SACRAMENTO /California Newswire/ — Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today announced the following appointments: Fred Ameri, 69, of Newport Beach, has been reappointed to the Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board. He has served on the board since 2000. Ameri has been senior vice president of RBF Consulting since 1968. He is a member of the Building Industry Association, California Wetlands Recovery Project Board of Governors, Orange County Business Council Infrastructure Committee and American Planning Association. This position requires Senate confirmation and the compensation is $100 per diem. Ameri is a Republican.
Carole Beswick, 67, of Redlands, has been reappointed to the Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board. She has served on the board since 2000. Beswick has been president and chief executive officer of Inland Action since 2007. Prior to that, she owned and was partner for Paper Partners Fine from 1989 to 2008 and was mayor of Redlands from 1983 to 1989. Beswick serves on the University of Redlands Board of Trustees and the East Valley Board of the YMCA. She is a member of the Rotary Club of Redlands. This position requires Senate confirmation and the compensation is $100 per diem. Beswick is a Republican.
James Charlton, 61, of Palmdale, has been reappointed to the Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board. He has served on the board since April 2009. Charlton has served as a partner for Charlton Weeks since 1998. Prior to that, he was a partner for the Law Offices of James Charlton from 1991 to 1997 and Charlton and Brown from 1990 to 1991. Charlton owned HFU Investments from 1983 to 2006 and co-owned HFU TV from 1979 to 2004. Additionally, he served in the U.S. Army from 1968 to 1970. Charlton is a member of the Antelope Valley Board of Trade, Antelope Valley Air Quality Management District, San Fernando Valley Estate Planning Council and Southern California Elder Law Council. This position requires Senate confirmation and the compensation is $100 per diem. Charlton is a Republican.
Carol Dean, 64, of Santa Rosa, has been reappointed to the North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board. She has served on the board since 2008. Dean has been the office manager and legal secretary for Hatcher and Rundel since 2006. Previously, she was city councilmember for Santa Rosa from 2007 to 2008, legal assistant and office manager for Alexander Thiele from 1980 to 2006, teacher for Valley Presbyterian School from 1975 to 1980 and administrative assistant for Roland Rich Wooley from 1971 to 1975. This position requires Senate confirmation and the compensation is $100 per diem. Dean is a Democrat.
Shalom Eliahu, 82, of Lafayette, has been reappointed to the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board. He has served on the board since 2000. Eliahu has served as president of Solo Engineer Consulting since 1992. Previously, he founded and served as president of Engeo Incorporated from 1969 to 1992. Prior to that, Eliahu worked in Israel for a construction solar evaporation plant from 1955 to 1967. He is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers. This position requires Senate confirmation and the compensation is $100 per diem. Eliahu is registered decline-to-state.
Paul Feist, 49, of Stockton, has been appointed undersecretary for green jobs for the Labor and Workforce Development Agency (LWDA). He has served as chief deputy cabinet secretary for the Office of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger since 2008. Prior to that, Feist served as assistant secretary for communications at LWDA from 2007 to 2008. From 1999 to 2007, he worked for the San Francisco Chronicle as the California statehouse editor from 2001 to 2007 and Contra Costa bureau chief from 1999 to 2001. Feist worked for the Stockton Record from 1986 to 1999, where he served as the metro editor from 1994 to 1999, enterprise editor from 1993 to 1994 and a reporter from 1986 to 1993. This position does not require Senate confirmation and the compensation is $126,048. Feist is registered decline-to-state.
Michael Gunning, 51, of Elk Grove, has been reappointed to the California Housing Finance Agency Board of Directors. He has served on the board since June 2009. Since 2001, Gunning has served as the vice president for the Personal Insurance Federation of California. Prior to that, he was the managing director of the Nehemiah Community Reinvestment Fund from 1999 to 2001 and director of the California Organized Investment Network for the California Department of Insurance from 1996 to 1999. From 1995 to 1996, Gunning was the senior policy consultant for the California State Assembly Republican Office of Policy and, from 1990 to 1994, was the vice president for George K. Baum and Company. He was the executive assistant for the Missouri State Treasurer from 1985 to 1988, a fellow for the Coro Foundation from 1983 to 1984 and a consumer loan officer for First Interstate Bank of California from 1979 to 1983. This position requires Senate confirmation and the compensation is $100 per diem. Gunning is a Republican.
