Adam Lane (he/him/his)
Adam Lane is the City Policy & Government Affairs Manager at Waymo, an autonomous driving technology company with a mission to make it safe and easy for people and things to get where they’re going. In this role, he oversees Waymo’s relationship with local policy and government stakeholders in Los Angeles.
Prior to Waymo, Adam served as the Vice President of Government Affairs and Programs for the Los Angeles Business Council (LABC), a progressive business advocacy and research organization, where he oversaw the organization’s government affairs strategy and public policy priorities in the areas of clean energy, economic development, environmental sustainability, homelessness, housing, and transportation.
Adam has successfully led major advocacy, efforts including the expansion of the nation’s largest municipal solar rooftop Feed-in Tariff program at the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power and the LABC’s Compete4LA Initiative that led to the City of Los Angeles investing millions of dollars to grow supply-chain contracting opportunities for local, small, and diverse businesses.
Adam received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science with Magna Cum Laude honors from California State University, Northridge and a Master’s Degree in Public Policy from the University of Southern California.