SACRAMENTO – Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments:
Warren Stanley, 56, of Sacramento, has been appointed commissioner of the California Highway Patrol, where he has served as acting commissioner since 2017. Stanley has served in several positions at the California Highway Patrol since 1982, including protective services detail, field training officer, lieutenant of the border division investigative services unit and commander of the California Highway Patrol Academy. He is a graduate of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, National Executive Institute. This position requires Senate confirmation and the compensation is $258,286.08. Stanley is a Democrat.
Victor M. Duron, 36, of Sacramento, has been appointed executive advisor of the Strategic Initiatives Office at the California Department of Rehabilitation, where he has been a staff services manager for the independent living, assistive technology and traumatic brain injury programs since 2016 and was a staff services manager in the Planning Unit from 2015 to 2016. Duron was an associate governmental program analyst for the California Women, Infants and Children Program at the California Department of Public Health from 2013 to 2015, an associate governmental program analyst at the California Department of Community Services and Development from 2012 to 2013 and a program specialist for the Santa Clara County Office of Education from 2009 to 2012. He was an extended opportunities programs and services/CalWORKs advisor at Folsom Lake College from 2006 to 2008 and a coordinator for outreach and volunteers at San Francisco Suicide Prevention from 2004 to 2006. This position does not require Senate confirmation and the compensation is $97,584. Duron is a Democrat.
Chaeny Emanavin, 45, of Fair Oaks, has been appointed director of innovation at the California Health and Human Services Agency. Emanavin has been product director of digital service at the California Department of Technology since 2017. He was a product director for the U.S. Digital Service at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security from 2016 to 2017 and a program manager at the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from 2014 to 2016. Emanavin was a web team lead for the Bureau of Indian Affairs at the U.S. Department of the Interior from 2005 to 2014. He was a senior multimedia designer at Aspen Systems Corporation from 2000 to 2005 and a multimedia designer at IGEN International Inc. from 1998 to 2000. Emanavin earned a Master of Arts degree in communication, culture and technology from Georgetown University. This position does not require Senate confirmation and the compensation is $155,004. Emanavin is a Democrat.
Gayle Nicholls-Ali, 61, of Altadena, has been appointed to the Computer Science Strategic Implementation Advisory Panel. Nicholls-Ali has been a curriculum writer and team lead at CTE Online since 2013, an adjunct professor at Pacific Oaks College since 2012 and a career tech education teacher at La Cañada High School since 2007. She was a teacher at the Armory Center for the Arts in the Pasadena Unified School District from 2004 to 2007. Nicholls-Ali was a digital storytelling facilitator at StoryCenter from 2002 to 2008 and a senior web designer and multimedia instructional assistant of workforce development at Pasadena City College from 2000 to 2004. Nicholls-Ali is a member of the Computer Science Teachers Association and the La Cañada Teachers Association. She earned a Master of Arts degree in human development from Pacific Oaks College. This position does not require Senate confirmation and there is no compensation. Nicholls-Ali is a Democrat.
Jenny Chien, 32, of Carlsbad, has been appointed to the Computer Science Strategic Implementation Advisory Panel. Chien has been a teacher at the Casita Center for Technology, Science, and Mathematics in the Vista Unified School District since 2007. She is a member of the California Science Teachers Association, K-12 Alliance Early Implementer Initiative, California Teachers Association and the Vista Teachers Association. Chien earned a Master of Education degree in elementary education from the University of California, San Diego. This position does not require Senate confirmation and there is no compensation. Chien is a Democrat.
Andrea M. Deveau, 42, of Sacramento, has been appointed to the Computer Science Strategic Implementation Advisory Panel. Deveau has been vice president for state policy and politics at TechNet since 2016, where she was executive director for California and Southwest Regions from 2014 to 2016. She was senior director of policy innovation and market development at Direct Energy from 2013 to 2014, where she was director of government and regulatory affairs from 2000 to 2013. Deveau was director for policy and business development at Commonwealth Energy from 1998 to 2000. This position does not require Senate confirmation and there is no compensation. Deveau is a Democrat.
Shirley H. Diaz, 58, of Chico, has been appointed to the Computer Science Strategic Implementation Advisory Panel. Diaz has been assistant superintendent of educational services for the Glenn County Office of Education since 2007. She served as superintendent for the Plaza Elementary School District from 2006 to 2007 and as a social science teacher at Wheaton Warrenville South High School from 2003 to 2006. Diaz was an adjunct professor in the School of Education at Wheaton College and at Trinity International University from 2002 to 2003. She was a teacher for the Community Unit School District 200 from 1997 to 2002 and for the Alvord Unified School District from 1986 to 1991. Diaz is a member of the California Standards Technical Assistance Network and the California County Superintendents Educational Services Association Curriculum Instruction Steering Committee. She earned a Master of Education degree in curriculum and instruction from National Louis University. This position does not require Senate confirmation and there is no compensation. Diaz is a Republican.
