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enjaminHaddadjoinedCaliforniaStrategies,LLCin2006asaPrinci-
palandestablishedthefirm'sofficeinSanDiego.Haddadhasabroad
range of experience in public affairs counseling with particular strength in
government relations, internal and external communications strategy, and
corporate communications.
PriortojoiningCaliforniaStrategies,LLC,Haddadwasseniorvicepresi-
dentforcommunicationsatScienceApplicationsInternationalCorpora-
tion(SAIC),anemployee-ownedFortune500company,headquartered
inLaJolla,California.Hiswide-rangingresponsibilitiesincludedcom-
munications strategy development and implementation, corporate events,
and community and government relations.
In1998,Mr.HaddadservedbrieflyasthePresidentandChiefExecutive
OfficeroftheGreaterSanDiegoChamberofCommerce.Heisamemberof
theChamber'sManagementCouncilandBoardofDirectors,andchairsthe
organization'sPublicPolicyCommittee.
Duringtheprevioustwoyears,Mr.HaddadwasDeputyChiefofStaffandCabinet
SecretarytoCalifornia'sformerGovernor,PeteWilson.Mr.Haddad'sresponsibilities
includedthedevelopment,coordinationandimplementationoftheGovernor'spolicy
agenda,workingdirectlywiththeadministration'stwelvecabinetheadsandseventy-five
department directors. This was Mr. Haddad's second tour with the Wilson Administra-
tion,havingdirectedCalifornia'sWashington,D.C.Officefrom1991to1993,then
movingtoSacramentotoassumethepositionofDeputySecretaryandGeneralCounsel
attheCaliforniaResourcesAgency.
FollowingGovernorWilson'sre-electionin1994,Mr.HaddadwasnamedChiefof
StafftoSanDiegoMayorSusanGolding.Asthemayor'stopaide,heservedasher
primaryliaisontothecommunityatlarge.HighlightsofhistenurewithMayorGolding
includeherre-electiontoasecondtermbyawhopping78%oftheelectorate,andthe
successfulstagingofthe1996RepublicanNationalConvention.
Mr. Haddad's senior management experience in these state and local posts followed his
decade of service at the federal level.
Ben Haddad
benh@calstrat.com
· StrategicConsulting
· Governance
· PublicPolicy
Career Highlights:
· DeputyChiefofStaffandCabinetSecretaryforGovernorPeteWilson
· PresidentandChiefExecutiveOfficeroftheGreaterSanDiegoChamberof
Commerce
· DeputySecretaryandGeneralCounselattheCaliforniaResourcesAgency
"...few people could duplicate the high-
powered network that Haddad has built up
over nearly two decades in government."
San Diego Business Journal, November 30, 1998