For the first time since she was selected to replace the late-Dianne Feinstein, Senator Laphonza Butler made a public appearance, speaking at the Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit in Laguna Niguel.
For the first time since she was selected to replace the late-Dianne Feinstein, Senator Laphonza Butler made a public appearance, speaking at the Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit in Laguna Niguel on Monday. It hasn't even been a week since she was hand selected by California Governor Gavin Newsom to replace Feinstein after she died on Sept. 29.
'Prior to her appointment, Butler was known for her time strategizing political campaigns, most notably for Vice President Kamala Harris during her 2020 presidential campaign. For the last decade, she's acted as President of SEIU in California, the union that represents nearly two million healthcare and public service workers nationwide.
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