Officers and officials of the Green Party of California

Unlike many other political parties, the Green Party of California does not have traditional state party co-chairs.  Rather a team of officers and officials perform specific statewide roles.  They include:


GPCA Liaison to the Secretary of State
Jared Laiti -
liaison@cagreens.org (term May 2025 - May 2027)
Email is preferred for most communications, 916-549-6788
The liaison represents the GPCA to the office of the Secretary of State, and is nominated by the Coordinating Committee and confirmed by a vote of the General Assembly. www.cagreens.org/liaison


GPCA Treasurer
Justin Richardson
- treasurer@cagreens.org (term Nov 2024 - Nov 2026)
The GPCA treasure is nominated by the Coordinating Committee and confirmed by a vote of the General Assembly
See section 4-6 Treasurer of the GPCA bylaws (http://www.cagreens.org/bylaws-rules-procedures)
Further information in Article II of the GPCA Fiscal Policy (http://www.cagreens.org/fiscal-policy)


GPCA Coordinating Committee
Contact: Co-Coordinators,
Primary administrative committee of the party


GPCA Spokespeople
Represent the GPCA to the media and the general public

Laura Wells

510-504-4254 (media only) - laura@cagreens.org
Laura Wells has run as a Green Party candidate for Congress, District 13, in 2018, for the California Governor in 2010, and for state Controller in 2022. Wells registered with the Green Party the year it gained ballot access in 1992. She was a member of the first Green Party County Council in Alameda County and in 2002, she co-founded Green Focus (the GPCA's official newspaper). Laura is an advocate for public banking and reforming old Prop 13, and electoral reform and was part of the 2006 campaign steering committee that achieved 69% voter approval of Instant Runoff Voting (IRV) in Oakland.
Wells has over 20 years experience in financial systems - investments, pension funds, union dues accounting, and real estate loans. She holds a B.A. from Wayne State University (Detroit, MI, Phi Beta Kappa), and an M.Ed. from Antioch University. She lives in Oakland, and has an adult daughter Natalia.
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