Council CEO Again Named to Top 100 Influencers List

For the fourth straight year, Bay Area Council CEO Jim Wunderman was named to the Capitol Weekly’s Top 100 Influencers list. Wunderman was quick to deflect any individual role in the honor and said it reflects the larger influence that the Bay Area Council has in working on a wide range of legislative and public policy issues in Sacramento. The Council’s Sacramento office, which is led by Policy Manager Cornelious Burke, was opened under Wunderman’s leadership and has become an important and effective platform for engaging with political, government and business leaders. The Council this year sponsored important legislation to address the state’s housing crisis, was instrumental in passing legislation last year that led to Regional Measure 3—the $5.6 billion traffic relief ballot measure Bay Area voters approved in June—and has played a leading role on issues related to water, climate change and energy, early education funding and healthcare reform.