SACRAMENTO – The California State Senate confirmed the appointments of Juan Gonzalez and Todd Trotter to the California Veterans Board on Feb. 1.

Both were appointed by Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. in February 2015.
 
Gonzalez, 78, of Lancaster, was a design engineer at Eaton Corp. from 1987 to 1995 and served in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from 1960 to 1968.

He lives at the California Veterans Home in Lancaster and is the “resident member” on the board.
 
Trotter, 50, of Sacramento, has been national senior director at Kaiser Permanente since 2013, where he has held several positions since 2002, including human resources leader, Northern California director of labor relations and human resource business partner.

Trotter served as a letter carrier and labor relations representative at the U.S. Postal Service from 1992 to 2002 and served in the U.S. Army from 1983 to 1991. He earned a Juris Doctor degree from the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law. Trotter is a Democrat.
 
For more information about the California Veterans Board, please visit https://www.calvet.ca.gov/Pages/California-Veterans-Board.aspx .