SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ — On Tuesday, Calif. Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced a wide variety of new appointments for the first week of 2016, including: Gloria Bell, 60, of Salinas, has been reappointed to the California Employment Training Panel, where she has served since 2013. Bell has been vice president of human resources at Farm Fresh To You-Capay Organic since 2014.
She held several positions at Driscoll Strawberry Associates from 2002 to 2013, including senior human resource business partner of the Americas, senior employee relations manager, corporate compensation, benefit and employee relations manager and manager of human resources for Central Mexico. She was human resource manager at Temple-Inland Paperboard and Packaging Inc. from 1999 to 2002 and at Fresh Express from 1994 to 1999. Bell is a member of AgSafe and the Society for Human Resource Management. This position does not require Senate confirmation and the compensation is $100 per diem. Bell is a Democrat.
Rahim Hassanally, 37, of Fairfield, has been reappointed to the California Consumer Motor Vehicle Recovery Corporation Board of Directors, where he has served since 2013. Hassanally has been owner at Momentum Auto Group since 2010 and at Infiniti of Fairfield since 2006. He is secretary of the Toyota Lexus Minority Dealers Association Board of Directors and a member of the California New Motor Vehicle Board, National Automobile Dealers Association Board of Directors and the National Association of Minority Automobile Dealers Board of Directors. This position does not require Senate confirmation and there is no compensation. Hassanally is registered without party preference.
Denise Miller, 49, of Glendale, has been reappointed to the California Board of Occupational Therapy, where she has served since 2013. Miller has been director of the Live Well Senior Program at the Glendale Adventist Medical Center’s since 2011, where she was manager of physician relations and coordinator of occupational and hand therapy from 2001 to 2011. Miller was an independent consultant from 1998 to 2002 and director of industrial therapy and training at Key Method Inc. from 1990 to 1998. She earned a Master of Business Administration degree from La Sierra University. This position does not require Senate confirmation and the compensation is $100 per diem. Miller is a Democrat.
Sharon Pavlovich, 49, of Redlands, has been reappointed to the California Board of Occupational Therapy, where she has served since 2013. Pavlovich has been an assistant professor at Loma Linda University since 2004. She was a certified occupational therapy assistant at the Loma Linda University Medical Center from 1994 to 2004 and at Casa Colina Centers for Rehabilitation from 2014 to 2015. Pavlovich is a member of the Occupational Therapy Association of California and the American Occupational Therapy Association. Pavlovich earned a Master of Arts degree in management from the University of Redlands. This position does not require Senate confirmation and the compensation is $100 per diem. Pavlovich is a Democrat.
Scott Eugene Sillers, 55, of Oakland, has been reappointed to the California Health Professions Education Foundation Board of Trustees, where he has served since 2010. Sillers was a partner at Levensohn Venture Partners from 2009 to 2010, president at Melvin Securities from 2003 to 2006 and director at the Wall Street Project’s Trade Bureau from 1999 to 2003. He was director of business development at the Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone Development Corporation from 1996 to 1997. Sillers is chair of the Aspen Institute’s Socrates Steering Committee and a member of the Character.org Board of Directors and the Bentley School Board of Trustees. This position does not require Senate confirmation and there is no compensation. Sillers is registered without party preference.
Kara Ralston, 51, of Ojai, has been reappointed to the California Health Professions Education Foundation Board of Trustees, where she has served since 2013. Ralston has held several positions at the Camarillo Health Care District since 1998, including chief executive officer, chief operations officer, chief administrative officer and chief information officer. She was a public relation and business development manager at the Livingston Memorial Visiting Nurse Association from 1987 to 1998. Ralston earned a Master of Business Administration degree in management from California Coast University. This position does not require Senate confirmation and there is no compensation. Ralston is a Republican.
