The office of California Governor Gavin Newsom has announced the appointment of two individuals to two different top positions representing the state of Calfornia. Both of the appointments are residents of El Dorado Hills, according to the press release issued by the Governor’s office.
Edmond Blagdon of El Dorado Hills has been appointed director of Enterprise Information Systems at the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, where he has been deputy director of Integrated Business and Technology Solutions since 2021 and has served in several positions since 2009, including information technology manager II and director of Communications and Change Management.
Blagdon was a system software specialist III at California Correctional Health Care Services in 2016 and a development manager at the California Department of Health and Human Services 2004-09. This position requires Senate confirmation and the compensation is $189,000. Blagdon is a Democrat.
Cynthia Mendonza of El Dorado Hills has been appointed chief of Legislative Affairs – Administration at the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Mendonza has been principal program budget analyst at the California Department of Finance since 2022, where she was a staff finance budget analyst 2021-22 and a finance budget analyst from 2016-17.
She has been a behavior consultant since 2009. Mendonza was chief of Marketing and Regulatory Compliance at the California Prison Industry Authority 2020-21 and chief of Budget and Financial Planning there 2018-20. She was a staff services manager at the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation 2014-16, where she was a health program specialist I 2013-14 and an associate governmental program analyst 2012-13.
Mendonza earned a master of business administration degree from California State University, San Jose, a master of science degree in psychology from California State University, Stanislaus, and a bachelor of arts degree in psychology from Saint Mary’s College of California. This position does not require Senate confirmation and the compensation is $150,000. Mendonza is registered without party preference.
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