Lenny Mendonça

Lenny Mendonça is Chief Economic and Business Advisor to Governor Gavin Newsom and Director of the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz). He is senior partner emeritus of McKinsey & Company, a global management consulting firm, and a lecturer on inequality at the Stanford Business School.

Mr. Mendonça founded McKinsey’s U.S. state and local public sector practice. For many years he led the Firm’s knowledge development efforts overseeing the McKinsey Global Institute and the Firm’s communications, which includes the McKinsey Quarterly. He served for a decade on the McKinsey Shareholder Council (its board of directors). Over the course of his career, he helped dozens of government, corporate, and nonprofit clients solve their most difficult management challenges.

Mr. Mendonça is the Chair of Children Now, co-Chair of California Forward, and founder and Chair of Fusecorps. He is the Chair Emeritus of the Bay Area Council and the Economic Institute of the Bay Area and was vice-chair of the Stanford Graduate School of Business Advisory Council. He serves on the boards of New America, Western Governors University, The Committee for Economic Development, Common Cause, the Bay Area Science and Innovation Consortium, The Campaign for Business & Educational Excellence, The Educational Results Partnership, and the Super Bowl 50 Fund.