On Monday, Dec. 28, 2015, California Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. appointed a San Gabriel Valley local to a statewide position.
Debra Lee, 55, of Monrovia, has been appointed deputy chief of safety in the Division of Occupational Safety and Health at the California Department of Industrial Relations, where she has been a regional manager since 2012 and has served in several positions since 1994, including district manager, associate industrial hygienist and assistant industrial hygienist. She was industrial hygienist at Northrop Corp from 1992 to 1994, an environmental specialist at the Georgia Department of Natural Resources from 1990 to 1992 and an industrial hygienist at Health Science Associates from 1987 to 1990 and at TRW Electronics from 1985 to 1987. This position does not require Senate confirmation and the compensation is $150,048. Lee is a Democrat.