President and managing partner, Axiom Advisors As a private-practice attorney at a large San Francisco law firm, Cassie Gilson felt, “It was the right table but the wrong seat at the table.” A client suggested she move to Sacramento and work for him as a lobbyist. “It was really a leap of faith to change careers, to go from practicing law to lobbying, and then moving to a city where you knew no one,” Gilson says of relocating in 2001. In January 2019, Gilson founded Axiom Advisors, making her one of the only women who are managing partners at the top lobbying