CalChamber Executive Team & Policy Staff: John Myers
John MyersSenior Vice President, Communications and External Affairs
John Myers joined the CalChamber team in May 2025 as senior vice president, communications and external affairs.Myers spent almost three decades as an award-winning California journalist, serving in various roles in broadcast and print newsrooms, with most of his career focused on California politics and government.
His coverage spanned the last five California governors, hundreds of legislative battles and ballot measure campaigns, and duties that included daily reporting, columns, newsletters, social media, audio and video podcasts, and more. His final assignment was serving as Sacramento bureau chief for the Los Angeles Times, a position he held until the summer of 2022.
From 2022 until joining the CalChamber, Myers served as chief of public affairs for the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS). His work leading the communications team for the largest public pension fund in the nation focused on overseeing external and internal content for CalPERS’ 2.3 million members and state and local government employers, as well as serving as both the agency’s chief spokesperson and a senior advisor to its executive leadership.
Myers holds degrees from Duke University and the University of California, Berkeley.
