SACRAMENTO – Gov. Gavin Newsom has announced the appointment of Nathan Fletcher to the California Air Resources Board.

Nathan Fletcher, 42, of San Diego, has been a member of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors and the San Diego County Air Pollution Control District since 2019.

Since 2013, Fletcher has been a professor of practice in political science at the University of California, San Diego.

Fletcher was senior director for global strategic initiatives at Qualcomm from 2013 to 2017. He served as a member of the California State Assembly from 2008 to 2012 and was a member of the United States Marine Corps from 1997 to 2007.

He is a member of the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System Board of Directors, the Regional Task Force on the Homeless, and the San Diego Association of Governments’ Transportation Committee.

This position requires Senate confirmation and the compensation is $48,789. Fletcher is a Democrat.