Alix A. Rosenthal

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Alix is an attorney in Oakland and San Francisco, practicing as a fractional general counsel and advisor to multiple startups. The opinions she expresses in this blog are hers alone.

At the age of 29, Alix got her start in San Francisco politics with her appointment to the newly-created Elections Commission.  The voters had charged the Commission with overseeing a badly-managed department with little transparency, low morale and big PR problems (see: ballot boxes floating in the Bay).  As its Vice President and President in those first few years, Alix underwent a crash course in municipal organization and helped to turn the ailing department around.

In 2006, at the urging of friends in the progressive movement, Alix ran for the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in District 8.  To the surprise of many (including herself), she garnered almost 30% of the vote against a formidable and well-liked incumbent.

In June 2010, Alix was elected to the San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee (DCCC), the governing body of the San Francisco Democratic Party, where she served as its Treasurer and a Vice Chair. In her 6 years on the DCCC, she focused on getting more women elected to local office, training and mentoring candidates, and helping get many of them elected.

A longtime Burning Man participant, Alix served on the Board of Directors of the Black Rock Arts Foundation, which promoted civic engagement by placing interactive public art projects around the world. Alix has been a lifelong advocate for women in politics, having founded the San Francisco Women’s Political Summit, and serving as President of the National Women’s Political Caucus (SF chapter).  For several years, she built and managed Lyft’s compliance team, and she has advised technology companies, municipal agencies and nonprofits about regulatory issues, employment law, corporate governance and transactions of all kinds.

Alix is an early adopter, a hiker and a fitness enthusiast. She has a daughter in first grade who brings her joy every day. You can find Alix on X (Twitter), LinkedIn, and Facebook.