Amy Costa was chief deputy director for budget at the California Department of Finance from 2016 to 2018, where she served as an advisor to the director of higher education from 2014 to 2016. She was an account lead at Blue Beyond Consulting from 2012 to 2014 and director of state and local government relations at Safeway Inc. from 2010 to 2012. Costa served as associate director of advocacy and state relations at the California State University Chancellor’s Office from 2009 to 2010. She served as policy director in the Office of California State Senator Dean Florez from 2008 to 2009, as a policy consultant in the Office of California State Senate President Pro Tempore Don Perata from 2005 to 2008, and district director in the Office of California State Senator Don Perata from 2001 to 2005.