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Capitol Weekly’s Top 100: Alice Busching Reynolds
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31. Alice Busching Reynolds
Alice Busching Reynolds wields enormous power as the president of the Public Utilities Commission, which oversees private utilities, natural gas operations, railroads, telecommunications and private water companies among other far-reaching industries and services. A consummate insider, Reynolds served for three years as Gov. Newsom’s senior advisor on energy and before that worked in Gov. Jerry Brown’s administration, as a senior advisor for climate, the environment and energy and as chief counsel and deputy secretary for law enforcement at the California Environmental Protection Agency. She also served for about 10 years as a deputy attorney general in the California Attorney General’s office, where she litigated cases involving the protection of public trusts lands and coastal resources. Reynolds holds a bachelor’s degree from Stanford and a law degree from Santa Clara University.
Updated Aug. 7, 2024
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