Marybel batjer biography
- Batjer received her bachelor's degree from Mills College in California and studied international public policy at the graduate level at Johns Hopkins University.
- Marybel Batjer was the president of the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), the nonpartisan body charged with regulating the state's utility.
- She has deep knowledge in highly regulated industries including gaming and has served as chief regulator of the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC).
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Marybel Batjer
Secretary of the Government Operations Agency
Marybel Batjer is Secretary of the California Government Operations Agency (CalGovOps). She was appointed to the post by Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. in June 2013 to serve as the first-ever Secretary of CalGovOps. The agency was established as part of Brown’s comprehensive overhaul of state government and is responsible for administering state operations including procurement, real estate, information technology, and human resources.
Prior to her appointment, Batjer served as vice president of public policy and corporate social responsibility for Caesars Entertainment, Inc., the world’s largest gaming-entertainment company. In this role, she developed and promoted corporate social responsibility (CSR) policy and initiatives for the company and counseled its senior executive team on issues pertaining to reputation-management, public policy and government relations.
Before joining Caesars in January 2005, Batjer held senior leadership posts in the executive branches of two state governments, as well as key advisory
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Governor Jerry Brown’s new secretary of the Government Operations Agency has a long history of government service, but Marybel Batjer’s most recent job was in the private sector as vice president of public policy and corporate social responsibility at Caesars Entertainment Corporation.
Raised in Carson City, Nevada, Batjer is the daughter of former Nevada Supreme Court Justice Cameron Batjer and traces her lineage to some of that state’s oldest ranching families through her father. She received a bachelor’s degree from Mills College in Oakland and took a job as a technical writer at Bechtel Corporation from 1977-1981.
Batjer took a leave of absence from the company at the age of 23 to run for a seat on the board of directors of the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District. She lost. It proved to be her only run for political office but just the beginning of her political involvement. She was director of political planning for the National Women's Political Caucus from 1980-1981 and took her first government job as a political liaison for U.S. Secre
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Marybel Batjer
Position
Division
Organization
Start
End
California Strategies & Advocacy
Current
President
California Public Utilities Commission
2019
2021
Secretary
Government Operations Agency
2013
2019
Vice President
Public Policy and Corporate Social Responsibility
Caesars Entertainment Inc.
2005
2013
Cabinet Secretary
Office of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
State of California
2003
2005
Chief of Staff
Office of Governor Kenny C. Guinn
State of Nevada
2000
2003
Executive-in-Residence
Hotel Management and Casino Operations
Mirage Resorts
1998
2000
Undersecretary
Business, Transportation, and Housing Agency
State of California
1997
1998
Chief Deputy Director
Department of Fair Employment and Housing
State of California
1992
1997
Special Assistant
Secretary of the Navy and Senior Staff Transition Team Leader
US Department of Defense
1989
1992
Special Assistant
National Security Affairs to President Ronald Reagan and Deputy Executive Secretary, National Security Council
National Security Council
1987
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