SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the following appointments:
Eric L. Rood, 50, of Yuba City, has been reappointed as head of the learning standards division in the California Department of Industrial Relations, where he has worked since 2017. Rood has held several positions in the division labor standards and the department’s application from 2000 to 2017, including the deputy chief, the head of public works, the regional director, the hearing officer, the industrial relations representative and the deputy labor commissioner . He was a corporate tax representative in the California State Board of Equalization’s sales and use tax field office from 1994 to 2000. Rood was an assistant student tax auditor in the Department of Employment Development from 1993 to 1994. This position does not require confirmation from the Senate and the allowance is $ 151,260. Rood is registered without party preference.
Eric O. Berg, 55, of Concord, has been re-appointed as Deputy Chief Health Officer in the Occupational Safety and Health Division of the California Department of Industrial Relations, where he has worked since 2015. Berg has held several positions within the occupational safety division. and health from 1997 to 2015, including the Principal Safety Engineer, Acting Principal Safety Engineer, Principal Safety Engineer, Associate Safety Engineer, Associate Industrial Hygienist and Industrial Hygienist deputy. He was an occupational health specialist at the Santa Clara Center for Occupational Safety and Health from 1996 to 1997. Berg was an assistant student at the California Department of Public Health from 1994 to 1996. He was an organizer for the United Farm Workers of America, AFL-CIO from 1993 to 1994. Berg served as a Peace Corps volunteer from 1991 to 1993. He received a master’s degree in public health from the University of California, Berkeley. This position does not require confirmation from the Senate and the compensation is $ 179,832. Berg is a Democrat.
Debra Lee, 61, of Carson, has been re-appointed as Deputy Chief Safety Officer in the Occupational Safety and Health Division of the California Department of Industrial Relations, where she has worked since 2015. She has held several positions positions in the department from 1994 to 2015, including Regional Director, District Director, Associate Industrial Hygienist and Assistant Industrial Hygienist. She was an industrial hygienist at Northrop Corporation from 1992 to 1994, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources from 1990 to 1992, Health Science Associates from 1987 to 1990, and TRW Electronics from 1985 to 1987. This position does not require Senate confirmation. and the indemnity is $ 181,968. Lee is a Democrat.
Carl S. Paganelli, 56, of San Francisco, has been appointed deputy chief of consulting, process safety management and engineering services for the department’s occupational safety and health division. Californian in industrial relations, where he has served as legal counsel since 2016. Paganelli was trial attorney with the Fidelity National Law Group from 2010 to 2015. He was an attorney at the law firm of Carl Paganelli in 2010. Paganelli has was a partner at Foley & Lardner LLP from 2007 to 2009 and a legal assistant at Ellman Burke Hoffman & Johnson PC from 2006 to 2007. Paganelli was editor and document review project manager at Neil & Associates from 1989 to 2004. He was a cook at Chez Panisse from 1998 to 2004. He received an MA in English from Columbia University and a Juris Doctor from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. This position does not require confirmation from the Senate and the compensation is $ 179,832. Paganelli is a Democrat.
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