January 2024 Monthly Meeting

Join us for a post-election, 2025 Legislative Updates Event!

Free parking and breakfast included.

Agenda:

About the Presenters:

Faith Borges - CAHIP Lobbyist

Faith Borges joined California Advocates as a Senior Lobbyist in 2017. She provides professional advocacy services before the legislature and regulatory agencies such as Cal OSHA, the Department of Workers Compensation, and Covered California. Prior to joining the firm, she was Legislative Director for Assembly Member Catharine Baker. During her tenure in that position, she sent many bills to the Governor’s desk, including bills on employment development, health care, local government, transportation, business and professions, and privacy, all of which were signed into law. Prior to her position in the Assembly, Faith worked for two senators, Senator Ted Gaines, and Senator Anthony Cannella. With a decade of combined experience as a legislative advocate and staffer in both houses of the Legislature, she is a policy and strategy expert.

Faith earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of California, Santa Barbara and went on to become a California Senate Fellow earning her graduate certificate in Applied Policy and Government from Sacramento State University.

Max Karlin - Director of State Affairs, NABIP

Max Karlin is the director of state affairs at NABIP. In his current role, he monitors legislative and regulatory issues in thirty-eight states, where he works closely with NABIP’s Northeast, Southeast and Southwest chapters and their lobbyists. Prior to joining NABIP, Max gained legislative experience as an intern for New York State Senator James Seward and got his start in government affairs at Stateside Associates, where he managed and tracked health insurance policy. He recently worked in regulatory affairs at UnitedHealthcare.

Max received his B.A. in political science at the State University of New York (SUNY) College at Oneonta. 
In his free time, Max enjoys staying active at the gym, obsessing over sports, going to museums, and trying out new restaurants. He can be contacted at [email protected].