To succeed in the legislative and regulatory arena, it is fundamental to plan and execute for your clients. It is also essential to think outside the box and find alternate paths forward when the legislative or regulatory terrain changes. With our collective and diverse experience, the PPA team stands ready to traverse the ever-shifting California public policy landscape to help our clients achieve their desired outcome.
Armand Feliciano
Armand is a partner at PPA. He is a government relations professional with deep and broad public and private sector experience. His keen understanding of California government and extensive political relationships were formed by working for the executive and legislative branches of state government. Armand served as Deputy Legislative Secretary for Governor Gray Davis, Deputy Attorney General for Attorney General Bill Lockyer, and Legislative Budget Consultant for the Senate Budget Committee chaired by Senator Al Alquist, and Assembly Budget Committee chaired by Assembly member Denise Ducheny.
At PPA, Armand represents business clients in the insurance, health, hotel, technology, and transportation sectors, as well as national trade organizations at the legislature. Additionally, on behalf of PPA clients, he works with various state departments on regulatory matters, including the California Department of Insurance, California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation, and the California Privacy Protection Agency. He also represents non-profit organizations such as the Asian Law Caucus.
Prior to joining Public Policy Advocates, Armand was Counsel for Manatt, Phelps, and Phillips where he represented fortune 500 hundred companies.
Before that he served as Vice President of Government Relations for the American Property Insurance Association of America, the nation’s largest property casualty insurance trade organization. There he represented personal, commercial, and surplus line insurers in Alaska, Arizona, California, Idaho, and Utah.
Armand’s property casualty insurance policy expertise includes Proposition 103 auto insurance, credit scoring, e-delivery, homeowners’ coverage, insuretech, sharing economy, telematics, wildfire coverage, and workers’ compensation. He also possesses a unique understanding of California’s healthcare system, having previously worked as Legislative Director for Anthem Blue Cross (now Elevance Health) and Regulatory Advocate for the California Medical Association, California’s largest physician trade organization.
One of Armand’s key California legislative accomplishments was leading the advocacy effort that resulted in the passage of legislation requiring transportation network companies to provide automobile insurance for their drivers, which served as a national model for other states after Governor Jerry Brown signed it.
Armand is a board member of the California Asian Pacific Islander Legislative Caucus Institute where he participates in mentoring and leadership programs. He is also a board director for Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company, a leading professional liability carrier in California.
He obtained his BA from the University of California, Riverside, was selected to participate in the California State Senate Fellows Program and earned his JD from the University of California College of the Law. He enjoys spending time with his wife Hilary, daughters Sofia and Ella, and pet dog Kuma. In his spare time, he chases eagles, birdies, pars, and tries hard to avoid bogeys with his Girl Dad Golf Group.