Announcements regarding key staffing changes of importance to California's rural counties.

 

Claudette Biemeret, of Santa Rosa, has been appointed Inspector General of the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART). Biemeret has been Assistant Inspector General at BART since 2020. She served as Audit Manager for the City of Berkeley from 2014 to 2020 and as an Auditor there from 2008 to 2014. She was an Auditor at Maze & Associates from 2006 to 2008 and Account Executive at Maguire/Maguire from 1997 to 2006. She is Board President of the Association of Inspectors General, Western States Chapter. She is a member of the Association of Local Government Auditors, the Institute of Internal Auditors and the Institute for Public Procurement. Biemeret earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration from Golden Gate University and is a Certified Inspector General. This position does not require Senate confirmation and the compensation is $220,000. Biemeret is a Democrat.

Christina A. Bradbury, of Meadow Vista, has been reappointed to the California Veterinary Medical Board, where she has served since 2018. Bradbury has been Owner and a Mobile Internist at Sierra Mobile Veterinary Specialists since 2020. She was an Internist at Vista Veterinary Specialists from 2011 to 2020 and at Loomis Basin Veterinary Clinic from 2010 to 2011. She was a Small Animal Internal Medicine Resident at Colorado State University Veterinary Teaching Hospital from 2007 to 2010. She was a Small Animal Rotating Intern at Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital from 2006 to 2007. Bradbury is a member of the California Veterinary Medical Association and the American Veterinary Medical Association. She earned a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from the University of California, Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, a Master of Science degree in Clinical Science from Colorado State University, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and a Bachelor of Science degree in Veterinary Medicine from the University of California, Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. This position does not require Senate confirmation and the compensation is $100 per diem. Bradbury is registered without party preference.

Sonia Jones, of Vallejo, has been appointed to the State Council on Developmental Disabilities. Jones was a Janitor with Solano Diversified Services from 1995 to 2003. She has participated in volunteering and educational opportunities through Tailored Day Service at The Arc-Solano since 2015. Jones previously served on the Self-Determination Advisory Committee for the North Bay Regional Center. This position does not require Senate confirmation and the compensation is $100 per diem. Jones is a Democrat.