What We Do
What We Do
Advocacy
Public Affairs
Procurement
Who We Represent
Business
Legislative, regulatory and procurement representation on behalf of flagship businesses. Experience includes work for Fortune 50 companies like AT&T, tech visionaries like Uber, entertainment pioneers like Carnival Corporation, logistics experts like Prologis and healthcare leaders like Blue Shield of California.
Labor
Legislative and regulatory representation on behalf of organizations devoted to improving the lives of working families. Experience includes work for the California State Council of the Service Employees International Union (the nation’s largest labor union), the United Healthcare Workers, the Bricklayers & Allied Craftworkers and the California Water Utility Council.
Clean Energy
Legislative, regulatory and procurement representation on behalf of entities that are developing and deploying advanced clean energy solutions. Experience includes work for leading utility-scale solar and energy storage developers AES Corporation, Nextera Energy, SB Energy, Primergy and Recurrent Energy; hydrogen energy solution providers Air Products, ACES Delta and Mitsubishi Power Americas; multiday energy storage provider Form Energy, fuel cell energy provider Bloom Energy, offshore wind developer RWE Renewables, and biomass energy provider IHI Power.
Public Sector
Legislative, regulatory and procurement representation on behalf of cities, electricity providers, water utilities, transit agencies and other public sector entities. Experience includes work for the City of Los Angeles, State Bar of California, Ava Community Energy, Los Angeles Department of Water & Power, California Water Service, Southern California Public Power Authority, Antelope Valley Transit Authority and Long Beach Transit.
Health Care
Legislative, regulatory and procurement representation on behalf of providers, plans, digital health companies and other critical players in the health care space. Experience includes work for health and specialty plans Blue Shield of California and DentaQuest, digital health companies Netsmart and Manifest MedEx, as well as professional associations California Society of Health-System Pharmacists, California Optometric Association, California Chiropractic Association and California Society of Dentist Anesthesiologists.
Tech, AI & Privacy
Legislative, regulatory and procurement representation on behalf of California’s high tech industry. Experience includes work for preeminent design and manufacturing software company Autodesk, identification and privacy specialist ID.me, wireless broadband provider Tarana, government software innovator Vitu and autonomous vehicle pioneers Nuro, Beep, and Monarch.
Management Consulting
Legislative, regulatory and procurement representation on behalf of the world’s leading management strategists. Experience includes work for top tier firms like McKinsey & Company, Deloitte and Weaver that provide leadership, strategies, solutions and partnerships to help advance the goals of businesses and governments.
Clean Transportation
Legislative, regulatory and procurement representation on behalf of entities developing and deploying clean transportation solutions. Experience includes work for electric vehicle manufacturers BYD Motors, RIDE, Lucid Motors, Monarch Tractor and US Hybrid, as well as electric vehicle charging provider Electrify America.
Social Issues
Legislative, regulatory and campaign representation in furtherance of some of the nation’s most daunting social issues. Experience includes work on housing and homelessness on behalf of Non-Profit Housing Association, end of life care on behalf of Compassion & Choices, climate change on behalf of Natural Resource Defense Council (NRDC), sustainability on behalf of Carton Council of North America, racial justice on behalf of NextGen, enhancing quality of life for the aging on behalf of AARP, tobacco and vaping cessation on behalf of Breathe Southern California and safe drinking water on behalf of the Community Water Center.
Tribal
Legislative, regulatory and campaign representation on behalf of tribal governments and organizations. Experience includes advancing and protecting the economic and cultural vitality of the Big Lagoon Rancheria, San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians, Mooretown Rancheria Concow Maidu, Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians and the Modoc Nation.
Political
Management of statewide ballot initiatives, independent expenditure campaigns and grassroots programs. Experience includes multiple double-digit victories on statewide ballot measures, successful state legislative independent expenditure campaigns and grassroots programs that helped to achieve legislative and regulatory goals.
