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Gov. Newsom Announces Appointments

SACRAMENTO – Gov. Gavin Newsom June 13 announced the following appointment:

Brandon Shepard, of Los Angeles, has been appointed to the California Veterans Board. Shepard has been director of Regulatory Affairs at Balt since 2021. He was manager of Regulatory Affairs at Edwards Lifesciences from 2018 to 2021. Shepard was senior regulatory affairs specialist at Medtronic from 2016 to 2018 and at Avanos Medical from 2015 to 2016. Shepard was quality assurance and regulatory affairs specialist at Glidewell Dental from 2012 to 2015. He held several roles at Fisher and Paykel Healthcare between 2008 and 2012, including quality and regulatory specialist and service engineer. Shepard served at the rank of E-5 in the U.S. Navy from 1999 to 2003. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Biological Sciences from the University of California, Irvine. This position requires Senate confirmation and there is no compensation. Shepard is a Democrat. 

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