纽森宣布多项人事任命 涉公用事业委员会首席政策顾问与牙科、水质等多个委员会

加州州长加文·纽森10月14日宣布一批人事任命,涉及加州公用事业委员会(CPUC)主席办公室、州牙科委员会、州牙科卫生委员会以及三个地区水质委员会。
萨克拉门托的迈克尔·穆拉尼(Michael Mullaney)被任命为加州公用事业委员会主席首席政策顾问,年薪201,432美元,该职位无需州参议院确认。穆拉尼是CPUC的资深幕僚:2017年加入CPUC政府事务办公室任立法联络员,2020年起任CPUC主席办公室高级顾问;此前于2013至2017年在州长埃德蒙·布朗办公室任职,历任助理立法秘书、立法助理等职。
在州牙科委员会,圣何塞的卡拉·宫崎(Cara Miyasaki)获新任命;圣马力诺的Kevin Cheng获连任,他是希望之城(City of Hope)的施工总监,并担任市规划委员;贝尔蒙特的拉姆·瓦德霍布利(Ram Vaderhobli)获连任,他是加州大学旧金山分校的牙科教授。该委员会成员日薪为100美元。
在州牙科卫生委员会,萨克拉门托的莫妮卡·李(Monika Lee)获新任命;康科德的索尼娅·“帕特”·汉森(Sonia "Pat" Hansen)、弗里蒙特的斯里德维·蓬纳拉(Sridevi Ponnala)、纽瓦克的纳莱尼·特里布尔-阿加瓦尔(Naleni Tribble-Agarwal)和旧金山的谢尔曼·金(Sherman King)获连任。金是旧金山唐人街救世军的董事,也是美华工程科技协会会员。该委员会成员日薪为100美元。
在地区水质委员会方面,艾伦斯沃思的丹尼斯·卡达拉(Denise Kadara)获连任中央谷地地区水质委员会委员;棕榈沙漠的彼得·萨廷(Peter Satin)获连任科罗拉多河流域地区水质委员会委员;洛杉矶的迈克尔·门德斯(Michael Mendez)获连任洛杉矶地区水质委员会委员,门德斯是加州大学尔湾分校副教授。上述三项水质委员会任命均需州参议院确认,委员日薪为250美元。据州长办公室公布的登记信息,上述人选中除Kevin Cheng与瓦德霍布利登记为无党派偏好外,其余均为民主党登记。
Newsom Announces Batch of Appointments, Including CPUC Chief Policy Advisor and Dental and Water Board Seats
California Governor Gavin Newsom on October 14 announced a batch of appointments spanning the Office of the President of the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), the Dental Board of California, the Dental Hygiene Board of California and three regional water quality control boards.
Michael Mullaney, of Sacramento, has been appointed Chief Policy Advisor to the President of the California Public Utilities Commission, with compensation of $201,432. The position does not require Senate confirmation. Mullaney is a longtime CPUC staffer: he joined the Commission's Office of Governmental Affairs as a legislative liaison in 2017 and was appointed Special Advisor to the Office of the President in 2020. From 2013 to 2017, he served in the Office of Governor Edmund Brown Jr., including as assistant legislative secretary and legislative assistant.
On the Dental Board of California, Cara Miyasaki, of San Jose, has been newly appointed. Kevin Cheng, of San Marino, has been reappointed; he is a construction director at City of Hope and serves as a city planning commissioner. Ram Vaderhobli, of Belmont, has also been reappointed; he is a dentistry professor at the University of California, San Francisco. Members of the board receive per diem compensation of $100.
On the Dental Hygiene Board of California, Monika Lee, of Sacramento, has been newly appointed. Reappointed were Sonia "Pat" Hansen, of Concord; Sridevi Ponnala, of Fremont; Naleni Tribble-Agarwal, of Newark; and Sherman King, of San Francisco. King is a director of the Salvation Army in San Francisco's Chinatown and a member of the Chinese-American engineering and technology association. Members of the board receive per diem compensation of $100.
On the regional water boards, Denise Kadara, of Allensworth, has been reappointed to the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board. Peter Satin, of Palm Desert, has been reappointed to the Colorado River Basin Regional Water Quality Control Board. Michael Mendez, of Los Angeles, has been reappointed to the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board; Mendez is an associate professor at the University of California, Irvine. All three water board appointments require Senate confirmation, and members receive per diem compensation of $250. According to the registration information in the Governor's Office release, all of the appointees named above are registered Democrats except Kevin Cheng and Ram Vaderhobli, who are registered without party preference.
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