Governor Appointments

SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments. Awet Kidane, 38, of Elk Grove, has been appointed director of the California Department of Consumer Affairs effective July 3, 2014, following the retirement of director Denise Brown....

SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments. Nancy Bien, 61, of Camarillo, has been appointed skilled nursing facility administrator at the Veterans Home of California, West Los Angeles. Bien held multiple positions at the Los...

SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments. Frederic Foulk, 51, of Susanville, has been appointed warden at High Desert State Prison, where he has been acting warden since 2013 and has served in multiple positions since 2006,...

SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments. Giles Giovinazzi, 40, of Springfield, Virginia, has been appointed federal transportation liaison at the California Department of Transportation and the California High-Speed Rail...

SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments. Sandra Cervantes, 53, of Irvine, has been appointed to the 32nd District Agricultural Association, Orange County Fair Board of Directors. Cervantes has owned Miniondas Newspaper...

SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments. Steven Bohlen, 61, of Sonoma, has been appointed supervisor of the California Department of Conservation Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal Resources. Bohlen has been program...

SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments. Alisha Griffin, 65, of Yardley, Pennsylvania, has been appointed director of the California Department of Child Support Services. Griffin has been director of the Office of Child...

SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments. Jonine Biesman, 45, of Westlake Village, has been reappointed to Area Board X of the California State Council on Developmental Disabilities, where she has served since 2013. Biesman...

SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments. Michael Hirt, 47, of Los Angeles, has been appointed to the California Naturopathic Medicine Committee, where he has served since 2010. Hirt has been president of Michael Hirt MD APC...

SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments. Katherine Zalewski, 51, of Richmond, has been appointed to the California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board. Zalewski has served as chief counsel at the California Department of...