Government & Legislative Affairs Advisory Council Meeting

The Government & Legislative Affairs Advisory Council works with elected officials, community leaders, Chamber Members, topic experts, and other organizations to shape policies that help promote business creation, sustainability, and growth.

Join us for our Thursday, June 3rd meeting!

Topic: GRID Coalition & Golden Pacific Powerlink
Speakers: Jessica Luternauer, Senior Vice President of Bodewell Group and Bernadette Butkiewicz, Senior Project Affairs Manager for the Golden Pacific Powerlink

Bernadette Butkiewicz is a proud Clairemont resident and experienced public affairs professional dedicated to advancing thoughtful, sustainable growth across the San Diego region. With a career spanning workforce development, public policy, and critical infrastructure initiatives, she brings a collaborative approach to balancing community needs with economic opportunity.

Bernadette currently serves as Senior Project Affairs Manager for the Golden Pacific Powerlink, where she works to help energize California’s clean energy goals and ensure the electric grid can meet growing demand from businesses and residents. In this role, she partners with regional stakeholders to advance vital infrastructure that supports reliability, economic growth, and the state’s transition to a more sustainable energy future.

She has a proven track record of building partnerships that strengthen workforce pipelines and support long-term economic development. Bernadette is actively involved in several organizations, including serving on the Board of Directors for the Center on Policy Initiatives and the Labor Training and Community Development Alliance. She also serves on the Mission Bay Park Committee, contributing to long-term planning and stewardship of one of San Diego’s key economic and recreational assets.

Since joining Bodewell Group in 2007, Jessica Luternauer has helped secure regulatory and land use approvals for numerous clients. This includes serving as project manager on Enel Green Power North America’s (EGPNA) Jewel Valley Project, mobilizing supporters to advocate for meteorological testing equipment at the Jewel Valley site, ultimately winning approval. In addition, Jessica played an instrumental role in outreach during permitting and construction of the Sunrise Powerlink, a controversial transmission line that required approval from the California Public Utilities Commission, U.S. Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service. More recently, Jessica led outreach efforts to educate key stakeholders about Sempra Renewables’ Great Valley Solar project and assisted Chevron with research, planning and collateral development for the company’s Coalinga Oil Field. She has experience working with Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) on numerous programs, including electric infrastructure projects, customer communications related to vegetation management and gas and electric transmission and distribution work, internal communications, and change management initiatives.