Sacramento, California - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments.

Paula Daniels, 59, of Los Angeles, has been appointed to the California Water Commission. Daniels is a Pritzker Environment and Sustainability Education Fellow for 2015. She has worked on issues related to food systems, water and climate as a volunteer at the Governor's Office of Planning and Research since 2014 and has been a lecturer at the University of California, Los Angeles Institute of the Environment and Sustainability since 2010. Daniels was a senior advisor on food policy and special projects in water at the Los Angeles Mayor’s Office from 2011 to 2013 and was a commissioner at the City of Los Angeles Board of Public Works from 2005 to 2011. Daniels was an attorney in private practice from 2002 to 2005 and of counsel at Litt and Associates from 2001 to 2004. She was a partner at Kudo and Daniels LLP from 1996 to 2002 and at Kramer, Kramer and Daniels from 1993 to 1996. Daniels was a partner and associate at Berman and Clark from 1985 to 1993. She served as a member of the California Bay-Delta Authority from 2003 to 2010 and is a member of the California League of Conservation Voters Education Fund Board of Directors and the Heal the Bay Board of Governors. Daniels earned a Juris Doctor degree from Southwestern Law School. This position requires Senate confirmation and the compensation is $100 per diem. Daniels is a Democrat.

Jose Del Bosque, Jr., 65, of Los Banos, has been reappointed to the California Water Commission, where he has served since 2010. Del Bosque has been a partner at J and G Contract Labor Inc. since 2005 and president of Empresas Del Bosque Inc. since 1985. He was manager at Three Star Farms from 1962 to 1984. Del Bosque is director-at-large at the California Melon Research Board, chairman emeritus at the AgSafe Board of Directors and a member of the Western Growers Association and the California Farm Bureau Federation. This position requires Senate confirmation and the compensation is $100 per diem. Del Bosque is registered without party preference.

Maria Herrera, 32, of Visalia, has been appointed to the California Water Commission. Herrera has been a community development specialist at Self-Help Enterprises since 2014. She was a community advocacy director at the Community Water Center from 2008 to 2014 and an ag-aid inspector at the California Department of Food and Agriculture from 2004 to 2007. Herrera is a member of El Quinto Sol de America and la Asociación de Gente Unida por el Agua. This position requires Senate confirmation and the compensation is $100 per diem. Herrera is a Democrat.

Silas Abrego, 70, of West Covina, has been appointed to the California State University Board of Trustees. Abrego served as acting vice president for student affairs at California State University, Fullerton from 2011 to 2012, where he was associate vice president for student affairs from 1998 to 2010 and director of students, academic services and university outreach from 1985 to 1998. He was coordinator at the Claremont Graduate University Tomas Rivera Policy Center’s California Education Policy Fellowship Program from 1981 to 1985 and assistant to the dean at the University of Southern California from 1982 to 1984, where he was director of the national education policy studies and research program from 1978 to 1982. Abrego is a member of the Association of Hispanics in Higher Education. He earned Doctor of Education and Master of Education degrees from the University of Southern California. This position requires Senate confirmation and the compensation is $100 per diem. Abrego is a Democrat.

Peter Taylor, 56, of Los Angeles, has been appointed to the California State University Board of Trustees. Taylor has been president at the Educational Credit Management Corporation Foundation since 2014. He was served as chief financial officer at the University of California, Office of the President from 2009 to 2014 and was managing director of municipal finance at Barclays Capital and Lehman Brothers from 1993 to 2009. Taylor was finance director for the California Democratic Party from 1991 to 1992 and a regulatory and government affairs manager at General Telephone and Electronics Corporation, California from 1988 to 1991. He was executive director at the Coro Foundation, Southern California from 1987 to 1988 and served as legislative staff in the Office of California State Assembly Majority Leader Mike Roos from 1981 to 1987. Taylor is a member of the Edison International Board of Directors, J. Paul Getty Trust Board of Trustees and the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation Board of Trustees. He was chair of the James Irvine Foundation Board of Directors from 2010 to 2012 and of the University of California, Los Angeles African American Admissions Task Force from 2006 to 2008. Taylor earned a Master of Arts degree in public policy analysis from Claremont Graduate University. This position requires Senate confirmation and the compensation is $100 per diem. Taylor is a Democrat.

Gary Reed, 68, of Porterville, has been appointed to the California Community Colleges Board of Governors, where he has served since 2005. Reed has been office manager at Reed and Reed Enterprises since 1980 and was a teacher at Newbury Park High School from 1970 to 1979. He has been a licensed registered representative since 1993. Reed earned a Master of Education degree in school management at the University of La Verne. This position requires Senate confirmation and the compensation is $100 per diem. Reed is a Republican.

