Stephen D. (Steve) Burns is manager, California government affairs, for Chevron Corporation.  He has responsibility for advancing the company’s interests in California state politics and public policy, supervising a team of legislative and regulatory analysts and advocates in Sacramento. He also is responsible for leading Chevron’s strategy development and engagement on AB 32, California’s Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006.   

He has held several other senior policy positions in Chevron, including manager of corporate responsibility, lead policy coordinator, manager of global community engagement, and assistant to the chairman & chief executive officer.  Prior to joining Chevron, he worked for two years at Enron Corp, and before that spent 11 years in research and policy non-governmental organizations focusing on energy, trade and development issues in Asia and Latin America.  He also worked for two years on the staff of the chairman of the Ways and Means Committee in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Mr. Burns lived in Latin America and Asia for more than 14 years. He has a master’s degree in public administration from the George Washington University, and received his undergraduate degree from the College of William and Mary in 1984.

He and his wife Sarah live in Sacramento with their four children.