Gov. Newsom Announces Appointments

SACRAMENTO – Gov. Gavin Newsom Aug. 2 announced the following appointments:

Jeffrey Worthe, of Los Angeles, has been appointed to the California Privacy Protection Agency board. Worthe has been president of the Worthe Real Estate Group since 1993. Worthe is a member of the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles board of directors, University of California, Santa Barbara Foundation, Crossroads School, UCLA Ziman Center, Los Angeles Sports & Entertainment Commission, and the Core Leadership Group. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara. This position does not require Senate confirmation and the compensation is $100 per diem. Worthe is a Democrat. 

Anne Smith Boland, of Los Angeles, has been reappointed to the New Motor Vehicle board, where she has served since 2020. Smith Boland has been vice president and co-owner of Bob Smith BMW-MINI since 2002. She was a project manager at Princeton BMW from 2001 to 2002. Smith Boland was a finance associate at ThruPoint from 1999 to 2001 and an audit associate at Deloitte from 1997 to 1999. This position does not require Senate confirmation and the compensation is $100 per diem. Smith Boland is a Democrat.

Jacob R. Stevens, of Los Angeles, has been reappointed to the New Motor Vehicle Board, where he has served since 2021. Stevens has been vice president at FARING since 2017. He was director of government relations at the Afriat Consulting Group from 2014 to 2017. Stevens was scheduler to the president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America from 2013 to 2014. He was a national region surrogate director at Obama for America in 2012 and for the presidential inaugural committee in 2013. Stevens was special assistant in the office of the chief executive officer and president at OPOWER from 2010 to 2012. He was scheduling assistant for Congressman Xavier Becerra from 2009 to 2010. Stevens is a City of Los Angeles Building and Safety commissioner and president-elect of the Occidental College Board of Governors. He is a board member of Planned Parenthood of Pasadena & San Gabriel Valley and treasurer of the Los Angeles County Library Foundation. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Politics from Occidental College. This position does not require Senate confirmation and the compensation is $100 per diem. Stevens is a Democrat.