Susan Sommercamp, Special Assistant to the Secretary

Susan Sommercamp was appointed Special Assistant to the Secretary at the California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA) by Governor Gavin Newsom in September 2023. Her role includes speechwriting, external affairs, communications responsibilities and varied advising. Prior to this appointment, Susan worked as Secretary Omishakin’s primary Speechwriter at CalSTA from September 2022 and from 2020-2022 at the California Department of Transportation during his tenure as Director. From 2015-2020 Susan worked at the California Department of Justice in various positions incorporating writing, editing, training and data analysis.

Susan earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English with a Creative Writing emphasis from California State University at Long Beach.