LAKEPORT, Calif. — The Governor’s Office has reappointed a Lakeport resident to an important state post.
Mark Toney has been reappointed to the State Bar of California Board of Trustees, where he has served since 2020.
Toney has been executive director of The Utility Reform Network since 2008.
He was executive director of the Center for Third World Organizing from 2000 to 2004 and executive director of Direct Action for Rights and Equality from 1986 to 1994.
Toney was lead organizer at Workers’ Association for Guaranteed Employment from 1982 to 1985, and is a member of the Board of Directors of the National Whistleblower Center.
He earned a Doctor of Philosophy degree in sociology from the University of California, Berkeley and a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Brown University.
This position requires Senate confirmation and the compensation is $50 per diem.
Toney is a Democrat.
Toney reappointed to State Bar of California Board of Trustees
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