Julie Flapan, 49, of Los Angeles, has been appointed to the Computer Science Strategic Implementation Advisory Panel. Flapan has been executive director at the Alliance for California Computing Education for Students and Schools and director of the Computer Science Project at the University of California, Los Angeles Center X since 2014, where she was a lecturer in 2001. She was executive director and a California representative for Expanding Computing Education Pathways at the University of California, Irvine from 2013 to 2014. Flapan was director of civic engagement and researcher at the University of California, Los Angeles Institute for Democracy, Education and Access from 2002 to 2012. She held several positions at the Anti-Defamation League from 1994 to 2002, including education project director and trainer. Flapan was a teacher at Leo Baeck Temple from 1992 to 1994 and an educator at Planned Parenthood Los Angeles from 1991 to 1993. She was a senior human resources specialist at the Holden Group from 1990 to 1994. Flapan is a member of the Family Code Night Advisory Board. She earned a Doctor of Education degree in educational leadership from the University of California, Los Angeles and a Master of Education degree in education and social policy from Northwestern University. This position does not require Senate confirmation and there is no compensation. Flapan is a Democrat.
Jose L. Gonzalez, 44, of Atwater, has been appointed to the Computer Science Strategic Implementation Advisory Panel. Gonzalez has been superintendent of the Planada Elementary School District since 2010. He served as superintendent principal for the Ballico-Cressey Elementary School District from 2006 to 2010. Gonzalez served in several positions for the Newman-Crows Landing Unified School District from 2003 to 2006, including principal of alternative education, principal of summer school and interim principal. He was an English-language learner science teacher at Livingston High School from 1996 to 2003. He is a member of the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing, California Collaborative for Educational Excellence Advisory Council, California Association of Latino Superintendents and Administrators, School Employers Association of California, Association of California School Administrators and the Small School Districts Association. This position does not require Senate confirmation and there is no compensation. Gonzalez is a Democrat.
Janell M. Miller, 40, of Clovis, has been appointed to the Computer Science Strategic Implementation Advisory Panel. Miller has been a teacher at the Washington Academic Middle School in the Sanger Unified School District since 2015, where she was a teacher for the Jackson Elementary School from 2003 to 2015. She was a substitute teacher for the Central Unified School District in 2003 and a pharmacy technician at Walgreens Pharmacy from 1995 to 2003. Miller earned a Master of Science degree in educational technology from National University. This position does not require Senate confirmation and there is no compensation. Miller is a Republican.
Sathya Narayanan, 46, of San Jose, has been appointed to the Computer Science Strategic Implementation Advisory Panel. Narayanan has been a professor of computer science at California State University, Monterey Bay since 2017, where he has held several positions since 2007, including director, associate professor and assistant professor. He was a senior scientist at Panasonic Princeton Lab from 1999 to 2007 and senior software consultant at Technical Communications Corporation in 1997. Narayanan was a senior software engineer at Hughes Software Systems from1995 to 1997, systems engineer at Wipro Systems from 1994 to 1995 and a software engineer trainee at Nuko Information Systems from 1993 to 1994. He earned a Doctor of Philosophy degree in computer science from NYU Polytechnic University, a Master of Science degree in computer science from Temple University and a Master of Computer Applications degree from Anna University. This position does not require Senate confirmation and there is no compensation. Narayanan is registered without party preference.
Agodi E. Onyeador, 17, of Pittsburg, has been appointed to the Computer Science Strategic Implementation Advisory Panel. Onyeador has been a student at Oakland Technical High School since 2014, where she has been a consulting representative for Supporting People of Color Now since 2015. She was a summer math and science honors academy scholar for the Level Playing Field Institute from 2015 to 2017 and was a mentee at the Intel Computer Science Academy from 2016 to 2017. Onyeador was a secretary for the Oakland Technical High School Black Student Union from 2016 to 2017, where she served as president from 2017 to 2018. This position does not require Senate confirmation and there is no compensation. Onyeador is not registered to vote.
