Eleanor Blume is currently a Special Assistant Attorney General and senior economic advisor to California Attorney General Rob Bonta. She leads the California Attorney General’s work on consumer protection, economic opportunity, antitrust, corporate securities, cybersecurity, and technology policy. She has served on the Attorney General’s Executive team since 2017, joining the California Department of Justice upon returning to California.
As a government executive, Blume has led successful agency action, enforcement initiatives, and program implementation at the federal and state level. Before joining the California Department of Justice, she directed Military Lending Act implementation at the Department of Defense, played a key role in the institutional development of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and served as a senior associate at The Pew Charitable Trusts.
Eleanor attended Wellesley College and UC Berkeley School of Law. She is a recipient of the Secretary of Defense Award for Excellence.
