Pathways to Carbon Neutrality in California Speaker: Robert Lapsley

Robert Lapsley

President and CEO of the California Manufacturers and Technology Association (CMTA)

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Robert Lapsley was named President of the California Business Roundtable in 2011. As President, Rob leads an organization comprised of senior executive leadership of major California employers representing a combined workforce of over six hundred thousand employees. Their mission is to strengthen California’s economy by enhancing competitiveness and ensuring an educated workforce prepared for the next generation of jobs. During his tenure, CBRT has successfully launched the nonpartisan California Center for Jobs and the Economy which provides objective and comprehensive economic and jobs data at the state, county, region, senate and assembly level. The Center for Jobs mission is to provide state and local policy makers with a definitive source of information pertaining to job creation and economic trends in California.