SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the following appointments:
Sarah Izant, of Sacramento, has been appointed Deputy Secretary for Climate Policy at the California Environmental Protection Agency. Izant has served as Manager of State and Federal Affairs in the Office San Francisco Mayor London Breed since 2022 and has served in several roles there since 2019, including Environmental Policy Advisor and Deputy Press Director. She was an Advisor at the California Public Utilities Commission from 2018 to 2019. Izant was an Executive Fellow at the California Air Resources Board from 2017 to 2018. She was a Constituent Services Representative in the Office of U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein from 2016 to 2017. Izant was a Fulbright-Garcia Robles English Teaching Assistant from 2015 to 2016. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Public Policy Analysis and Hispanic Studies from Scripps College. This position does not require Senate confirmation and the compensation is $170,004. Izant is a Democrat.
Charlton (Chuck) Bonham, of Berkeley, has been reappointed to the Pacific State Marine Fisheries Commission, where he has served since 2011. Bonham has served as Director of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife since 2011. He was Senior Attorney at Trout Unlimited from 2000 to 2011. Bonham was a member of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy Board from 2010 to 2011. He served as a Small Business Development Agent for the U.S. Peace Corps from 1991 to 1993. He earned a Juris Doctor degree from the Northwestern School of Law of Lewis and Clark College and a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Georgia. This position requires Senate confirmation and the compensation is $100 per diem. Bonham is a Democrat.
Barbara Emley, of San Francisco, has been reappointed to the Pacific State Marine Fisheries Commission, where she has served since 2011. Emley has been Office Manager of the San Francisco Community Fishing…
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