Full Name
Ken McNeely
Job Title
President, Western Region - State Legislative & Regulatory Affairs
Company
AT&T
Speaker Bio
Ken McNeely is President of AT&T West, located in San Francisco, California. As such, Ken leads AT&T Corp activities in the states of California, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, Hawaii, Alaska, New Mexico, Wyoming, Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota—and a workforce of more than 50,000 employees.

Prior to this position, Ken held the position of President-AT&T California from 2005-2018. He held the position of Vice President of Law and Government Affairs, AT&T, from 2000-2005 and joined AT&T in 1991 as a Senior Attorney specializing in Corporate Litigation.

In 2013, Ken received the Black Business Association’s Top 100 African Americans in Technology Award; in 2014, the Vanguard Award from Equality California; and in 2017, the Luminary Award from Our Family Coalition.

Ken serves as a board member for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and Sutter Health. He is a past board member of the San Francisco Symphony, San Francisco Ballet, Silicon Valley Leadership Group, California Chamber of Commerce and the Bay Area Council, where he was Chair of the Education Committee. Ken also served as a trustee at The San Francisco Day School from 2011-2018, where he also was Advancement Committee Chair and Endowment Campaign Chair.

Ken earned his B.A. in Political Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and his J.D. from Howard University School of Law.

He is married to Dr. Inder Dhillon, and they have two children, Kaia in 9th Grade and Meera in 7th grade.
Ken McNeely