Ditas Appointment as Director of the California Complete Count Census 2020 Now Official

Release last Week by www.ca.gov/appointments: Governor Brown Announces Appointments, published: Feb 27, 2018

SACRAMENTO – Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments:

Ditas Katague, 52, of Sacramento, has been appointed director for the Complete Count Census. Katague has been California census coordinator at the California Department of Finance since 2017 and national chair of the U.S. Census Bureau, National Advisory Committee on Racial, Ethnic and Other Populations since 2012. She was chief of staff to commissioner Cathy Sandoval at the California Public Utilities Commission from 2011 to 2017, chief deputy commissioner at the California Department of Corporations from 2010 to 2011 and director for census 2010 at the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research from 2008 to 2010. Katague was first vice president of public affairs at Countrywide/Bank of America from 2005 to 2008, program director at the California Telemedicine and eHealth Center from 2004 to 2005 and assistant secretary for transportation at the California Business, Transportation and Housing Agency from 2000 to 2003. She was chief deputy director of census 2000 for the California Complete Count Committee from 1999 to 2000. This position does not require Senate confirmation and the compensation is $135,408. Katague is a Democrat.

Adelina Zendejas, 58, of Sacramento, has been appointed deputy director for the Complete Count Census. Zendejas has been deputy director of the Broadband and Digital Literacy Office at the California Department of Technology since 2012. She was a data processing manager III at the State Board of Equalization from 2004 to 2012, a chief information officer at the Victim Compensation Board from 2002 to 2004 and a data processing manager II at the Department of Finance in 2002. Zendejas held several positions at the Department of Technology from 1997 to 2002 including, senior information systems analyst, data processing manager II, deputy director and special assistant to the director. She was a staff information systems analyst at the Health and Human Services Agency Data Center in 1997, where she was an associate information systems analyst from 1992 to 1997, and was a staff information systems analyst for the Department of Social Services from 1987 to 1992. This position does not require Senate confirmation and the compensation is $133,248. Zendejas is a Democrat.

Bertheria Grady, 55, of El Dorado Hills, has been appointed chief deputy director of the California Office of Tax Appeals. Grady has served as director of the filing compliance bureau at the California Franchise Tax Board since 2011, where she has served in several positions since 2001, including director of the enterprise data management bureau, director of the audit administration and technology support bureau, director of the internal web and administrative systems bureau and director of the audit and filing compliance systems bureau. This position does not require Senate confirmation and the compensation is $179,076. Grady is a Democrat.

Jason Lopez, 47, of Sacramento, has been appointed director at the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Division of Administrative Services. Lopez has been deputy director, fiscal services at the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation since 2014, where he was associate director of the budget management branch from 2011 to 2014. Lopez was deputy director, fiscal and operations at the Yolo County Health Department in 2011 and held several positions at the California Rural Indian Health Board from 2001 to 2011, including chief financial officer, director of financial administration and assistant director of financial administration. Lopez was an auditor-appraiser at the Yolo County Assessor’s Office from 1996 to 2001 and held several positions at the California Franchise Tax Board from 1995 to 1996, including seasonal clerk and student assistant. This position requires Senate confirmation and the compensation is $160,764. Lopez is a Democrat.

For more appointments read the following:

https://www.gov.ca.gov/2018/02/27/governor-brown-announces-appointments-21/

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