Jeff Wilson is the Manager of Corporate Affairs for Chevron Corporation representing Chevron’s subsidiary companies and renewable fuels ventures in the Los Angeles basin. In this role, Jeff leads government, policy, and stakeholder engagement on behalf of Chevron and serves on the El Segundo Refinery Leadership Team.
His civic engagement, environmental and energy policy advocacy spans three decades, and during his career he has conducted over 2,000 media interviews having been speaker and media trained by strategists under multiple Presidential administrations. He served as Field Director for a major statewide ballot initiative campaign and serves on the Board of Directors for the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce and is the fundraising Co-Chair for the L.A. Jobs Political Action Committee (PAC). He represents Chevron before the Southern California Leadership Council (SCLC), Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation (LAEDC) and Los Angeles World Affairs Council Town Hall (LAWACTH) also having served on the Radio Television News Association (RTNA) Board, where he was honored with a Golden Mike Award. Jeff was also appointed by the State of California as the Business/Economic Governing Board representative to the Santa Monica Bay Restoration Commission and elected by the City of El Segundo to serve on the South Bay Workforce Investment Board.
He is a champion for under-served communities and is a graduate of the Los Angeles Leadership Program and current President of the Board for the R.M. Pyles Boys Camp, which over its 70-year history has served over 30,000 at-risk minority youth. He has served on numerous non-profit boards including the Los Angeles Boys and Girls Club, Grades of Green, Manhattan Beach Mayors Youth Council, and he is an Advisory Board member and mentor for the children’s cancer support organization Walk with Sally, where he was just recognized as Mentor of the Year.
Jeff owned one of the oldest ski and surf retail operations in Southern California and remains an active member of the Professional Ski Instructors Association of America (PSIA) receiving his instructor accreditation at Mammoth Mountain.
Jeff received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB) and is a graduate of the University of Southern California (USC) Management Development Program.