"This Commission will facilitate the public input process of the California Performance Review," said Governor Schwarzenegger. "I have always said the people are my partners, and these commissioners will help me to reach out and listen to the people. The commissioners have graciously volunteered their time to improve the state, and I am grateful to each and every one of them for their service."
The appointees are:
- Joanne Kozberg will serve as co-chair of the Commission. She currently serves as a partner in California Strategies, a public affairs consulting firm, and is serving a 12-year term on the University of California Board of Regents.
- William Hauck will serve as co-chair of the Commission. He is currently president of the Sacramento based California Business Roundtable.
- Senator James Brulte is a 14-year veteran of the Legislature representing the 31st Senate district. He served as the Senate Republican leader from April 2000 to May 2004.
- Assemblywoman Patricia Bates was elected to the Assembly in 1998 representing the 73rd Assembly district. Prior to her election, she served for nearly a decade as a four-term mayor and later city council member for the City of Laguna Niguel.
- Senator Denise Moreno Ducheny was elected to the California State Senate in 2002, representing the 40th Senate district. Prior to her election to the Senate, she served in the California State Assembly from 1994 to 2000.
- Assemblyman Leland Yee was elected to represent the 12th Assembly district in 2002. Prior to his election to the Assembly, Dr. Yee spent eight years on the San Francisco Unified School District Board of Education.
- Jay Benton is executive vice president of ABM Industries Inc.
- Dale E. Bonner is a partner at Epstein Becker & Green, P.C., in the firm's Los Angeles office. He is a member of the firm's National Health Law Practice and Government Contracts and Technology Group.
- James E. Canales was appointed as the president and chief executive officer of the James Irvine Foundation in May 2003.
- Mike Carona has led the Orange County Sheriff's Department, the 5th largest in the nation, since 1998. He serves as a member of the Department of Homeland Security's Senior Advisory Committee for emergency service responders, where he is one of 15 members reporting to Secretary Ridge.
- Patricia Dando served on the San Jose City Council for eight years before she was appointed vice mayor in 2003.
- David Davenport is a distinguished professor of public policy and law. Davenport, who served as Pepperdine's chief executive for 15 years, is currently a research fellow at the Hoover Institution.
- Joel Fox is the president of the Small Business Action Committee. He served as president of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association in Los Angeles from 1986 to 1998, and played an important role in several statewide and local proposition campaigns including Proposition 218, the 'Right to Vote on Taxes' measure. al Finance.
- Dr. Steve Frates is a senior fellow at the Rose Institute of State and Local Government at Claremont-McKenna College.
- Russ Gould, president of the Gould Group, advises governmental entities and corporations on complex financial issues.
- Irene Ibarra is
- executive vice president of The California Endowment. She is an attorney who has practiced corporate and business law.
- J.J. Jelincic currently serves as the president of the California State Employees Association, a position he has held since he was elected in November 2003.
- Steven A. Olsen is the vice chancellor for finance and budget at the University of California, Los Angeles.
- Beverly O'Neill is currently serving her third consecutive term as mayor of Long Beach.
- Peter Taylor is currently managing director with Lehman Brothers, Inc., and is the leader of the public finance department.
- Carol Whiteside is the president of the Great Valley Center, an organization she founded in August 1997 to promote the economic, social and environmental well-being of California's Central Valley.
