Wes Venteicher
Communications Director, ACP-California
Wes Venteicher is ACP-California’s communications director. He fields media requests, promotes clean energy to the public and amplifies the industry’s voice in the California policy arena.
Before he joined ACP, Wes was a Sacramento-based journalist for Politico, where he reported on California’s clean energy ambitions, the politics of climate change and regulatory proceedings at the California Public Utilities Commission and the California Energy Commission. He was a reporter for 15 years at outlets including The Sacramento Bee and the Chicago Tribune.
Wes grew up in Montana, graduated from St. John’s College in Santa Fe and lives in Sacramento. He backpacks and skis in the Sierra Nevada, bangs on his drums and takes his dog to the river.