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

Patricia Cullins, 58, of Alturas, has been appointed to represent the second district on the Modoc County Board of Supervisors. Cullins served as an eligibility supervisor at the Modoc County Department of Social Services from 2012 to 2013, where she was an eligibility specialist from 2006 to 2012. She was owner and operator at Allusions Beauty Boutique from 2001 to 2005, a personnel secretary for the Modoc Joint Unified School District from 1996 to 1997, a client service specialist at the Modoc Crisis Center in 1996 and a customer service representative at Bank of America from 1990 to 1995. Cullins served as a correctional officer at the Modoc County Sheriff’s Office from 1985 to 1989 and was an independent insurance agent at Grange Insurance Association from 1985 to 1986, assistant bookkeeper at Coppedge Construction in 1984, a truck driver for Lynetta Ranches in 1983, a cashier at Telum Inc. in 1982 and a clerk and typist at the Modoc Medical Center from 1981 to 1982. This position does not require Senate confirmation and the compensation is $14,905. Cullins is a Republican.

Barbara LeVake, 68, of Yuba City, has been appointed to represent the fifth district on the Sutter County Board of Supervisors. LeVake has been principal at Brazil-LeVake Government Relations since 1995. She served as a member of the Sutter County Board of Supervisors from 1989 to 1992. LeVake was a legal assistant at the Law Offices of Shipsey and Seitz from 1970 to 1974 and at Miller, Evatt, Henry and Jennings from 1968 to 1970 and the Law Office of Aguilar and Louis from 1965 to 1968. She is a member of the Sutter Butte Flood Control Agency, Yuba-Sutter Farm Bureau, Western Growers Association and California Women for Agriculture. LeVake was a member of the State Reclamation Board from 1994 to 2001. This position does not require Senate confirmation and the compensation is $34,736. LeVake is a Republican.