Announcements regarding key staffing changes of importance to California's rural counties.
Walter “Budge” Currier, of Granite Bay, has been appointed to the State 9-1-1 Advisory Board. Currier has been Assistant Director, Public Safety Communications in the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services since 2022. Currier was a 9-1-1 Branch Manager at the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services from 2011 to 2022. He was Communication Engineer and Project Manager at AECOM from 2007 to 2011. Currier was an Assistant Professor at Liberty University from 2006 to 2007. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1985 to 2006. Currier is President of the National Association of State 9-1-1 Administrators and a member of the National Council of Statewide Interoperability Coordinators, the National Emergency Number Association and the Association of Public Safety Communications Officials. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from the University of Michigan and a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School. This position does not require Senate confirmation and there is no compensation. Currier is registered without party preference.
Rodney Ellison, of West Sacramento, has been appointed to the State 9-1-1 Advisory Board. Ellison has been Chief and Central Division Commander at the California Highway Patrol since 2023, where he served as Assistant Chief from 2020 to 2023. He is a founder and was president of the Central Valley Chapter of the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives from 2017 to 2018. Ellison earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology from the University of Washington. This position does not require Senate confirmation and there is no compensation. Ellison is a Democrat.
Jacque Roberts, of West Sacramento, has been appointed Undersecretary at the Labor and Workforce Development Agency. Roberts has served as Deputy Cabinet Secretary in the Office of Governor Gavin Newsom since 2020. She was Senior Advisor at the Department of General Services from 2015 to 2020. Roberts was Deputy Legislative Secretary in the Office of Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. from 2011 to 2015 and Assistant Legislative Secretary in the Office of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger from 2005 to 2010. Roberts earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Social Science from Biola University. This position does not require Senate Confirmation and the compensation is $205,848. Roberts is registered without party preference.