Governor Appointments

SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments. Cynthia Cotharn, 56, of Playa Vista, has been appointed to the Cal Humanities Board. Cotharn has been a private physician since 2002. She was a medical director in the Substance...

SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments. Arthur Anderson Jr., 65, of Roseville, has been appointed to the Board of Parole Hearings, where he has served since 2008. Anderson has been a law enforcement consultant at the...

SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments. Mirtha Villarreal-Younger, 45, of Sacramento, has been appointed deputy secretary of minority veterans affairs at the California Department of Veterans Affairs. Villarreal-Younger is...

SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments. Deborah Brown, 58, of Oakhurst, has been reappointed to the California Board of Behavioral Sciences, where she has served since 2012. Brown has been an instructor at Yosemite High...

SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments. Ken August, 58, of Fair Oaks, has been appointed assistant director of external affairs at the California Department of State Hospitals. August has been director of outreach and...

SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments. Reggie Fair, 55, of Sacramento, has been appointed deputy secretary of legislation at the California Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency. Fair served as deputy secretary...

SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments. Richard Devylder, 43, of Sacramento, has been appointed director of the Office for Access and Functional Needs at the California Emergency Management Agency. Devylder has been senior...

SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments. Gene “Herm” Benedetti, 58, of Sonoma, has been appointed to the 4th District Agricultural Association, Sonoma-Marin Fair Board, where he has served since 2010. Benedetti has held...

SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments. Gina Valadez, 46, of Stockton, has been appointed to the 2nd District Agricultural Association, San Joaquin County Fair Board. Valadez has been a credit manager at Delta Bluegrass...