Governor Appointments

SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. today announced the following appointments. John Cronin, 55, of Marin, has been appointed to the Board of Pilot Commissioners for the Bays of San Francisco, San Pablo, and Suisun. Cronin has 27 years of worldwide sailing...

SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. today announced the following appointments. Christine Baker, 61, of Berkeley, has been appointed chief deputy director of the Department of Industrial Relations. She has been the executive officer of the Commission on Health...

SACRAMENTO - Governor Jerry Brown today announced the following appointments. Anna Caballero, 56, of Salinas, has been named Secretary of the State and Consumer Services Agency. She previously served in the California Assembly representing the 28th District. From 2000...

SACRAMENTO - Governor Jerry Brown today announced the following appointments: Wylie Aitken, 69, of Anaheim, has been appointed to the California Arts Council. He was previously appointed to the Council in March 2010. Aitken is a partner at Aitken, Aitken and Cohn, the...

SACRAMENTO - Governor Jerry Brown today announced the following appointments. Jacob Appelsmith, 47, of Oakland, has been named senior advisor to the Governor and director of the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. Since 2008, he has served as a special assistant...

SACRAMENTO - Governor Jerry Brown today announced the following appointments. Gareth Elliott, 40, of Sacramento, has been named legislative affairs secretary in the Office of the Governor. He has served as policy director for Senator Alex Padilla since 2008. Elliott...

SACRAMENTO - Governor Jerry Brown today announced the following appointments to the California Public Utilities Commission. Mike Florio, 58, of Oakland, has been appointed to the Public Utilities Commission. He has worked as the senior attorney for The Utility Reform...

SACRAMENTO - Governor Jerry Brown today announced the following appointment. Nancy Ryan, Ph.D., 49, of Berkeley, has been appointed deputy executive director for the California Public Utilities Commission. She has been a commissioner on the Public Utilities Commission...

SACRAMENTO - Governor Jerry Brown today announced the following appointment. Karen Ross, 59, of Alexandria, VA, has been appointed Secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture. She has been Chief Of Staff with the United States Department of...

SACRAMENTO - Governor Jerry Brown today announced the following appointment. Dr. Ilene W. Straus, 61, of Marina del Rey, has been appointed to the California State Board of Education. She currently serves as an Assistant Superintendent for Educational Services with...