Ruben Barrales

Ruben Barrales is senior vice president of external engagement at Wells Fargo. Previously, he was president and CEO of the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce, and of Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network. He served in the White House as deputy assistant to the president and director of intergovernmental affairs for President George W. Bush. In 1992, he became the first Latino elected to the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors. He serves on the Public Policy Institute of California’s Statewide Survey Advisory Committee and was on PPIC’s board of directors from 2007 to 2019. He currently serves on the PPIC Statewide Leadership Council. He has served on the California Speaker’s Commission on State and Local Government Finance and on the California Commission of Local Governance for the 21st Century. He received a BA with a joint major in political science and administrative studies from the University of California, Riverside.