Governor Newsom Announces Appointments 12.13.22 | California Governor

Mark M. Tollefson, 40, of Rancho Cordova, has been appointed Undersecretary on the California State Transportation Company. Tollefson serves as Senior Counselor on Infrastructure and Fiscal Affairs within the Workplace of Governor Gavin Newsom, the place he has been a Deputy Cupboard Secretary since 2019. Tollefson held a number of positions on the California Division of Finance from 2007 to 2019, together with Assistant Program Finances Supervisor, Principal Program Finances Analyst III, Principal Program Finances Analyst II and Finances Analyst. Tollefson earned a Grasp of Enterprise Administration diploma from California State College, Sacramento. This place doesn’t require Senate affirmation and the compensation is $205,200. Tollefson is a Democrat.

Sabrina Ashjian, 43, of Camarillo, has been appointed to the Los Angeles Regional Water High quality Management Board. Ashjian has been a Medical Supervising Lawyer within the Environmental Regulation Clinic on the College of California, Berkeley since 2021. She was California State Director of the Humane Society of the U.S. from 2019 to 2021 and Chairperson of the Hashish Management Appeals Panel from 2018 to 2019. She was a Deputy District Lawyer on the Fresno County District Lawyer’s Workplace within the Shopper Fraud and Environmental Safety Unit from 2015 to 2018, an Affiliate at Stammer, McKnight, Barnum and Bailey LLP from 2014 to 2015 and a Public Defender on the Fresno County Public Defender’s Workplace from 2010 to 2014. Ashjian was an Lawyer on the Amin Regulation Group Ltd. from 2009 to 2010. Ashjian is a board member of the American Purple Cross Pacific Coast Area, Nationwide Ladies’s Political Caucus, California Legal professionals Affiliation Environmental Regulation Part, Emerge California and California Ladies Lead. Ashjian earned a Juris Physician diploma from the Pepperdine College Faculty of Regulation, a Grasp of Arts diploma in Journalism from the College of Southern California and a Grasp of Enterprise Administration diploma from the Pepperdine College Enterprise Faculty. This place requires Senate affirmation and the compensation is $250 per diem. Ashjian is a Democrat.

Michal Kurlaender, 49, of Davis, has been appointed to the Training Fee of the States. Kurlaender has been a Professor on the College of California, Davis since 2016, the place she has served in a number of positions since 2004 together with Affiliate Professor and Assistant Professor. She has been Co-Director at Coverage Evaluation for California Training since 2009. Kurlaender was a Instructing Fellow and Researcher on the Harvard College Graduate Faculty of Training from 1999 to 2004. She was a Researcher for the Civil Rights Venture at Harvard College from 1997 to 2004. Kurlaender is a member of the Nationwide Academy of Training and Lead Researcher at Wheelhouse: The Heart for Neighborhood Faculty Management and Analysis. She earned a Grasp of Training diploma in Administration, Planning and Social Coverage from Harvard College and a Physician of Training diploma in Training Coverage from Harvard College. This place doesn’t require Senate affirmation and there’s no compensation. Kurlaender is a Democrat.