Practice Areas
- Corporate (General Counsel) & Securities
- Project Finance
- Regulatory, Policy, & Governmental Affairs
Education
- Harvard Law School, J.D.
- Stanford University, B.A.
- London School of Economics, Fulbright Scholar
Admissions
- California
- U.S. Supreme Court
Experience
Commissioner John A. Bohn served as a Commissioner of the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC). He was appointed by Governor Schwarzenegger in May 2005, and served for a six-year term. The Commission’s focus for the State of California was on climate change, energy, and water issues, as well as developments in clean technology solutions.
Commissioner Bohn also serves as a Director of the National Endowment for Democracy in Washington DC, and is on the Advisory Board of the Yale Institute for Corporate Governance and Performance. He is a member of the Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness chartered by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to advise on the reform capital markets for the 21st Century. Commissioner Bohn is a principal in GlobalNet Partners, N.A., LLC, a global advisory and consulting firm.
In 1981, Commissioner Bohn joined the President Reagan Administration as Special Assistant to Treasury Secretary Don Regan, and was subsequently appointed by President Reagan as U.S. Ambassador and Executive Director of the Asian Development Bank. In 1984, President Reagan appointed Commissioner Bohn to the post of Vice Chairman of the Export Import Bank of the United States, and later as chairman and CEO.
Commissioner Bohn began his career practicing law in California and the Pacific, and subsequently spent 13 years as an international banker with Wells Fargo, which included 4-1/2 years in Tokyo, with responsibility for the bank’s Asian activities. Later he served as Division Manager for Trade Finance, private banking, and multinational banking.
A graduate with honors from Stanford University, Commissioner Bohn attended the London School of Economics as a Fulbright scholar, and received his JD from the Harvard Law School. He is a member of the California State Bar and the Bar of the Supreme Court of the United States.