Dawn Sanders Koepke joined the McHugh & Associates team in December 2003. She is a key asset to the firm, handling the research needs of the firm’s clients, Fair Political Practices Commission reporting for clients, and lobbying in the policy areas of public safety, health and human services, and environmental safety and toxics. Dawn is also a member of the Thursday Group, a business-friendly coalition whose efforts are focused on environmental legislative and regulatory action.
Prior to joining the McHugh team, Dawn served as a member of the Davis Administration. In her capacity as Special Assistant to Governor Davis, she managed the Governor’s daily activities, assisted the Legislative Affairs team with legislative review, and coordinated and prepared responses regarding major policy and legislative action on behalf of the Administration in response to public inquiry. In this capacity she established a number of pertinent contacts that are now scattered throughout various Legislative, Executive and Constitutional offices.
Dawn graduated from San Francisco State University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Relations. As a component of her degree in International Relations, Dawn studied abroad at the Universidad de Salamanca in Spain where she completed an intensive Spanish language and literature program.
In 2006, Dawn completed her Masters Degree in Public Policy & Administration from California State University, Sacramento with special focus in regulatory affairs and collaborative studies. Dawn’s thesis work focused on regulation as a policy tool to achieve policy goals with specific focus on environmental regulatory efforts in California.
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