Abby Lehnig is the Kern Regional Director for California Policy Center, where she manages community outreach and engagement in the Central Valley. She holds bachelors degrees from Utah State University in Applied Mathematics and Spanish and a masters degree in Public Policy from the Pepperdine University School of Public Policy. She first became interested in politics and policy while interning in the Embassy of Peru in Washington, DC. Before joining CPC, she interned at the Center for Growth and Opportunity, where she published research on wildfire and solar energy policy, and with the City of Santa Monica, where she worked in the City Manager’s office. Abby grew up in an active duty Air Force family and now happily lives in Bakersfield with her husband Bryan.