Julian Isham, 62, of Antioch, has been appointed to the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board. He has worked as the senior technical consultant for Shaw Environmental and Infrastructure since 1987. Isham is a member of the California Groundwater Resources Association of California, California Construction and Industrial Minerals Association, Society of Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration, Northwest Mining Association, Association of Engineering Geologists, Engineers and Architects Conference Committee of California and National Ground Water Association. This position requires Senate confirmation and the compensation is $100 per diem. Isham is a Republican.
Kimberly Kirchmeyer, 40, of Sacramento, has been appointed deputy director of board and bureau relations for the Department of Consumer Affairs. Since 2005, she has served as deputy director for the Medical Board of California, where she previously held the positions of staff services manager of discipline coordination from 2004 to 2005, staff services manager of the central complaint unit from 2002 to 2004, staff services manager of administrative services from 2001 to 2002 and associate governmental program analyst from 1991 to 2001. Additionally, Kirchmeyer served the Board of Barbering and Cosmetology as an associate governmental program analyst from 1998 to1999, staff services analyst from 1995 to 1998, office technician from 1994 to 1995, office assistant in 1994 and student assistant from 1989 to 1994. This position does not require Senate confirmation and the compensation is $99,396. Kirchmeyer is a Republican.
Jeanette Lombardo, 44, of Ventura, has been appointed to the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board. She has worked for Union Bank as a loan officer since September 2009. Lombardo was a banking development officer for City National Bank from 2007 to July 2009, branch manager for County Commerce Bank in 2007 and business banking specialist for Wells Fargo Bank from 2004 to 2007. Prior to that, she was an internal auditor for the Palace Indian Gaming Casino in 2004, client financial analyst for Citibank from 2003 to 2004, relationship manager for Key Bank from 2002 to 2003, customer service and title researcher for Morgan Financial Corporation in 2001, payroll reporting analyst for Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe from 1999 to 2001 and collection manager for First Federal Bank from 1996 to 1999. Lombardo is president of the Ventura County Chapter of California Women for Agriculture and a member of the Association of Water Agencies of Ventura County. She serves on the water committee for the Oxnard Chamber of Commerce and on the land use committee for Ventura County Ag Futures Alliance. This position requires Senate confirmation and the compensation is $100 per diem. Lombardo is a Republican.
Karl Longley, 72, of Fresno, has been reappointed to the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board. He has served on the board since 1989. Longley has served as water resources coordinator and research engineer for the California Water Institute at California State University, Fresno since 2005. Previously, he served at California State University, Fresno as dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Science and as a civil engineering professor from 1997 to 2004 and chairperson for the Department of Civil and Surveying Engineering from 1985 to 1996. Longley is a board member of the Central Valley Business Incubator and a member of the American Water Works Association, Water Environment Federation, Nature Conservancy and American Society of Civil Engineers. This position requires Senate confirmation and the compensation is $100 per diem. Longley is a Republican.
Maurice Martinez, 78, of Banning, has been reappointed to the Colorado River Basin Regional Water Quality Control Board. He has served on the board since 2004. Prior to retirement, Martinez served as labor relations director for the Engineering Contractors Association from 1999 to 2004, commissioner of the Board of Public Works for the City of Los Angeles from 1991 to 1999 and special representative and coordinator for the Los Angeles County Building and Construction Trades Council from 1989 to 1991. He was the executive director of People in Progress from 1987 to 1989, administrative assistant to the executive secretary and business representative of the Los Angeles County Building and Construction Trades Council from 1976 to 1987, labor relations officer and Spanish speaking program coordinator for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development from 1971 to 1975 and director of the Union Group Legal Service Program for Levy and Van Bourg from 1970 to 1971. Martinez is a member of Heal the Bay. This position requires Senate confirmation and the compensation is $100 per diem. Martinez is a Democrat.
James McGrath, 60, of Berkeley, has been reappointed to the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board. He has served on the board since 2007. Prior to retirement, McGrath was manager of the Port of Oakland’s Environmental Department from 1990 to 2005, coastal protection analyst for the California Coastal Commission from 1976 to 1990 and environmental planner for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from 1971 to 1976. He is a board member of the San Francisco Estuary Institute, regional board representative for the Bay Conservation and Development Commission and a member of the Berkeley Waterfront Commission. This position requires Senate confirmation and the compensation is $100 per diem. McGrath is a Democrat.