Sonia Teresita Delen, 58, of San Francisco, has been reappointed to the California Health Professions Education Foundation Board of Trustees, where she has served since 2015. Delen has been a senior vice president at Bank of America Merrill Lynch since 2006, where she has held several positions since 1994, including principal and vice president. She was a project administrator at GATX Leasing and Capital Corporation from 1986 to 1994 and an account executive assistant at Ketchum Advertising from 1984 to 1986. This position does not require Senate confirmation and there is no compensation. Delen is a Democrat.
Nikan Khatibi, 33, of Laguna Niguel, has been appointed to the California Health Professions Education Foundation Board of Trustees. Khatibi has been a pain and addiction medicine physician at the Riverside Medical Clinic since 2015. He held several positions at Loma Linda University Medical Center from 2009 to 2015, including physician anesthesiologist, neuroanesthesia researcher and pain medicine physician. Khatibi served as vice chair and commissioner at the City of Loma Linda Planning Commission from 2012 to 2015. He earned a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree from the Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences and a Master of Business Administration degree from California State University, Dominguez Hills. This position does not require Senate confirmation and there is no compensation. Khatibi is a Republican.
William Hendry, 44, of Los Angeles, has been appointed to the California Health Professions Education Foundation Board of Trustees. Hendry has been principal at Strategic Development Solutions since 2003. He was vice president and a private client advisor at First Foundation Advisors from 2010 to 2013 and an executive director of external affairs and director of development at the Claremont Graduate University’s Drucker Institute and Peter F. Ducker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management from 2008 to 2010. Hendry was director of development at the California State University, Long Beach College of Business Administration from 2003 to 2008 and an assistant dean of external relations and executive director of development at the University of Southern California, School of Theatre from 1998 to 2002. This position does not require Senate confirmation and there is no compensation. Hendry is registered without party preference.
Mary McComb, 58, of Davis, has been appointed state public defender in the Office of the State Public Defender, where she has served as supervising deputy state public defender since 2010 and was deputy state public defender from 1992 to 2010. McComb was an associate at Kelman Loria from 1990 to 1991, an attorney at the Community Law Center from 1987 to 1990 and a teacher at the Commonwealth High School from 1983 to 1984. She earned a Juris Doctor degree from Stanford Law School. This position requires Senate confirmation and the compensation is $153,953.88. McComb is a Democrat.
Lourdes A. Baezconde-Garbanati, 60, of Los Angeles, has been reappointed to the Tobacco Education and Research Oversight Committee, where she has served since 2010. Baezconde-Garbanati has been a professor in preventative medicine at the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine since 2015, where she has been director of the Center of Health Equity in the Americas since 2014 and has held several positions since 1997, including assistant professor of research and associate and assistant professor in the Department of Preventative Medicine. Baezconde-Garbanati was an associate director at the University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine’s Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture from 1992 to 1994. She is a member of the American Public Health Association. Baezconde-Garbanati earned a Doctor of Public Health degree and a Master of Public Health degree in community health sciences from the University of California, Los Angeles. This position does not require Senate confirmation and there is no compensation. Baezconde-Garbanati is a Democrat.
Patricia Spratlen Etem, 59, of Long Beach, has been reappointed to the Tobacco Education and Research Oversight Committee, where she has served since 2010. Spratlen Etem has been a consultant at Civic Communications Consulting since 2002. She was a director for research, policy and planning at BREATHE California from 2005 to 2009. Spratlen Etem was a regional tobacco control program director at Public Health Foundation Enterprises from 1993 to 2002. She earned a Master of Public Health degree in behavioral sciences from the University of California, Berkeley School of Public Health. This position does not require Senate confirmation and there is no compensation. Spratlen Etem is a Democrat.
Michael K. Ong, 43, of Santa Monica, has been reappointed to the Tobacco Education and Research Oversight Committee, where he has served since 2007. Ong has been an associate professor in residence at the University of California, Los Angeles since 2005 and a staff physician for the Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System since 2013. He was a staff physician for the Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System from 2003 to 2005. Ong earned a Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in health services and policy analysis from the University of California, Berkeley. This position does not require Senate confirmation and there is no compensation. Ong is a Democrat.
