Newsom names new California state parks director amid wildfires and budget challenges
Since 2015, [Armando] Quintero has worked as executive director of the Sierra Nevada Research Institute at UC Merced. Before that, he was director of development there from 2008 to 2014. He also has served on the Marin Municipal Water District board since 2009 and the California Water Commission, where as chairman he oversaw awarding $2.7 billion in state bond funding for new reservoirs and other water projects.