Cindy Cipres Klein, RN

Cindy Cipres Klein, RN, is a registered nurse in population care management with Kaiser Permanente Medical Group since 2005. She has served in multiple positions with Kaiser, including as the RN charge nurse in urgent care from 2003 to 2005 and an ambulatory care RN team leader in family medicine, pediatrics, allergy and obstetrics and gynecology from 1998 to 2003. Ms. Klein worked as a RN supervisor for U.S. Family Care West from 1997 to 1998, as a general pediatric floor nurse at Miller’s Children’s Hospital in 1996 and as a RN lead for the Universal Care Medical Group from 1992 to 1995. She was a medical records clerk at St. Jude’s Medical Center from 1991 to 1992.

Appointed: May 10, 2012 by Governor Jerry Brown

Term Expires: June 1, 2014

Erin Niemela

Erin Niemela, was Chief of Staff to former President Pro Tem Don Perata and worked for Perata for 13 years. Prior to her tenure with Perata, she worked for Assembly Democratic Leader Richard Katz, Speaker Willie Brown and served as an intern to former Assembly members Steve Peace and Tom Bates. She is a graduate of UC San Diego. She now owns her own lobbying and consulting firm in Sacramento. She served one term as a Board of Registered Nursing Board Member from July 2009 to December 2011.

Appointed: March 1, 2012 by Senate Rules Committee

Term Expires: June 1, 2016

Jeanette Dong

Jeanette Dong is a public member and has been involved in public policy for over 25 years. She is currently the Chief of Staff for Wilma Chan, Supervisor for District 3 of the Alameda County Board of Supervisors.

Appointed: November 14, 2012 by Speaker of the Assembly

Term Expires: June 1, 2016

Joshua Groban

Joshua Groban has served as senior advisor to Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. since 2011. He was legal counsel for the Jerry Brown for Governor Campaign in 2010. Groban was an attorney at Munger, Tolles, and Olson LLP from 2005 to 2010 and at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton, and Garrison LLP from 1999 to 2005. He earned a Juris Doctorate degree from Harvard Law School.

Appointed: April 8, 2013 by Governor Jerry Brown

Michael Deangelo Jackon, MSN, RN, CEN, MICN

Michael Deangelo Jackson, MSN, RN, CEN, MICN is a clinical nurse II in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of California, San Diego Medical Center since 2000 and served as an extern there from 1999 to 2000. He has been an adjunct clinical faculty member in the registered nursing program at Southwestern Community College and an operations supervisor at Scripps Mercy Medical Center since 2007. He was a mental health worker at Scripps Mercy Medical Center from 1992 to 2000 and served as a lance corporal in the United States Marine Corps Reserve from 1989 to 1993.

Appointed: May 10, 2012 by Governor Jerry Brown

Term Expires: June 1, 2016

Raymond Mallel

Raymond Mallel, has been a private investor since 2001; was director of marketing and operations at Long Beach Mortgage Company and Ameriquest Bank from 1991 to 2001 and vice president of Loubella Extendables Inc. from 1971 to 1991. He served as vice president of the State Bar of California Board of Governors from 1983 to 1986 and was chair of the Client Security Fund at the State Bar of California from 1986 to 1990. From 1982 to 1994, he served three consecutive terms on the Medical Board of California, including as president and vice president. Mr. Mallel is a co-founder and member of the International Executive Board for the Sephardic Educational Center in Jerusalem, Israel. He also serves as president of the Raymond Mallel Foundation.

Appointed: May 10, 2012 by Governor Jerry Brown

Term Expires: June 1, 2013

Trande Phillips, RN

Trande Phillips, RN, has been a registered nurse at Kaiser Permanente Walnut Creek Medical Center in the pediatric-flex unit and the medical, surgical, hospice and oncology unit since 1983. She was a registered nurse at the Merrithew Memorial Hospital in Contra Costa County from 1979 to 1981 and the Wichita General Hospital in Texas from 1971 to 1972.

Appointed: May 10, 2012 by Governor Jerry Brown

Term Expires: June 1, 2015