Thomas O’Malley, 59, of Atascadero, has been reappointed to the Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board. He has served on the board since March 2009. O’Malley has served on the Atascadero City Council since 2002, serving as mayor in 2006 and mayor pro tem in 2005. He has owned Greenaway and O’Malley Properties since 1985 and Portola Event Planning since 2007. From 1994 to 2005, O’Malley was a mental health administrator for San Luis Obispo County Behavioral Health Services. He is the chair of the board for Atascadero Redevelopment Agency, on the advisory committee for the Boy Scouts of America Del Norte District, vice president of the San Luis Obispo County Council of Governments, and a member of Atascadero Kiwanis. This position requires Senate confirmation and the compensation is $100 per diem. O’Malley is a Republican.
Thomas Powers, 60, of Napa, has been appointed to the California Board of Parole Hearings. He has served as the director of the Division of Addiction and Recovery Services for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation since 2007. Prior to that, Powers was the executive director of the Wolfe Center from 2006 to 2007. He was chief deputy director of the California Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs from 2000 to 2006 and deputy director of the Crime and Violence Prevention Center for the Office of the Attorney General in 2000 and held the same position from 1984 to 1988. Powers served the California Conservation Corps as division chief from 1996 to 2000, regional deputy director from 1988 to 1996, deputy director of programs and policy from 1982 to 1984, regional deputy director from 1980 to 1982 and conservation administrator from 1978 to 1980. This position requires Senate confirmation and the compensation is $111,845. Powers is a Democrat.
Dorothy Rice, 55, of Sacramento, has been appointed to the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Advisory Council and Forum. Since 2007, she has served as the executive director of the California State Water Resources Control Board. Previously, Rice was the deputy director of the California Department of Toxic Substances Control from 1999 to 2007, deputy director of the Permitting and Enforcement Division of the California Integrated Waste Management Board from 1991 to 1999, senior consultant of the Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee for Assemblywoman Sally Tanner from 1984 to 1991 and policy analyst for the Hazardous Waste Management Council from 1982 to 1984. This position does not require Senate confirmation and there is no salary. Rice is a Democrat.
Eric Sandel, 68, of Truckee, has been reappointed to the Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board. He has served on the board since 2001. Sandel has been principal of SA Engineering since 1999. Previously, he was a consulting engineer and partner for Sandel-Avery Engineering from 1978 to 1999. Sandel is a member of the Truckee-Tahoe Engineers Association and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. This position requires Senate confirmation and the compensation is $100 per diem. Sandel is a Democrat.
Robert Schroder, 56, of Martinez, has been appointed to the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board. He has served as mayor of Martinez since 2002 and president and chief financial officer of Schroder Insurance Services since 1977. Schroder serves on the Contra Costa Local Agency Formation Commission, is the director of the Contra Costa County Transit Authority and is a member of the Bay Area Council Economic Institute. This position requires Senate confirmation and the compensation is $100 per diem. Schroder is registered decline-to-state.
Robert Walters, 74, of Folsom, has been appointed to the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board. He has served the San Juan Water District as director since 2007 and president since January 2009. Walters has also served as counsel for California Advocates since 2001, where he previously was a shareholder from 1991 to 2001. Walters was an arbitrator and mediator for Arbitration Works from 1994 to 2004, shareholder, attorney and advocate for Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann and Girard from 1985 to 1990 and founding partner of Walters and Shelburne from 1973 to 1985. This position requires Senate confirmation and the compensation is $100 per diem. Walters is a Republican.
Jeffrey Young, 55, of Santa Barbara, has been reappointed to the Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board. He has served on the board since 2000. Young has been a sole practitioner at the Law Offices of Jeffrey S. Young since 1997. Previously, he was an associate attorney in the Law Offices of Raymond J. Pulverman from 1994 to 1997 and general counsel to the California Aquaculture Association from 1995 to 2000. From 1983 to 1992, Young was owner and operator of Pacific Seafood Industries. He is a member of the Security and Capital Improvement Committees for the La Cumbre Mutual Water District and Santa Barbara County’s Project Clean Water. This position requires Senate confirmation and the compensation is $100 per diem. Young is registered decline-to-state.
