innovation?
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