Robert Lee Oldham, 38, of Roseville, has been reappointed to the Tobacco Education and Research Oversight Committee, where he has served since 2015. Oldham has been the health officer, public health director and medical director at the Placer County Department of Health and Human Services since 2014 and has been an assistant clinical professor at the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine since 2011. He was interim health officer at the Fresno County Public Health Department from 2013 to 2014, medical director at the Fresno County Department of Behavioral Health from 2011 to 2014, where he was a psychiatrist from 2010 to 2011, and a consulting psychiatrist at the Central California Faculty Medical Group from 2011 to 2014. Oldham was a psychosomatic medical fellow at the Oregon Health and Sciences University from 2009 to 2010, a resident physician in general preventative medicine and public health at the Virginia Department of Health-Virginia Commonwealth University Health System from 2008 to 2009 and a medical officer at the Central State Hospital from 2006 to 2009. He was house staff council co-chair at the Virginia Commonwealth University Health System from 2005 to 2008, where he was a psychiatry resident physician from 2004 to 2008. Oldham earned a Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Alabama School of Medicine and a Master of Science degree in health administration from Virginia Commonwealth University. This position does not require Senate confirmation and there is no compensation. Oldham is registered without party preference.
Richard Lee Barnes, 76, of San Francisco, has been appointed to the Tobacco Education and Research Oversight Committee. Barnes has been a health sciences clinical professor at the University of California, San Francisco Department of Clinical Pharmacy and an adjunct assistant professor of law at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law since 2009. He has been a researcher and consultant for the Cigarette Butt Pollution Project since 2007. Barnes was a specialist at the University of California, San Francisco Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education from 2006 to 2014, a volunteer government relations manager at the American Lung Association of Oklahoma from 1997 to 2004, an adjunct instructor at Tulsa Community College from 1988 to 1994, an attorney in private practice from 1986 to 1997 and a partner at Nichols, Wolfe, Stamper, Nally and Fallis from 1977 to 1986. Barnes was an associate at Kothe and Eagleton from 1973 to 1977 and at Hall and Estill from 1970 to 1972. Barnes earned a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Oklahoma, College of Law. This position does not require Senate confirmation and there is no compensation. Barnes is registered without party preference.
Jose A. Campos, 46, of Glendale, has been reappointed to the California Board of Accountancy, where he has served since 2012. Campos has been a partner at Deloitte and Touche LLP since 2005, where he has held several positions since 1991, including senior manager, senior accountant and staff. He is a member of the California Society of Certified Public Accountants, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Association of Latino Professionals in Finance and Accounting. This position does not require Senate confirmation and the compensation is $100 per diem. Campos is a Democrat.
Katrina Salazar, 45, of Sacramento, has been reappointed to the California Board of Accountancy, where she has served since 2012. Salazar has been controller at California Correctional Peace Officers Association since 2015. She was executive director at the Rotary Club of Sacramento from 2013 to 2014 and chief financial officer at the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges from 2010 to 2013. Salazar was an adjunct accounting professor for the Los Rios Community College District from 2007 to 2011, a director at Ueltzen and Company from 2008 to 2009, an accountant at KL Salazar Company from 2007 to 2010 and a senior audit manager at the Reznick Group from 2003 to 2007. She is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and California Society of Certified Public Accountants. Salazar earned a Master of Business Administration degree from Drexel University. This position does not require Senate confirmation and the compensation is $100 per diem. Salazar is a Democrat.
Additionally, the following appointments were announced on Mon., Jan. 4, 2016:
Kim Craig, 41, of Sacramento, has been appointed deputy cabinet secretary in the Office of the Governor. Craig has served as special assistant in the Office of California State Assembly Speaker Toni G. Atkins since 2014. She was an advocate at KP Public Affairs from 2012 to 2014, chief of staff in the Office of California State Assemblymember Toni G. Atkins from 2010 to 2012 and deputy chief of staff in the Office of California State Senator Denise Moreno Ducheny from 2005 to 2010. Craig served as senior policy adviser in the Office of San Diego City Councilmember Toni G. Atkins from 2000 to 2005 and field representative in the Office of California State Assemblymember Denise Moreno Ducheny from 1996 to 2000. She earned a Master of Public Administration degree from San Diego State University. This position does not require Senate confirmation and the compensation is $159,276. Craig is a Democrat.
