SACRAMENTO – On Jan. 9, Gov. Jerry Brown appointed Debbie Endsley of Placerville as acting secretary of the California Department of Veterans Affairs (CalVet).

Endsley succeeds Peter J. Gravett, who announced his retirement as secretary.

Endsley was a consultant at the California Department of Parks and Recreation in 2012, and at the CalHR Project from 2011 to 2012.

She was director at the California Department of Personnel Administration from 2009 to 2011, where she served in several positions from 1998 to 2011, including chief deputy director and chief of the benefits division.

Endsley was a research analyst at the California Public Employees’ Retirement System from 1995 to 1998 and an associate budget analyst at the California Department of Rehabilitation from 1988 to 1995, where she was an associate personnel analyst from 1984 to 1988.

She is the daughter of a veteran and the wife of a U.S. Marine.

Gravett, a retired major general with more than 40 years of military service in the U.S. Army and the California Army National Guard, retired as CalVet secretary after four years of outstanding service to California’s nearly two million Veterans and their families.

State officials thanked him for his dedication to CalVet’s mission as well as his dedication to being the Golden State’s top advocate for veterans.