Madelyn Glickfeld, former Coastal Commission chair and Streisand Center Academic director, was appointed assistant secretary of the Resources Agency by California governor Gray Davis on April 26.
Glickfeld, 51, has more than 30 years of experience working on land and habitat protection, and growth policy.
Glickfeld, who has Bachelor of Arts and Master of Science degrees from UCLA, lectures at the UCLA Institute of the Environment, teaching a graduate course on coastal zone management in California.
She will receive a salary of $90,204 in her new position, which will encompass responsibilities such as the setting and coordination of activities of California’s Continuing Resources Investment Strategy program (CCRISP) within the Resources Agency.