Juliet Ellis is the chief strategy officer/assistant general manager for external affairs at the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission. Over years of involvement with community outreach, she has managed multi-million dollar projects to benefit underserved communities and businesses throughout the Bay Area. As executive director of the Urban Habitat program, she successfully transitioned this San Francisco-based non-profit organization into a $2 million national leader. Ellis has been a Commissioner of SFPUC and served on numerous other national, regional and local boards and committees. She’s currently a member of the President’s White House Advisory Council on Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Environment and Climate Change Taskforce. She received her Master of Science in Business Administration at San Francisco State University with an emphasis in environmental and urban studies.