Gina Plate, 46, of San Diego, has been reappointed to the California Advisory Commission on Special Education, where she has served since 2012. Plate has been senior adviser for special education at the California Charter Schools Association since 2009. She was director of education at the Seneca Center for Children and Families from 1996 to 2010. Plate earned a Master of Education degree in special education from the University of San Diego. This position does not require Senate confirmation and there is no compensation. Plate is a Democrat.
Mariano Sanz, 53, of Long Beach, has been reappointed to the California Advisory Commission on Special Education, where he has served since 2012. Sanz has been a school counselor for the Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District since 2001. He served as a school counselor for the Long Beach Unified School District from 1994 to 2001 and for the Paramount Unified School District from 1990 to 1994. Sanz was an elementary school teacher at the Los Angeles Unified School District from 1987 to 1990. He is a member of the Harbor Regional Center Board of Trustees. He earned a Master of Science degree in school counseling from National University and a Master of Science degree in school psychology from Universidad Complutense de Madrid. This positon does not require Senate confirmation and there is no compensation. Sanz is a Democrat.
Lucas Espericueta, 28, of Bakersfield, has been appointed to the 15th District Agricultural Association, Kern County Fair Board of Directors. Espericueta has been vice president at Farm Credit West since 2011. He is a member of the Kern County Farm Bureau Board, Kern County Basque Club and the Buttonwillow Lions Club. This position does not require Senate confirmation and there is no compensation. Espericueta is a Republican.
Julia Durand, 52, of Granite Bay, has been appointed to the 20th District Agricultural Association, Gold Country Fair Board of Directors. Durand was director at the San Francisco City and County Employees’ Retirement System from 2013 to 2014. She was the director of defined contribution solutions at the California State Teachers’ Retirement System from 2007 to 2013 and held several positons at the California Public Employees’ Retirement System from 1988 to 2007, including call center supervisor and account manager. She is a member of the International Foundation for Retirement Education Board of Directors. This position does not require Senate confirmation and there is no compensation. Durand is a Democrat.
Lucas Parnell, 35, of Auburn, has been reappointed to the 20th District Agricultural Association, Gold Country Fair Board of Directors, where he has served since 2007. Parnell has been a vice president, manager and commercial loan officer at Community 1st Bank and owner and chief financial officer at Parnell Dickinson Inc. since 2007. He was a commercial banking officer at Comerica Bank from 2004 to 2007. This position does not require Senate confirmation and there is no compensation. Parnell is a Republican.
Keri Scott, 54, of Lincoln, has been appointed to the 20th District Agricultural Association, Gold Country Fair Board of Directors. Scott has been a secretary at Custom Grading Inc. since 2014. She served as a deputy probation officer at the Placer County Probation Department from 1985 to 1998 and from 2007 to 2014. This position does not require Senate confirmation and there is no compensation. Scott is a Republican.
Kevin Chappell, 51, of Elk Grove, has been appointed to the Board of Parole Hearings. Chappell has been a correctional administrator retired annuitant at California Correctional Health Care Services since 2015. He served as warden at San Quentin State Prison from 2012 to 2014 and held several positions at Folsom State Prison from 2010 to 2012, including chief deputy warden and associate warden. Chappell was chief of the Classification Services Unit at the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation from 2009 to 2010, where he was facility captain from 2006 to 2008 and a correctional administrator in the Division of Adult Institutions from 2008 to 2009. He was a lieutenant at the Richard A. McGee Correctional Training Center from 2004 to 2006, served in several positions at the California Medical Facility, Vacaville from 1995 to 2004, including lieutenant, counselor and sergeant, and was a correctional officer at Folsom State Prison from 1987 to 1995. This position requires Senate confirmation the compensation is $137,956. Chappell is a Democrat.
