SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ — Today, Calif. Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced the following appointments. First, Aimee Barnes, 31, of Alameda, has been appointed deputy secretary for border and intergovernmental relations at the California Environmental Protection Agency. Barnes has been partner at Allotrope Partners since 2013. She was an international climate change policy analyst at the United Arab Emirates Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Directorate of Energy and Climate Change from 2010 to 2013 and policy advisor at the United Kingdom Department of Energy and Climate Change, Strategy Directorate from 2009 to 2010.
Barnes was senior manager for U.S. regulatory affairs at EcoSecurities from 2007 to 2009 and coordinator of California advocacy and Latino outreach and senior land attorney assistant at the Natural Resources Defense Council from 2005 to 2006. Barnes earned a Master of Public Administration degree from the Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs. This position does not require Senate confirmation and the compensation is $115,680. Barnes is a Democrat.
Eric Johnson, 48, of Sacramento, has been appointed to the California Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists. Johnson has been president of ECOM Engineering Inc. since 1997. He was project engineer at Koch Chun Knobloch from 1993 to 1997 and project designer and engineer at Rex Moore Electrical Contractors from 1988 to 1993. This position does not require Senate confirmation and the compensation is $100 per diem. Johnson is registered decline-to-state.
Susan Johnson, 67, of Rescue, has been appointed to the Dental Hygiene Committee of California. Johnson was an independent residential sales agent at Leu Enterprises and at Keller Williams Realty from 2005 to 2010 and principal and owner of Tallent Johnson Consulting from 2001 to 2011. She was vice president and manager at various Bank of America banking centers from 1974 to 2000. This position does not require Senate confirmation and the compensation is $100 per diem. Johnson is a Republican.
Kay Ko, 51, of Los Angeles, has been appointed to the California Accountancy Board. She has served in multiple positions at the Federal Bureau of Investigations since 1993, including community outreach specialist, supervisory intelligence analyst and linguist. Ko earned a Doctor of Philosophy degree in comparative education from the University of California, Los Angeles and a Juris Doctor degree from Loyola Law School. This position does not require Senate confirmation and the compensation is $100 per diem. Ko is a Republican.
Gregory Murphy, 50, of Rocklin, has been appointed to the California Board of Pharmacy. Murphy has been police lieutenant at the University of California, Davis Police Department since 2013. He served as a law enforcement consultant II at the California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training from 2004 to 2013 and was police chief at Sierra Community College District in 2009. Murphy was a police lieutenant at the University of California, Davis Police Department from 2003 to 2004, police sergeant at the Los Angeles Police Department from 1993 to 2003 and a staff sergeant in the United States Air Force from 1985 to 1991. Murphy earned a Master of Science degree in information technology from American InterContinental University. This position does not require Senate confirmation and the compensation is $100 per diem. Murphy is a Democrat.
Additionally, on Nov. 27 Gov. Brown also announced the following appointments:
Charles Dangerfield, 50, of Fairfield, has been appointed chief of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Office of Correctional Safety, where he has held multiple positions in the Special Services Unit since 2003, including senior special agent and special agent. Dangerfield was a special agent at the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Office of Internal Affairs from 1999 to 2003 and held multiple positions at the Deuel Vocational Institution from 1987 to 1999, including correctional lieutenant, sergeant and officer. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1982 to 1987. This position does not require Senate confirmation and the compensation is $132,480. Dangerfield is a Republican.
Cynthia Florez-DeLyon, 50, of Sacramento, has been appointed chief of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Office of Victim Services, where she has been acting chief since 2012. Florez-DeLyon has served in multiple positions at the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation since 1992, including chief of the Office of Policy Standardization from 2011 to 2012 and director of the Division of Rehabilitation Programs from 2009 to 2011. She was a parole administrator at the Division of Adult Parole Operations in 2009 and at the Division of Reentry Facilities from 2007 to 2009. Florez-DeLyon was a youth authority administrator at the, Division of Juvenile Justice from 2005 to 2007 and held multiple positions at the Office of Victim Services from 1997 to 2005, including assistant director and parole agent. She was a casework specialist at the Northern Youth Correctional Reception Center and Clinic from 1993 to 1997 and was a youth correctional councilor at the Division of Juvenile Justice’s Karl Holton Drug and Alcohol Abuse Treatment Center from 1992 to 1993. This position does not require Senate confirmation and the compensation is $135,756. Florez-DeLyon is a Democrat.
Ralph Diaz, 44, of Sacramento, has been appointed associate director of high security institutions at the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, where he has served as acting associate director of high security institutions since 2013. Diaz held multiple positions at the California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and State Prison, Corcoran from 2000 to 2013, including warden, acting warden, chief deputy administrator, correctional captain and counselor. He was a correctional counselor and officer at the California State Prison, Corcoran from 1993 to 2000 and a correctional officer at Wasco State Prison from 1991 to 1993. This position requires Senate confirmation and the compensation is $137,124. Diaz is registered decline-to-state.
Kelly Harrington, 49, of Folsom, has been appointed deputy director of facility operations at the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, where he has been acting deputy director of facility operations since 2013 and served as associate director of high security and transitional housing from 2010 to 2013. Harrington held multiple positions at Kern Valley State Prison from 2008 to 2010, including warden and acting warden, and held multiple positions at Wasco State Prison from 2003 to 2008, including chief deputy administrator and correctional administrator. He was a facility captain at the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Community Correctional Facilities Unit from 2000 to 2003. He served in multiple positions at Wasco State Prison from 1997 to 2000, including facility captain and correctional counselor, was a correctional counselor at North Kern State Prison from 1995 to 1997 and a correctional counselor and officer at the California Correctional Institution in Tehachapi from 1987 to 1995. This position does not require Senate confirmation and the compensation is $149,592. Harrington is a Republican.
Vimal Singh, 47, of Elk Grove, has been appointed associate director of reception center institutions at the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, where he has served as acting director of reception center institutions since 2013. Singh held multiple positions at the California Medical Facility from 2009 to 2013, including warden, acting warden and chief deputy administrator. He held multiple positions at the California State Prison, Solano from 1998 to 2009, including correctional administrator, business manager, accounting officer supervisor, budget analyst, institutional personnel officer and correctional food manager. Singh was a supervising correctional cook at the California State Prison, Sacramento from 1991 to 1998 and a supervising cook at Folsom State Prison and at California State Prison, Sacramento from 1989 to 1991. He was a dietary chef at the University of California, Davis Medical Center from 1987 to 1989. This position requires Senate confirmation and the compensation is $137,124. Singh is a Democrat.
