Laura Lewis is the Chief Legal & Government Affairs Officer and General Counsel for the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD). In this position, Ms. Lewis is responsible for managing and coordinating all SMUD legal matters, including litigation, contested regulatory agency proceedings, settlement discussions, and claims management. She operates as a strategic resource for the Board of Directors,
general manager, and executive management team regarding the development of SMUD policies, strategies, programs and initiatives. Additionally, she serves as the secretary to SMUD’s elected Board of Directors.

Ms. Lewis also oversees S UD’s government affairs and reliability compliance department. In this capacity, she is responsible for management and coordination of all legislative matters and regulatory  requirements affecting SMUD at the state and federal level, including the FERC-NERC electric reliability standards.

Ms. Lewis first joined SMUD in 1997 as a staff attorney, serving in that capacity through 1999, after which she moved to the San Francisco law firm of Davis Wright Tremaine. In 2002, she returned to SMUD as a senior attorney. She served as assistant general counsel and chief assistant general counsel, before being appointed as SMUD’s General Counsel by the SMUD Board in 2014. Ms. Lewis serves as General Counsel to the California Municipal Utilities Association (CMUA), as a Board member of the Midtown Association, as a Board member of ProjectAttain!, and as a Board member of the Sacramento Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce.

Ms. Lewis received her undergraduate degree (B.A. 1993) from the University of California at San Diego, and her J.D with great distinction (Order of the Coif 1997) from McGeorge School of Law.