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NACo President Glen Whitley (Judge, Tarrant County, Texas) has announced his appointments to leadership positions for the next year within the National Association of Counties and California county officials figure very prominently in those leadership roles.

In total, 19 positions are filled by California county officials. Here are the appointments:


Frank Bigelow, Supervisor, Madera County, Vice Chair, Rural Development Subcommittee, Agriculture Committee; Brian Dahle, Supervisor, Lassen County, Chair, Environment, Energy and Land Use Committee; Salud Cabajal, Supervisor, Santa Barbara County, Vice Chair, Environment, Energy and Land Use Committee; Mike McGowan, Supervisor, Yolo County, Vice Chair, County and Tribal Government Relationships Subcommittee, Finance and Intergovernmental Affairs Committee; Liz Kniss, Supervisor, Santa Clara County, Chair, Health Committee; Shirlee Zane, Supervisor, Sonoma County, Vice Chair, Health Committee; Patrick Duterte, Director, Health and Social Services, Solano County, Chair, Health Disparities Subcommittee, Health Committee; Susan Adams, Supervisor, Marin County, Vice Chair, Public Health and Healthy Communities Subcommittee, Health Committee; Hub Walsh, Supervisor, Merced County, Vice Chair, Human Services and Education Committee, Jo Weber, Social Services Director, Sonoma County, Chair, Education and Families Subcommittee, Human Services and Education Committee; Ronn Dominici, Supervisor, Madera County, Vice Chair, Law Enforcement Subcommittee, Justice and Public Safety Committee; David Finigan, Supervisor, Del Norte County, Chair, Airports Subcommittee, Transportation Committee; Scott Haggerty, Supervisor, Alameda County, Vice Chair, Large Urban County Caucus; Webster Guillory, Assessor, Orange County, Chair, Essential County Technology, Information Technology Committee; Maria Pe, Chief Deputy Tax Collector, San Diego County, Vice Chair, NACo Deferred Compensation Advisory Committee; Salud Cabajal, Supervisor, Santa Barbara County, Vice Chair, Green Government Advisory Board; Liz Kniss, Supervisor, Santa Clara County, At-Large Appointment to the NACo Board of Directors; Paul McIntosh, Executive Director, California State Association of Counties, Committee Member, FSC Advisory Committee; and Paul McIntosh, Executive Director, California State Association of Counties, Co-Chair, County Government Works Initiative.

Sonoma County Supervisor Valerie Brown now serves as the Immediate Past President of the National Association of Counties.  In addition, Frank Bigelow, Supervisor, Madera County; Greg Cox, Supervisor, San Diego County; Keith Carson, Supervisor Alameda County; and Michael Johnson, County Administrator, Solano County, serve on the NACo Board of Directors, bringing the total number of leadership roles filled by California county officials to 24. Congratulations to these California county officials on their appointment and thanks to Judge Glen Whitley for recognizing the many talents held by California counties.

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