Valerie Lynne Shaw, 64, of Los Angeles, has been appointed to the California Community Colleges Board of Governors. Shaw was a commissioner at the Los Angeles City Board of Public Works from 1996 to 2013, where she was president from 2001 to 2005, and was an adjunct professor at the University of Southern California Department of Political Science from 2004 to 2011. She served as district director for Los Angeles City Council member Ruth Galanter from 1987 to 1993 and was a program manager at the Drew Economic Development Corporation from 1985 to 1987. Shaw served as public information officer for the Century Freeway Project from 1981 to 1985. She is a member of the 211 Los Angeles County Board of Directors, California Community Foundation’s Centinela Valley Medical and Community Funds, Wilfandel Club and the Los Angeles African American Women’s Public Political Institute. Shaw earned a Master of Public Administration degree from the University of Southern California. This position requires Senate confirmation and the compensation is $100 per diem. Shaw is a Democrat.

Alicia Fowler, 49, of Sacramento, has been appointed deputy secretary and general counsel at the California State Transportation Agency. Fowler has served as senior assistant attorney general at the California Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General since 2008, where she was supervising deputy attorney general from 2001 to 2008 and deputy attorney general from 1994 to 1998. She served as staff counsel at the California Trade and Commerce Agency from 1998 to 2001 and was an associate at Orrick, Herrington and Sutcliffe from 1991 to 1994. This position does not require Senate confirmation and the compensation is $151,524. Fowler is a Republican.

Saul Rangel, 53, of Folsom, has been appointed inspector general at the California Military Department. Rangel has served as supervisory human resources specialist at the California Army National Guard since 2014, where he has served in several positions since 1979, including joint logistics officer and logistics officer. He has served in the California State Military Reserve since 2013. Rangel earned a Master of Strategic Studies degree from the U.S. Army War College. This position requires Senate notification and the compensation is $131,428.80. Rangel is a Republican.

James Earp, 62, of Roseville, has been reappointed to the California Transportation Commission, where he has served since 2011. Earp has been executive director at the California Alliance for Jobs since 1998. He held several positions for the Operating Engineers Local Union No. 3 from 1976 to 1998, including director of government affairs and public relations. Earp has been a member of the Transportation California Board of Directors since 1995. This position requires Senate confirmation and the compensation is $100 per diem. Earp is a Democrat.

Carl Guardino, 53, of Monte Sereno, has been reappointed to the California Transportation Commission, where he has served since 2007. Guardino has been president and chief executive officer at the Silicon Valley Leadership Group since 1997, where he was vice president from 1991 to 1995. He was director of government affairs at Hewlett-Packard Company from 1995 to 1997 and district director in the Office of California State Assemblymember Rusty Areias from 1984 to 1990. This position requires Senate confirmation and the compensation is $100 per diem. Guardino is a Democrat.

James Madaffer, 55, of San Diego has been reappointed to the California Transportation Commission, where he has served since 2014. Madaffer has been president of Madaffer Enterprises Inc. since 2009. He was publisher of four community newspapers at Mission Publishing Group from 1995 to 2014, a member of the San Diego City Council from 2000 to 2008, chief of staff to San Diego City Council member Judy McCarty from 1993 to 2000, owner of JVM and Associates from 1988 to 1993 and general manager at the Delta Coast Corporation from 1981 to 1988. Madaffer is a member of the Lambda Alpha International, San Diego Chapter, Boy Scouts of America, San Diego-Imperial Council Board of Directors and the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association. This position requires Senate confirmation and the compensation is $100 per diem. Madaffer is registered without party preference.

Van Gordon Sauter, 79, of Los Angeles, has been appointed to the California State Athletic Commission. Sauter is former president of CBS News and Fox News. He began his career producing television commercials for a large advertising agency in New York City and later entered journalism. He worked as a newspaper reporter in New Bedford, Detroit and Chicago, Illinois, reporting on Vietnam, civil rights and urban violence. Sauter was also a television anchorman in Chicago, Illinois and CBS News bureau chief in Paris, France. He is the author of three non-fiction books, including the recently published coffee table book, “The Sun Valley Story,” an anecdotal history of the nation’s premiere heritage ski resort. Sauter is a former chairman of the California State Athletic Commission. He earned a Master of Arts degree in journalism from the University of Missouri. This position requires Senate confirmation and the compensation is $100 per diem. Sauter is registered without party preference.

Vernon B. Williams, 47, of Los Angeles, has been appointed to the California State Athletic Commission. Williams has been chief medical officer at the Sports Concussion Institute since 2007, where he was director of the pain management clinic from 2005 to 2007, and has been director of pain management at the Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic since 1997. He was medical director at HealthSouth Physical Therapy from 1999 to 2005 and an investigator and staff clinician at Innovative Medical Research Inc. from 1994 to 1997. Williams was director of medical student core neurology curriculum at the University of Maryland Medical Center Department of Neurology from 1995 to 1996. He is chair of the American Academy of Neurology’s Sport Neurology Section and is a founding director of the Center for Sports Neurology and Pain Medicine’s Sports Neurology Fellowship at the Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic, where he is a founding director of the Center for Sports Neurology and chief compliance officer of the Compliance Committee. Williams earned a Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Michigan. This position requires Senate confirmation and the compensation is $100 per diem. Williams is a Democrat.