Governor Appointments

SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the appointments of Allison M. Danner and Mary J. Greenwood to judgeships in the Santa Clara County Superior Court. Allison M. Danner, 41, of Palo Alto, has served as an assistant U.S. Attorney in the Criminal...

SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the appointments of Jeanine B. Nadel and David A. Riemenschneider to judgeships in the Mendocino County Superior Court. Jeanine B. Nadel, 57, of Ukiah, has served as county counsel for Mendocino County since...

SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments. Ronna Brand, 63, of Beverly Hills, has been appointed to the Structural Pest Control Board. She is the founder and owner of Brand Realty. Brand has been state director for the...

SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the appointment of Judy Johnson to a judgeship in the Contra Costa County Superior Court. Johnson, 63, of Rodeo, served as the executive director of the State Bar of California from 2000 to 2011 and previously...

SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments. Steve Beneto, 74, of Carmichael, has been appointed to the California Horse Racing Board. He has been president of Beneto Inc. since 1979. Beneto was a member of the California State...

SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments to the State Water Resources Control Board: Felicia Marcus, 56, of Emeryville, has been appointed to the State Water Resources Control Board. Marcus has been western director at the...

SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointment. Malcolm Dougherty, 43, of Fresno, has been appointed director of the California Department of Transportation, where he has served as acting director since 2011 and chief deputy...

SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments. Don Dietrich, 54, of Scotts Valley, has been appointed to the 14th District Agricultural Association, Santa Cruz County Fair Board. Dietrich has been a heavy equipment operator at...

SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments. Panorea Avdis, 33, of Sacramento, has been appointed chief deputy director of the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz). Avdis has been chief of staff to...

SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments. David Cole, 45, of Roseville, has been appointed retail recruitment manager at the California State Lottery. Cole has been the owner of James David Cellars since 2007 and was...