Newsom Announces 12 Fair Board Appointments, Covering Cow Palace, Del Mar, Merced and More
Governor Gavin Newsom on October 23 announced the appointment of 12 people to District Agricultural Association fair boards across California, covering the Cow Palace, Madera, Del Mar, Kings, Amador, Merced and Lake fairs, the Governor's Office said. None of the positions requires Senate confirmation and none carries compensation.
1A District (Cow Palace): Stefanie Roumeliotes of Hillsborough, founder and CEO of SGR Consulting.
21st District (Madera County Fair): Tera Napier of Madera, executive director at Sherman Thomas Charter Schools.
22nd District (Del Mar Fair): Sam Nejabat of La Jolla, Mark Arabo of Rancho Santa Fe and Donna DeBerry of San Diego were reappointed, having served since 2019, 2023 and 2025 respectively.
24A District (Kings County Fair): Venoma “Nomie” Bengel-Kautz, a former vice president at Fresno Madera Farm Credit; and Jonathan “John” Garcia of Lemoore, South Valley market manager at Simplot Grower Solutions.
26th District (Amador County Fair): Kelsi Williams-Karschner of Jackson, a science instructor at Calaveras Unified School District; and Don Dowell of Volcano, formerly a metrology manager at Lockheed Martin.
35th District (Merced County Fair): Stephanie Dietz of Merced, owner of Dietz Consulting and a former Merced city manager.
49th District (Lake County Fair): Michael “Mike” Neilson of Lakeport, a heavy equipment mechanic at CAL FIRE; and Jennifer Hanson of Lakeport, an economics professor at Yuba Community College District since 1996.
District Agricultural Associations are state agencies that operate county fairs and fairgrounds in California, and their board members are appointed by the Governor.
Source: GSM·US
Source: GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 位于 Sacramento 的加州州议会大厦（资料图）。 Photo: Matthew Hendricks via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)
