Nancy McFadden

"It’s never too late to choose the life you want to live — it just takes a little truth a lot of courage."

How She Empowers Others

Nancy McFadden is Senior Vice President of Public Affairs for PG&E Corporation. She is responsible for managing the company’s federal, state and local government relations, and philanthropic and community initiatives, while guiding its efforts to be a national environmental leader.  

Before joining PG&E, McFadden spent nearly two decades as a key legal, political, and policy advisor at both the federal and state levels.  In California, she served as senior advisor to Governor Gray Davis.  A senior member of the Clinton Administration for eight years, she served as deputy chief of staff to Vice President Al Gore, General Counsel for the U.S. Department of Transportation and Deputy Associate Attorney General.  The Washington Post named her one of the “go-to people” in the Clinton Administration for her significant record of accomplishment.  She started her career practicing law with the firm of O’Melveny and Myers, during which time she was named “One of the 40 Best Lawyers Under 40” by Washingtonian magazine.  

In addition to serving as an executive with PG&E, McFadden has been appointed by the California State Senate and two governors to serve on the California Medical Assistance Commission, the agency that negotiates MediCal contracts with hospitals and health plans.

McFadden is a Bay Area native, and has a J.D. from the University of Virginia and a bachelor's degree from San Jose State University.  She is a member of the Board of Trustees for the California Museum for History, Women and the Arts and the San Francisco Fine Arts Museum.  She also serves on the Board of Directors of the Women’s Foundation of California, the California Climate Action Registry, the California Foundation on the Environment and the Economy, the Bay Area Council, the Apollo Alliance, the Council for Environmental and Economic Balance, as well as on the Board of Advisors for the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley.