Liane Randolph is a partner at Compass Advisors, a policy consulting firm. Prior to co-founding Compass, she served as Chair of the California Air Resources Board. She was appointed by Governor Gavin Newsom in December 2020 and served until her retirement from state service in October 2025. During her time as Chair, CARB expanded its focus on equity issues and solutions, and the Board adopted landmark climate and environmental policies, including the 2022 Scoping Plan laying out California’s path to carbon neutrality by 2045, and regulations that will accelerate the transition to a zero-emission transportation system. Prior to her work at CARB, Randolph served as a Commissioner at the California Public Utilities Commission from 2015 to 2021. Randolph served from 2011 to 2014 as Deputy Secretary and General Counsel at the California Natural Resources Agency, where she worked on a wide variety of legal and policy issues. Randolph is a graduate of UCLA, where she earned a history degree and a law degree.