When Governor Gray Davis took office in 1998 he did
so with a large percentage of African American voters voting for
him.
The one thing that makes Black voters feel like they
have supported the right person for an office like Governor, is
to see the candidate-turned-elected official select and/or appoint
qualified African Americans to, not only high positions in the governor's
administration, but also to the very prestigious boards, commissions,
judgeships and other appointed seats.
Governor Davis has followed through relatively well
on his commitment to appoint Blacks.
Of the approximately 2,510 appointments the Governor
has made to date, 7 percent are African American.
The more than 180 African Americans in Davis' administration
include a cabinet secretary, undersecretaries, judges, department
directors, deputy directors, and the adjutant general of the State
Military Forces.
Davis has also appointed a wide range of African Americans
to many different boards and commissions, e.g. State Board of Education,
High-Speed Rail Authority, University of California Regents, Coastal
Commission, Student Aid Commission and the Anti-Terrorism information
Center Executive Advisory Group.
Shown here is a list of Governor Davis' African American
appointments:
| GOVERNOR'S OFFICE
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| Kevin Biggers |
Director, Riverside District Office |
| Nolice J. Edwards |
Deputy Legislative Secretary |
| Mark S. Grisby |
Deputy Appointments Secretary |
| Vincent M. Harris |
Cabinet Undersecretary |
| Bill A. Lloyd |
Director of Labor Affairs and Senate
Relations, Governor's Office |
| Byron C. Tucker |
Deputy Press Secretary |
|
AGENCY SECRETARIES return
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|
| Grantland
Lee Johnson |
Secretary of Health and Human
Services Agency
State Council on Developmental
Disabilities |
|
UNDER SECRETARIES return
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|
Clothilde V. Hewlett
retired April 2003 |
Undersecretary, State & Consumer
Services Agency
|
|
DEPUTY OR ASSISTANT
SECRETARY LEVEL return to top
|
| Kimberly M. Gates |
Assistant Secretary for Program and
Fiscal Affairs, Health & Human
Services Agency |
| Bertha Gaffney Gorman |
Associate Secretary for External
Affairs, Health & Human
Services Agency |
| Judith R. James |
Vice Chancellor, Student Services,
Community Colleges |
| Earl S. Johnson, III |
Associate Secretary for Planning and
Evaluation, Health and Human
Services Agency |
| Arnie M. Sowell, Jr. |
Deputy Secretary, Policy &
Planning, State & Consumer
Services Agency |
| Norman
D. Williams |
Deputy Commissioner of Communications, California
Department of Insurance |
|
DIRECTORS return
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|
Sonya Blake
|
Director, Office of Small Business
Advocate |
| Dr. David M. Carlisle |
Director, Statewide Health Planning
& Development Dept. |
| Michael Cunningham |
Director, Prevention Services Div.,
Employment Development
Dept. |
|
Paul
D. Monroe
|
Adjutant General of the State
Military Forces Turning Point
Academy Advisory Committee |
| Michelle A. Montague |
Director, South Africa Office, Tech,
Trade & Commerce |
| Wes Pratt |
Director, Conservation Corps |
|
CHIEF DEPUTY DIRECTORS
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|
| Jarvio A. Grevious |
Chief Deputy Director of Social
Services |
| Tony V. Harris |
Chief Deputy Director of
Transportation |
| Melinda G. Wilson |
Chief Deputy Director, Department
of Rehabilitation |
|
DEPUTY AND ASSISTANT
DIRECTORS return to top
|
| Carol Williams Bryant |
Assistant Director, Legislative and
Policy, Dept. of Aging |
| Cynthia J. Fair |
Deputy Director, Council on
Development Disabilities |
| LaVera J. Gaston |
Deputy Director, Disability
Insurance Branch, EDD |
| Doreathea Johnson |
Deputy Director for Legal Affairs,
Dept. of Consumer Affairs |
| Sedrick V. Mitchell |
Deputy Director, Parks and
Recreation, External Affairs |
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OTHER APPOINTEES return
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| Claude E. Finn |
Warden, Deuel Vocational Institution |
| Gloria A. Henry |
Warden, Valley State Prison for
Women |
| Gwendolyn Mitchell |
Warden, Central California Women's
Facility |
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BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
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| Edna V. Anderson-Owens |
Boards of Directors, California
Science Center |
| Ernest A. Bates |
High Speed Rail Authority |
| Bishop Edward Lynn Brown |
Member, Alcoholic Beverage
Control Appeals Board |
| Mayor Willie L. Brown, Jr. |
Public Employees' Retirement System |
| Dr. Rita Cameron-Wedding |
Board of Women |
| Lionel M. Dew |
Commission on the Status of
Agricultural Assn., Dist. 28, San Bernardino Co Fair |
| William Elkins |
State Personnel Board |
| Gene Hale |
Building for the 21st Century |
| Elihu Harris |
Unemployment Insurance
Appeals Board |
| Trudy M. Hatter |
Boards of Directors, California
African American Museum |
| Carlton J. Jenkins |
State Board of Education |
| Odessa Peterson Johnson |
University of California, Board
of Regents |
| John W. Mack |
Racial Profiling Panel
Outreach and Diversity Task Force |
| Cynthia McClain-Hill |
Coastal Commission |
| Chief Bernard C. Parks |
Anti-Terrorism Info Center, Exec
Adv Group |
| Willie Pelote |
Exposition and State Fair, Board of
Directors |
| Robert Pernell |
Energy Resources Conservation &
Dev. Commission |
| Edward A. Phillips |
Exposition and State Fair, Board of
Directors |
| Liane Randolph |
Fair Political Practices Commission |
| Chief Michael Smith |
Emergency Council |
| Peter J. Taylor |
Student Aid Commission |
| Carolyn Webb de Macias |
Boards of Directors, California
African American Museum |
| Booker T. Welch |
Board of Prison Terms |
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COURT OF APPEALS
JUDGE return to top
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| Candace D. Cooper |
Second District Court of Appeals,
Associate Justice |
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SUPERIOR COURT JUDGES
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| Leslie E. Brown |
Superior Court, Los Angeles County |
| Desiree Bruce-Lyle |
Superior Court, San Diego County |
| Sharon A. Chatman |
Superior Court, Santa Clara County |
| John T. Doyle |
Superior Court, Los Angeles County |
| Richard Todd Fields |
Superior Court, Riverside County |
| Deirdre H. Hill |
Superior Court, Los Angeles County |
| Derek Guy Johnson |
Superior Court, Orange County |
| Kenneth E. Norman |
Superior Court, Alameda County |
| Winifred Smith |
Superior Court, Alameda County |
| Alan M Simpson |
Superior Court, Fresno County |
| M. Bruce Smith |
Superior Court, Fresno County |
| Allen Webster |
Superior Court, Los Angeles County |
| Katrina West |
Superior Court, San Bernardino County |
| Browder Willis III |
Superior Court, San Diego County |
