California Governor Gavin Newsom announced the following appointments that are relevant to the workers’ compensation industry:
Katrina S. Hagen, 47, of Sacramento, has been appointed director of the California Department of Industrial Relations. Hagen has served as chief deputy director at the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration since 2017. She was deputy director of operations at the California Department of Human Resources from 2015 to 2017 and chief of human resources at the California Public Employees’ Retirement System from 2011 to 2015.
Hagen was adjunct faculty at the University of San Francisco from 2000 to 2011, deputy director at California Correctional Healthcare Services from 2006 to 2011 and assistant deputy director at the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation from 2002 to 2006.
She earned a Master of Public Administration degree from the University of San Francisco. This position requires Senate confirmation and the compensation is $195,708. Hagen is a Democrat.
Doris Ng, 53, of Berkeley, has been appointed general counsel at the Department of Industrial Relations. Ng has served as staff counsel at the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement since 2014. She was supervising attorney at Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach from 2011 to 2013, staff attorney at the Bay Area Legal Aid from 2008 to 2011 and supervising clinical attorney for the women’s employment rights clinic at the Golden Gate University School of Law from 2003 to 2007. Ng was staff attorney at Equal Rights Advocates from 1998 to 2003, associate attorney at Rosen, Bien and Asaro from 1996 to 1998 and a Ruth Chance law fellow at Equal Rights Advocates from 1993 to 1994.
She earned a Juris Doctor degree from the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law. This position does not require Senate confirmation and the compensation is $170,772. Ng is a Democrat.
Judith Freyman, 69, of Rocklin, has been reappointed to the Occupational Safety and Health Appeals Board, where she was served since 2012. Freyman was director and vice president of the western occupational safety and health group at Mercer ORC OSH Consulting from 2001 to 2012. She held several positions at ConAgra Refrigerated Foods from 1980 to 2001, including assistant general counsel and director of OSH and environmental affairs.
Freyman earned a Juris Doctor degree in employment law from Loyola University Chicago School of Law. This position requires Senate confirmation and the compensation is $138,874. Freyman is registered without party preference.