Posted on 05/06/2009 12:23:48 PM PDT by calcowgirl
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has appointed Manatt, Phelps & Phillips partner George D. Kieffer to the University of California Board of Regents.
... Kieffer, 61, is based in Manatt Phelps’ Los Angeles office, where he serves as chair of the firm’s Government and Regulatory Policy Division, overseeing major business litigation, business transactions and land use matters.
He is also a member of the firm’s Executive Committee and the Board of Directors of ManattJones Global Strategies LLC, an international consulting firm and wholly-owned affiliate of Manatt Phelps.
Admitted to the State Bar in 1973, Kieffer joined the firm as an associate that year after obtaining his law degree from UCLA. He attended college at UC Santa Barbara, where he later served as alumni association president, alumni regent and chair of the university’s foundation.
Kieffer is a Democrat, and has also served as president of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges and a member of the Blue Ribbon Commission to Review the Master Plan for Higher Education.
Under the California Constitution, the Board of Regents has “full powers of organization and governance” over the UC-system. The governor serves as its president, and appoints 18 members for 12-year terms. Appointees do not draw a salary.
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Another cronie appointment(D), in this case Maria’s attorney and partner of the Democrat powerhouse law firm Manatt Phelps.
the best person available or.. the best connected.
when the sow rolls over, it sometimes squashes its little ones.
there’s a connection here, not sure what .. yet. ;-)
The Gubinor is the Trojan Gift Hor$e that just keeps pluggin’ along.
The black robes at the UC Regents:
Richard C. Blum
Appointed March 12, 2002 to a term expiring March 1, 2014 (by Davis); B.A., University of California, Berkeley; M.B.A, University of California, Berkeley; Chairman of Blum Capital Partners, L.P.; Co-Chairman of Newbridge Capital, LLC. Mr. Blum is Chairman of The Regents.
William De La Peña, M.D.
Appointed August 18, 2006 to a term expiring March 1, 2018 (by Schwarzenegger); Ophthalmologist and medical director of the De La Pena Eye Clinic; B.S., American School Foundation; M.D., Autonomous University of Guadalajara.
Russell Gould
Appointed September 13, 2005 to a term expiring March 1, 2017 (by Schwarzenegger); B.A., University of California, Berkeley; Senior Vice President for Wachovia Bank. Mr. Gould is Vice Chairman of The Regents.
Eddie Island
Appointed June 6, 2005 to a term expiring March 1, 2017 (by Schwarzenegger); retired attorney and executive; J.D., Harvard Law School.
Odessa Johnson
Appointed May 4, 1999 to a term expiring March 1, 2000 (by Davis); reappointed March 1, 2000 to a term expiring 2012; Dean Emerita of Community Education, Modesto Junior College; B.A., Tennessee State University; M.A., Columbia University.
Joanne Kozberg
Appointed July 13, 1998 to term expiring March 1, 2010 (by Wilson); B.A., University of California, Berkeley; M.A. Occidental College; Served as Secretary of the California State and Consumer Services Agency under former Governor Pete Wilson; partner in California Strategies, a public affairs consulting firm.
Sherry L. Lansing
Appointed March 11, 1999 to a term expiring March 1, 2010 (by Davis); Founder of the Sherry Lansing Foundation and former Chair and CEO of Paramount Pictures’ Motion Picture Group; B.S., Northwestern University.
Monica Lozano
Appointed September 21, 2001 to term expiring March 1, 2013 (by Davis); Publisher and Chief Executive Officer of La Opinión Newspaper
Hadi Makarechian
Appointed October 24, 2008 to term expiring March 1, 2020 (by Schwarzenegger); B.S. (Civil Engineering), B.A. (Economics), State University of New York; Chairman of Makar Properties Board of Directors and Banning Lewis Ranch Management Company Board of Directors.
George M. Marcus
Appointed December 21, 2000 to term expiring March 1, 2012 (by Davis);B.A. (Economics), San Francisco State University; founder and Chairman of Marcus & Millichap; Chairman, Essex Property Trust.
Norman J. Pattiz
Appointed September 21, 2001 to a term expiring March 1, 2004 (by Davis); appointed September 4, 2003 to a term expiring March 1, 2014 (by Davis); Founder and Chairman of the Board of Westwood One.
Bonnie Reiss
Appointed March 27, 2008 to a term expiring March 1, 2020 (by Schwarzenegger); Operating Advisor to Pegasus Capital Advisors; BBA, University of Miami; J.D., Antioch Law School.
Frederick Ruiz
Appointed July 2, 2004 to a term expiring March 1, 2016 (by Schwarzenegger); Co-founder and Chairman, Ruiz Foods.
Leslie Tang Schilling
Appointed September 13, 2005 to a term expiring March 1, 2013 (by Schwarzenegger); B.A., University of California, Berkeley; M.A, American Graduate School of International Management; Director of Union Square Investments, Inc.
D’Artagnan Scorza
Student Regent, July 2008 - June 30, 2009; B.A., University of California, Los Angeles.
Bruce D. Varner
Appointed August 18, 2006 to a term expiring March 1, 2018 (by Schwarzenegger); Partner in the law firm Varner & Brandt; B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara; J.D., Hastings Law School.
Paul Wachter
Appointed July 2, 2004 (by Schwarzenegger) to a term expiring March 1, 2016; Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania; J.D., Columbia School of Law;Founder, President and CEO, Main Street Advisors.
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