Check Out Pamela Conley Ulich’s Story

Today we’d like to introduce you to Pamela Conley Ulich

Pamela, we appreciate you taking the time to share your story with us today. Where does your story begin?
Pamela is a professor of law, community activist, real estate broker, lawyer, yoga instructor and volunteer for Community Emergency Response Team and the Point Dume Neighborhood Watch.

Pamela loves Malibu and still can’t believe how blessed she is to call Malibu home.

Pamela recently started inversion immersion workshops at Malibu’s newest Yoga Studio – Veritas after getting a teaching credential from the Yoga and the Healing Science innagural program at the University of Southern California.

Pamela founded the Point Dume Neighborhood Watch, is also a member of the Community Emergency Response Team and serves on the Friends of Malibu Urgent Care Board.

She believes in the power of service and is here to help Malibu grow stronger together.

I’m sure it wasn’t obstacle-free, but would you say the journey has been fairly smooth so far?
Pamela was born in Kansas and was raised back in the days when a working middle-class family could make ends meet. When she was 18, she followed her dream to live in the great State of California. She obtained a Bachelor of Science from the University of California San Diego while working at Central Library and Scripps Library to help pay her tuition and books. Pam was the first in her family to attend law school and passed the California bar in 1993.

Pam has always been someone who questions the status quo – someone who stands for what she believes in. From a young age, Pam has challenged the system. Back in the early 70’s, she was one of the first girls to play in an all Boys Baseball League. While more common today, Pam was a trailblazer and that spirit can be seen throughout her life today.

Pam is fearless. From her volunteer work in Congresswoman Pat Schroeder’s office fighting for families and equality to her work in the community serving on the City Council and as Mayor she had been a clear voice, undaunted, an underdog, with the spirit of a pit bull when circumstances require.

Pam is driven by her family and friends and the struggles of the working women and men.

Throughout her life, Pam has served others. In law school, she volunteered at Legal Aid. Her first legal job was practicing labor law for the Union side firm in the Valley (Encino). She fought to protect workers from unfair labor practices before the National Labor Relations Board. She served eight years as legal counsel for both the Screen Actors Guild and Directors Guild of America and was an Adjunct Professor at Pepperdine Law School teaching Entertainment Law Seminars and Labor Law. Pamela is a lecturer in law at the Unviersity of Soutern California Gould School of Law and teaches “Dealmaking in the Entertainment Industry.”

After 9-11, Pamela wanted to spend more time with her young infant and toddler, and asked to work on a part-time basis. The Screen Actors Guild Union said working “part-time” would set a dangerous precedent so Pamela had to make a choice between her family and her career.

In 2002, she chose her family and started writing and working at raising her two young children. She took her small children to the LA County Library often and was inspired to make her community library better.

When she decided to run for an open seat on the Malibu City Council in 2004, she was told by one local politician that she should stay home and bake cookies for her kids because she would “lose the election”.

Pam won the election and was reelected in 2008 with the highest votes to serve on the Malibu City Council and served as the Mayor of Malibu during the 2007 fires. She also spearheaded the Malibu Library Needs Assessment to improve library services and worked with LA County to fund the $6 million to Library Renewal project. She was termed out of office in 2012. She received the Dolphin Award in 2011 for her outstanding contributions to improving one or more aspects of Malibu’s community life.

In 2014, she founded Team Love to take money out, and put love in to politics and ran for LA County Supervisor and garnered nearly 10% of the vote.

In the best seller “Lean In” Facebook go-girl Sheryl Sandberg declares “Now I really think we need more women to lean into their careers and to be really dedicated to staying in the work force.”

Her book, “The Hood – A Mommy War Memoir”, takes a hard look at this war. It is a first hand account of Pam’s life in the trenches – – – some names and events have been altered to protect people’s privacy and for the sake of the story. Pam sailed on a beam reach and leaned in and also fell off the boat so to speak and landed at home with the kids.

Can you tell our readers more about what you do and what you think sets you apart from others?
Pamela is a renaissance woman who loves art.

Pamela’s poem was featured in Malibu’s first “A Place Like this” Community Poetry Anthology. The project was the idea of the City of Malibu’s third Poet Laureate Dr. John Struloeff. He wanted to collect poems from current and former members of the Malibu community and illustrate lives lived here and elsewhere.

Pamela’s artwork was also featured in two of Maibu’s community art projects. Most recently, the “A Tale of a Seaside Town” art exhibition at the Malibu City Gallery (23825 Stuart Ranch Road) from now until late August 2024.

She is most proud of raising her two children and dogs and watching her garden grow stronger.

What are your plans for the future?
Pamela has recently began teaching Yoga in Malibu and hopes it will help Malibu grow stronger together.

She also looks forward to helping the Malibu Urgent Care center expand and be able to heal all who need help.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://pamelaconleyulich.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pamelaconleyulich/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/malibumom/
• Twitter: https://x.com/mayormom