West Sacramento, CA (MPG) - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. recently announced the following appointment.

Amy Chatfield Cameron, 43, of West Sacramento has been appointed director of public policy at the California Conservation Corps. Cameron has been education administrator at the California Department of Education since 2013, where she has served in several positions since 2001, including education program assistant for the State Superintendent of Public Instruction and afterschool office lead analyst in the Learning Support Division. She was a senior analyst of external affairs at the Port of West Sacramento from 2007 to 2012 and an aide for Yolo County Supervisor Michael McGowan from 1999 to 2001. Cameron was a coordinator of special events for Helen Thomson for Assembly in 1998, a project manager at KP Corporation from 1997 to 1998 and office manager at Sacramento Loaves and Fishes from 1994 to 1996. She earned a Master of Arts degree in organizational management from the University of Phoenix. This position does not require Senate confirmation and the compensation is $120,564. Cameron is registered without party preference.

Sources: Governor’s Press Office/Jan Dalske