2025 CenterState CEO Annual Meeting

About the Speaker:

Annabel R. Chang, Director and Head of State Policy and Government Relations, Waymo

At Waymo, Annabel and her team have been instrumental in launching public autonomous vehicle services in California and other states. She also spearheaded the industry's first-ever political persuasion campaigns. Annabel currently serves as the Vice-Chair and Treasurer of the AV Industry Association. Previously, she was the first vice president at Alaska Airlines for the San Francisco Bay Area, acting as the senior leader for the airline in California. Annabel also shaped the transportation policy landscape as the director of public policy for Lyft, where she worked on the earliest policy initiatives related to ride-hailing and autonomous vehicles. Before her roles in the private sector, Annabel served as an assistant district attorney in San Francisco and as a litigation associate at Morrison & Foerster LLP. Her public sector experience includes serving in the Office of U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein and as a Jesse M. Unruh Legislative Fellow in the California State Assembly. Annabel has been recognized in City & State's Who's Who in Emerging Tech, as a San Francisco Business Times 40 Under 40 honoree, and received the San Francisco Business Times Woman of Influence award. She holds a J.D. from Washington University in St. Louis and a B.A. in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley. Read more about Waymo.