About CAC

Judith Pacult Iglehart founded Consulting About California. She brings to her clients two decades of dealing with public affairs and strategic planning in higher education, government, and high tech business startups.

Until recently, Judi was the President/CEO of Technology Ventures Network, the San Francisco Bay Area/Silicon Valley regional technology alliance where she identified and assisted emerging high-tech companies. She served as Deputy Senior Vice President for Business and Finance at the University of CaliforniaÕs Office of the President where she was responsible for a wide range of higher education policy issues, for state and federal legislative coordination, and for crisis management. In Sacramento, she served as Chief of Staff to the Senate Majority Floor Leader.

Judi graduated from Berkeley, holds Masters Degrees from Mills College and UC Berkeley, and a doctorate in Educational Leadership and Policy from Mills College. In 1989 she was one of 100 women selected to participate in Leadership America, a national leadership development program for women of achievement. She has served on the Boards of Leadership California (Chair), the Oakland Ballet, the Prytannean WomenÕs Honor Society, the Alameda/Contra Costa Economic Development Alliance for Business (EDAB), the Alameda Center for Emerging Technologies (ACET), and various non-profit, civic, educational and charitable organizations. She is the founder of the Richard Iglehart Wilderness Foundation, dedicated to providing support to allow young persons to participate in wilderness adventures, and HowDoIVote?, an on-line program to encourage civic participation.

Consultants

Using a wide range of business and governmental practitioners,
Consulting About California tailors practitioner consulting expertise to each client scenario, adding knowledgeable personnel with deep expertise to fit each action plan. Consultants include former elected officials and former and current senior policy personnel in the business, government, higher education, and multi-media arenas.