Angela Blanchard

As a partner in one of the top lobbying firms in California, Angela Blanchard manages the Political Solutions advocacy team. She has led statewide grassroots efforts and developed coalitions to successfully secure millions in funding through the state budget and California procurement process on a wide array of issues. Her expertise in health care policy has earned her an excellent track record of representing national and multi-national corporate and non-profit interests before the state.

Successful legislative and budgetary campaigns have included removal of treatment caps for cancer patients, extended health and privacy rights for minors, bills improving the California Children’s Services Program, Genetically Handicapped Persons Program, Every Woman Counts Program, and Breast and Cervical Cancer Treatment Program, among others. Successful procurement included public health infrastructure projects such as the COVID-19 state-run laboratory and newborn screening tests.

Ms. Blanchard came to Political Solutions in 2004 after gaining first-hand experience of the legislative process by working for the California State Legislature, including members of the Business and Professions Committee and the Legislative Women’s Caucus.

Since 2018, Angela has served on the advisory board for the University of California Center Sacramento which educates California’s future leaders in the craft of politics and policymaking. In 2019, Angela joined the board of the Northern California World Trade Center, an organization committed to a more internationally connected Northern California.

Ms. Blanchard graduated magna cum laude from the University of California, Davis with a bachelor’s degree in women’s studies and holds a master’s degree in public administration from the University of Southern California.