SERVICES
Strategic Planning
& Advice
Keely has experience at the highest levels of California state government and can provide unique perspectives and advice about how to navigate California’s political landscape. Whether you are working with the State Legislature to change a law or the Executive branch on a wide range of issues, Keely can provide insight and chart a path to help you achieve your goals.
Policy Proposal Development
Keely has been working in public policy for over two decades and has a breadth of experience across nearly all public policy issues impacting state government and beyond. She can help you develop or strengthen your budget proposal or policy proposal and set you up for success.
Issue Advocacy Management
Keely is a seasoned executive with vast experience managing teams through crisis and difficult political situations. Keely can assist you in issue advocacy management by supporting or leading a team managing press, governmental advocacy, and coalition building.
About Keely Martin Bosler
A 22-year veteran of California state government, Keely Martin Bosler most recently served as the Director of the California Department of Finance from 2018 to 2022. Over four fiscal cycles, she led the development and negotiation of California’s $300 billion budget, shaping the financial framework of the world’s fifth-largest economy.
First appointed by Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. to this role, she continued to serve as Governor Gavin Newsom’s chief fiscal advisor through the COVID-19 pandemic and associated recession, as well as historic wildfires. Despite these challenges, she directed efforts to build historic reserves, pay down pension liabilities, and secure financial relief for millions of working Californians.
Prior to leading the California Department of Finance, Keely served as Governor Brown’s Cabinet Secretary for more than two years, working across state government in partnership with 11 government agencies and over 70 departments. She also spent nearly a decade in the State Legislature, leading and advising across all budget and policy areas, including issues involving taxation, education, health care, local government finance, the environment, and public safety.
Keely currently serves as an appointee of Governor Newsom to the Central Valley Flood Protection Board, overseeing the maintenance and improvements of the flood management system in the vast and diverse Central Valley of California. Keely also serves on the Board of Directors of the non-profit Golden 1 Credit Union serving over one million members with $19 billion in assets.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Jerry Brown
California Governor
2011-2019
“Under Michael’s leadership, California’s finances are sound and we’re better prepared for the next downturn. The Department won’t skip a beat with Keely at the helm. Keely has done great work at the Department of Finance and will continue to be a huge asset in her new role. She has been a key member of my administration. With her energy, wit and insight, she has made an enormous contribution to all that we’ve accomplished.”
Gavin Newsom
California Governor
Current
“Throughout unprecedented challenges and opportunities, Keely has expertly steered the state’s finances with a commitment to expanding opportunity, improving the lives of Californians and maintaining a solid fiscal foundation. Confronted with the pandemic-driven economic crisis, Keely led our work to provide historic relief to get Californians back on their feet and lay the groundwork for our recovery, all while moving the state forward on key priorities. I’m deeply grateful to Keely for lending her exceptional leadership, talents, unique perspective and profound dedication to our work to build a better future for all Californians.”
Karen Pank
Executive Director, Chief Probation Officers of CA
“Keely Bosler’s keen sense of how to navigate complex issues combined with her vast knowledge of state government systems proved immensely helpful during our implementation of a major statewide initiative. Her ability to identify solutions and succinctly package them assisted our organization develop our negotiation strategy for the year. Ms. Bosler is the ultimate thought partner on the most difficult policy issues facing CA today.”
Graham Knaus
CEO, California State Association of Counties
“Keely has been an indispensable partner on a multitude of political and policy issues. She is strategic, politically adept, and brings a keen sense of policy and vast portfolio of expertise that turns concept into execution. She is as good as they come, and simply makes organizations and other leaders better.”
TESTIMONIALS
"AUT VIAM INVENIAM AUT FACIAM —
WE WILL EITHER FIND A WAY OR MAKE ONE.”
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