“Bud” Colligan (born August 14, 1954) is a community activist, social entrepreneur, investor and company builder.
He was appointed by Governor Gavin Newsom as his Senior Advisor for International Affairs and Trade in March, 2019.
He is Co-Founder of the Monterey Bay Economic Partnership, a non-profit community-development organization, former partner at Accel Partners, a global venture capital firm, and former Chairman and CEO of Macromedia, a multimedia software company.