Announcements regarding key staffing changes of importance to California's rural counties.
Karmdeep Bains, 44, of Yuba City, has been reappointed to the 13th District Agricultural Association, Yuba-Sutter Fair Board of Directors, where he has served since 2012. Bains has been co-owner at Coldwell Banker Commercial Valley Brokers since 2010 and owner and operator at Karm S. Bains Farms since 2006. He was farm manager at Didar Singh Bains Farms from 1992 to 2006. Bains is a board member of the California Agricultural Leadership Foundation, California Cling Peach Association, Prune Bargaining Association, Walnut Bargaining Association and Sutter County Board of Education. This position does not require Senate confirmation and there is no compensation. Bains is a Democrat.
Erin Cucchi, 42, of Yuba City, has been reappointed to the 13th District Agricultural Association, Yuba-Sutter Fair Board of Directors, where she has served since 2015. Cucchi has been a crop insurance adjuster at Great American Insurance since 2013. She was a crop insurance adjuster at Rural Community Insurance Services from 1998 to 2013. Cucchi is former president of the Franklin Elementary School Parents Club, a co-community leader at the Franklin 4-H Club and a member of the Yuba-Sutter Fair Junior Livestock Auction Committee and the Sutter-Yuba Counties 4-H Council. This position does not require Senate confirmation and there is no compensation. Cucchi is a Democrat.
Alice Munger, 43, of Yuba City, has been reappointed to the 13th District Agricultural Association, Yuba-Sutter Fair Board of Directors, where she has served since 2006. Munger has been an agricultural science teacher at Brittan Elementary School since 2016 and a rice farmer since 2000. She was a teacher at Wheatland Union High School from 2014 to 2016. She is a member of the California Agricultural Teachers' Association and the Yuba-Sutter Farm Bureau. This position does not require Senate confirmation and there is no compensation. Munger is a Republican.