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Before leaving office, Governor Jerry Brown packed the California Apprenticeship Council with union

Thursday, January 10, 2019

Susan Anderson, 66, of Fresno, has been reappointed to the California Apprenticeship Council, where she has served since 2013. Anderson served in several positions for the County of Fresno from 1989 to 2013, including District 2 supervisor, county clerk, registrar of voters and deputy district attorney. She was membership and marketing director at the Central Valley Young Men's Christian Association from 1973 to 1984 and a member of the Fresno Regional Workforce Investment Board from 2009 to 2012 and from 2002 to 2004. Anderson earned a Juris Doctor degree from the San Joaquin College of Law. Anderson is registered without party preference.
 
Christopher Christophersen Sr., 58, of Tracy, has been reappointed to the California Apprenticeship Council, where he has served since 2014. Christophersen has been business manager at the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades District Council 16 Northern California since 2002. He was president of the Auto, Marine and Specialty Painters Local 1176 from 1998 to 2002 and an apprentice-journeyman at Forman Automotive Painter from 1980 to 1998. Christophersen is a Democrat.
 
Don Scott Gordon, 57, of Lake Forest, has been reappointed to the California Apprenticeship Council, where he has served since 2010. Gordon has been executive director of the Laborers Training and Retraining Trust for Southern California since 2001. He was operations manager at Hardy and Harper from 1996 to 2001 and district manager at the Associated General Contractors of California from 1994 to 1995. Gordon is a Democrat.
 
Larry Hopkins, 56, of Riverside, has been appointed to the California Apprenticeship Council. Hopkins has been director of training at Operating Engineers Training Trust since 2013. He is a member of the International Union of Operating Engineers. Hopkins is a Democrat.
 
Charles Martin, 46, of Los Angeles, has been reappointed to the California Apprenticeship Council, where he has served since 2013. Martin has been executive director at the Air Conditioning and Sheet Metal Association, Los Angeles and Kern County since 2014, executive director of the Finishing Contractors Association of Southern California since 2009 and executive director at the California Plumbing and Mechanical Contractors Association since 2005. He has been owner of Martin Consulting Services since 2005. Martin was a professional trustee at the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 441 from 2007 to 2013, executive director of the California Landscape and Irrigation Council from 2007 to 2012 and vice president at McMorgan and Company from 2000 to 2005. He is a member of the California Foundation on the Environment and the Economy Board of Governors. Martin is a Republican.
 
Frank J. Quintero, 72, of Glendale, has been reappointed to the California Apprenticeship Council, where he has served since 2013. Quintero has served in multiple positions for the City of Glendale since 2001, including mayor and city council member. He was director of the Alliance for Education from 1976 to 2002. Quintero is a member of the Orangeline Development Authority Board of Directors. He served on the California Workforce Investment Board from 1999 to 2010. Quintero is a Democrat.
 
Frank Schetter, 72, of Sacramento, has been appointed to the California Apprenticeship Council. Schetter has served as chief executive officer at Schetter Electric Inc. since 1983. He is a member of the National Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee, Statewide Labor Management Committee of California, Joint Apprenticeship Training Committee, American Subcontractors Association of California and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. Schetter is registered without party preference.
 
Richard Zampa, 63, of Rodeo, has been appointed to the California Apprenticeship Council. Zampa has served as California, Nevada and Arizona apprenticeship director at the California Field Ironworkers Apprenticeship & Training Program since 2005. He was an apprentice ironworker at the Ironworkers Apprenticeship Program 1973 to 1976. Zampa is a member of Ironworkers Local 378. Zampa is a Democrat.