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});Our Team
Mark Weideman
Tim Valderrama
Ryan McCarthy
Faith Conley
Daniel Kim
Bethany Heckman
Meegen Murray
Katharine Eger
Sarah Brennan
Greg Reading
Elijah Orr
Kehinde Ojeikere
Our Team
Mark Weideman
Weideman has decades of experience representing some of the nation’s most sophisticated and politically powerful clients. He provides strategic advice and counsel to his clients designed to achieve their objectives before government entities and acts as their chief advocate before legislative, regulatory and administrative bodies. Weideman has been the architect of successful procurements that have landed clients billion dollar and multi-million dollar contracts. He designs grassroots campaigns that provide broad organic support for policy initiatives and he coordinates activity in local, state, and national elections.
Weideman has served as an officer of Blue Shield of California and AT&T of California, with responsibility for legislative, regulatory, legal and political activities in California and Washington D.C. He has practiced law with the international law firm Pillsbury and with the Sacramento firm Wilke Fleury.
Weideman received his Bachelor of Arts degree with honors from the University of California at Berkeley. He earned his law degree with honors in written and oral advocacy from the University of California Law San Francisco. He is a registered lobbyist with the State of California and a licensed attorney with the State Bar of California.
Tim Valderrama
Valderrama is a Capitol veteran, having served in staff leadership roles in both the Senate and Assembly. As a Partner at the Weideman Group, he spearheads strategic engagement with legislative, administrative and regulatory entities. Clients benefit from Valderrama’s extensive knowledge of the legislative process and his strong bipartisan relationships with legislators, staff and administration officials. He has experience in all phases of political work including coalition building, grassroots mobilization, strategic planning, PAC management and legislative/initiative campaigns. Valderrama was instrumental in reauthorizing a managed care tax that delivered over $8 billion in federal funding to California’s health care system, organized and co-chaired the opposition to a statewide ballot initiative that was defeated by a 20 point margin and was the chief architect of an issue campaign that successfully raised the legal tobacco purchase age in California from 18 to 21.
Over the last 20 years, Valderrama has served as Chief of Staff to State Senator Ed Hernandez, Chief Consultant to an Assembly Policy Committee, Legislative Director and Special Assistant for two Assembly Speakers. He was also the California Executive Director of TechNet, the bipartisan organization of high tech companies that promotes the growth of technology-led innovation. There he represented the interests of the nation’s leading companies in the fields of information technology, biotechnology, clean technology, venture capital, e-commerce and finance. Valderrama is a registered lobbyist with the State of California.
Ryan McCarthy
McCarthy has been a leader at the forefront of climate, energy, technology and transportation policy in California for nearly 20 years. He leads Weideman Group’s climate and clean energy practice, where clients benefit from his deep analytical, regulatory and legislative expertise.
McCarthy spent over eight years in the Administrations of Governors Jerry Brown and Gavin Newsom, serving as the Science and Technology Policy Advisor to the Chair of the California Air Resources Board. At CARB, he was instrumental in developing many of the state’s leading climate policies, including its 2030 and climate neutrality targets, short-lived climate pollutant strategy, and clean energy and transportation policies. McCarthy has worked extensively with the principals and staff at California’s energy, environmental, resource, and transportation agencies, along with leaders in local, state, provincial, and national governments throughout the world.
Prior to CARB, McCarthy helped launch the California Plug-In Electric Vehicle Collaborative and worked in the California Legislature. He received a BS in structural engineering from UC San Diego and an MS and PhD in transportation engineering from UC Davis. McCarthy is a registered lobbyist with the State of California.
Faith Conley
Conley is a nearly two-decade veteran of California’s legislative, regulatory and political arenas. She has led government affairs on behalf of some of the most sophisticated entities in the state, including the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors where she spearheaded the County’s work on ending predatory lending statewide, negotiated an agreement between paint manufacturers and local governments for lead paint abatement, and led the County’s efforts to implement SB 1383 organic waste recycling. She represented the largest County in the country in discussions with the Administration, Legislature, and state agencies, securing millions in funding for Los Angeles residents during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Prior, Conley led policy strategy for the Civil Justice Association of California and led legislative strategy on labor and contracting issues for the California State Association of Counties. Conley also worked directly in the Capitol, serving as a Legislative Director for a member of the State Assembly. She received her bachelor’s degree in government from California State University, Sacramento.
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