This program will be presented VIRTUALLY via Zoom only
There is no in-person meeting for this event

Presenter: Ruth Holton-Hodson

Ruth Holton-Hodson spent her 35-yr career as a consumer and health policy advocate serving in executive positions in government, philanthropy, and non-profits.  From 2008-2019 Ruth served as a Deputy to California Controller and then Treasurer, John Chiang. Highlights included representing Chiang on the Board of California’s Public Employee Retirement System (CalPERS); helping to gain passage and implementing the first in the nation retirement savings program for private sector workers, CalSavers; creating and leading the Ombudsman’s office for Unclaimed Property; and developing and co-leading a state employee wellness program, Healthier U. 

Ruth spent almost 10 years at The California Wellness Foundation as a Special Projects Director and then Director of Public Policy focused on increasing access to health care in low-income communities and educating the philanthropic sector about the importance of public policy grantmaking.  Prior to that, she served as Executive Director for California Common Cause where she ran two successful statewide initiative campaigns on campaign finance and ethics reforms. She began her public policy career as a lobbyist for the California Children’s Lobby.  Ruth has a Master’s in Educational Administration from The University of Chicago.

Now retired, Ruth serves as Vice President of the Board of Solar Cookers International and the Vice Chair of the Board of The California Budget and Policy Center, works with several non-profits in a volunteer capacity, and is an artist.

HOW TO ATTEND DIGITALLY VIA ZOOM

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* This event is free and open to the public