Lynda Foster is the Agent and Community Liaison in Northern California for the California Earthquake Authority. She recently ended a distinguished 24-year career with State Farm Insurance as a Corporate Trainer and held various positions in fire claims. In her role with CEA, Lynda meets with, and gives presentations to, California insurance agents and community groups about the urgent need for earthquake insurance.

As part of CEA's strategic plan to Educate, Mitigate and Insure, Lynda is excited about spreading the news in Northern California about the new, affordable options now available from CEA. Attendees will learn their region’s risk for earthquake damage, ways to prepare themselves and their families for an earthquake, and about the expanded coverage choices and deductible options CEA offers.

 

 

Dan Schnur

Dan Schnur is a Professor at the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School of Communications and the University of California – Berkeley’s Institute of Governmental Studies. He is the Director for the “California Influencers” project, a statewide program in which 60 of the state’s foremost experts in politics, policy and government discuss the 2018 campaign on a regular basis through the November election. He is the former Director of the Los Angeles arm of the American Jewish Committee.

He has been teaching courses in politics, communications and leadership at UC-Berkeley since 1996 and at USC since 2004. Dan has also taught at the John F. Kennedy School of Government’s Institute of Politics at Harvard University and George Washington University’s Graduate School of Political Management. He is the founder of the USC/LA Times statewide political poll.

Previously, Dan worked on four presidential and three gubernatorial campaigns as one of California’s leading political strategists. He served as the national Director of Communications for the 2000 presidential campaign of U.S. Senator John McCain and was the chief media spokesman for California Governor Pete Wilson.