\n Director of Governmental Affairs\,
\n East Bay
\n Building Industry Association of the Bay Area
\n \;
\n Senior Vice President of Legislative Affairs
\n California Building Industry Association (CBIA)
\n | \n \; | \nLISA VORDERBRUEGGEN \n Director of Governmental Affairs\, \n East Bay \n Building Industry Association of the Bay Area | \n
| Lisa leads BIA|Bay Area'\;s governmental affairs advocacy efforts in Alameda\, Contra Costa and Solano counties. She joined the association in March 2014 after a 25-year journalism career. As a reporter\, editor and political columnist for the Bay Area News Group and the Contra Costa Times for more than a decade. A fifth-generation Oregonian\, Vorderbrueggen earned her journalism degree at the University of Nevada-Reno and began her career at the Nevada Appeal in Carson City\, Nev. She also worked as a national correspondent in Washington\, D.C.\, for the Las Vegas Journal and was the Carson City Bureau Chief for the Reno Gazette-Journal. Her work has been recognized by the Nevada and California press associations and she appeared in two Emmy-award winning documentaries about the construction of the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge. \n \; | \n ||
| \n \; | \nMICHAEL GUNNING \n Senior Vice President of Legislative Affairs \n California Building Industry Association (CBIA) | \n
| Michael Gunning is the Senior Vice President of Legislative Affairs. In his role as lead advocate for CBIA\, Mr. Gunning represents the membership before the California State Legislature\, the Governor'\;s Office\, and other state agencies to advocate for intelligent\, constructive policies that bolster the homebuilding industry and increase homeownership opportunities. Mr. Gunning is a veteran of housing finance\, insurance and community development policy in California. With over two decades of experience working with the Legislature\, he currently serves as a gubernatorial appointee to the California Housing Financing Agency. | \n||