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Governor appoints Dahlbacka and Medina to Lake County Fair Board
The Governor’s Office announced that Nara R. Dahlbacka of Hidden Valley Lake and Traci Medina of Lakeport have been selected to sit on the Lake County Fair Board of Directors along with Kirk Andrus, Janeane Bogner; Marcia Chauvin; Kim Hansen and President Thomas Turner.
Dahlbacka, 41, has been a partner at the Milo Group of California since 2022, where she was vice president from 2018 to 2022, and government affairs manager from 2016 to 2018. She was campaign manager for Re-Elect Jane Parker in 2016.
Dahlbacka held several positions at the Law Office of Rena Rickles from 2010 to 2016, including permit expediter, paralegal and legal assistant. She was an external affairs manager at the San Francisco Committee on Jobs from 2007 to 2008.
Dahlbacka is a board member of Cat Town Oakland. She earned a Master of Fine Arts degree in playwriting from San Francisco State University.
Medina, 57, has been senior implementation consultant at Journal Technologies Inc since 2004. She held several positions at the Lake County Superior Court from 1994 to 2004, including IT analyst, trainer, special project coordinator, supervisor and deputy court clerk.
Medina was a retail clerk at Kelseyville Pharmacy from 1986 to 1994. She was a bindery worker at Linnell Printing from 1984 to 1985.
Both Dahlbacka and Medina are Democrats, the Governor’s Office reported.
The fair board positions do not require Senate confirmation and there is no compensation.