Michael J. Pazzani, 59, of Riverside, has been appointed to the Computer Science Strategic Implementation Advisory Panel. Pazzani has served as a vice chancellor of research and economic development and professor for computer science and engineering at the University of California, Riverside since 2012. He was vice president of research and economic development and distinguished professor of computer science at Rutgers University from 2005 to 2012. Pazzani was director of the Information and Intelligent Systems Division at the National Science Foundation from 2002 to 2006 and chief executive officer and co-founder at AdaptiveInfo from 2002 to 2001. He was chair of information and computer science at the University of California, Irvine from 1995 to 2000, where he was a professor from 1988 to 2005. Pazzani was a technical staff member at Aerospace Corporation from 1984 to 1988 and at Mitre Corporation from 1980 to 1983, where he was a group leader from 1983 to 1984. He is a member of the Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California Board of Directors. Pazzani earned a Doctor of Philosophy degree in computer science from the University of California, Los Angeles and a Master of Science degree in computer engineering from the University of Connecticut. This position does not require Senate confirmation and there is no compensation. Pazzani is registered without party preference.
Dean M. Reese, 38, of Tracy, has been appointed to the Computer Science Strategic Implementation Advisory Panel. Reese has been an international baccalaureate coordinator for the Tracy Unified School District since 2017, where he has been a science teacher at Tracy High School since 2002, and has been a faculty scholar at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory since 2007. He served as soldier in the Massachusetts National Guard from 1997 to 2003. Reese is a member of the National Science Teachers Association and the California Science Teachers Association. He earned a Master of Arts degree in science education from Western Governors University. This position does not require Senate confirmation and there is no compensation. Reese is a Democrat.
Solomon Russell, 39, of Los Angeles, has been appointed to the Computer Science Strategic Implementation Advisory Panel. Russell has been an assistant professor at El Camino College since 2015. He was a lecturer of computer science at the University of California, Los Angeles in 2017 and an online moderator at Code.org from 2014 to 2015. Russell was a lead computer science instructor at the Level Playing Field Institute from 2012 to 2015, instructional specialist for exploring computer science at the University of California, Los Angeles Center X from 2010 to 2015 and a teacher for the Los Angeles Unified School District from 2007 to 2011. He was a multidiscipline engineer at Raytheon Corporation from 2004 to 2006. Russell earned a Master of Science degree in computer science from the University of California, Los Angeles. This position does not require Senate confirmation and there is no compensation. Russell is a Democrat.
Mehran Sahami, 47, of Palo Alto, has been appointed to the Computer Science Strategic Implementation Advisory Panel. Sahami has been a professor of computer science at Stanford University since 2013, where he has held several positions since 2001, including associate professor, lecturer and visiting lecturer, and was a teaching fellow from 1992 to 1998. He was a consulting senior research scientist at Google Inc. from 2002 to 2007, where he was a senior research scientist from 2002 to 2007. Sahami was a senior engineering manager at Epiphany Inc. from 1998 to 2002, a research consultant at Microsoft Research from 1997 to 1998 and a research associate at SRI International Corp. from 1997 to 1998. He was a research consultant at Xerox Palo Alto Research Center from 1995 to 1997. Sahami is an associate chair for education at the Stanford University Computer Science Department. He is chair of the Stanford University Computer Science Department Curriculum Committee and a member of the Stanford Angels and Entrepreneurs, Code.org Advisory Board, Business Association of Stanford Entrepreneurial Students Advisory Board, Association for Computing Machinery, Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence, Stanford University Computer Science Department Executive Committee and the Stanford University School of Engineering Undergraduate Council. Sahami earned Doctor of Philosophy and Master of Science degrees in computer science from Stanford University. This position does not require Senate confirmation and there is no compensation. Sahami is a Democrat.
Claire K.L. Shorall, 31, of San Francisco, has been appointed to the Computer Science Strategic Implementation Advisory Panel. Shorall has been an investor at Neo and a part-time advance placement computer science principles teacher for the Life Academy High School of Health and Bioscience since 2017. She served in several positions for the Oakland Unified School District from 2010 to 2017, including computer science manager, site-based instructional coach and teacher. Shorall was an instructor at the Level Playing Field Institute in 2014. This position does not require Senate confirmation and there is no compensation. Shorall is a Democrat.
Vandana Sikka, 45, of Los Altos Hills, has been appointed to the Computer Science Strategic Implementation Advisory Panel. Sikka has been founder and chief executive officer at Learnee Inc. since 2015. She was chairperson at Infosys Foundation USA from 2014 to 2017and vice president at Mitrix from 2008 to 2010. Sikka is a member of the Code.org Board of Directors and the Computer Science Teachers Association. She earned a Master of Science degree in computer science from Kurukshetra University. This position does not require Senate confirmation and there is no compensation. Sikka is a Democrat.
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