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Brissa Sotelo-Vargas
Director of Community Relations and Government Affairs, Valero Energy
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Brissa Sotelo-Vargas is the director of communityrelations and government affairs at Valero Energy in Los Angeles where shemanages the full range of communication and stakeholder management activitiesincluding government affairs, community relations, and local crisiscommunications.
Brissa is responsible for building strategic alliances and coalitions with keyconstituency groups largely at the local and region-wide level, and buildingtrust through education about Valero Wilmington Refinery and the industry’sbusiness and community relationships throughout the region. She is alsocommitted to philanthropic priorities and creating successful partnerships withconstituents, businesses, community organizations and community leaders.
Brissa began her career in the petroleum industry as a public affairs managerfor Shell Oil Company in 2006. Following the sale of the Wilmington assets, shewas named manager of public and government affairs for Tesoro. In 2017 shejoined the Valero Wilmington Refinery.
Brissa has two master’s degrees from the University of Southern California, onein communication management from the Annenberg School of Communication andJournalism and another in public policy, with a certificate in governmentmanagement from the Sol Price School of Public Policy. She earned herundergraduate degree from Holy Names University in Northern California.
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