JUST ANNOUNCED: Free webinar presented by Californians For The Arts including a walk through of the recently released state guidelines for Outdoor seated live events and performances with Dee Dee Myers, Senior Advisor to Governor Gavin Newsom and Director of the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (Go-Biz) and a representative from California Department of Public Health (CDPH) and Cal OSHA. Please share and invite your local public health department members to attend as well as live event and performance arts presenters and producers in California.
Featuring Dee Dee Myers, Senior Advisor to Governor Gavin Newsom and Director of the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (Go-Biz) and a representative from California Department of Public Health (CDPH) and Cal OSHA
Speaker Information
Dee Dee Myers; Senior Advisor, Governor Gavin Newsom; Director, Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development
Dee Dee Myers is Senior Advisor to Governor Gavin Newsom and Director of the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development. She brings more than three decades of experience in strategic communications, public affairs, corporate governance and social responsibility in both the public and private sectors.
Most recently, she served as Executive Vice President, Worldwide Corporate Communications and Public Affairs for Warner Bros. She was a member of the company’s executive committee and advised the CEO on a wide range of issues. Prior to joining Warner Bros., Ms. Myers served as Managing Director of the Glover Park Group.
Ms. Myers served as White House Press Secretary during President Bill Clinton’s first term and was the first woman to hold the position. After leaving the White House, she worked as a political analyst, commentator and writer as well as a contributing editor to Vanity Fair. She is the author of The New York Times best-selling book “Why Women Should Rule the World” and served as a consultant on the Emmy Award-winning drama series “The West Wing.”
Before joining the Clinton presidential campaign in 1991, Ms. Myers worked on a number of local, state and national campaigns. She served as press secretary for Dianne Feinstein in her 1990 bid for governor of California and worked on the presidential campaigns of Governor Michael S. Dukakis and Vice President Walter F. Mondale. She also worked on the staffs of Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley and California State Senator Art Torres.
Myers also serves on Board of Directors of Wynn Resorts International, a publicly- traded Fortune 500 Company that develops and operates 5 Star integrated resorts in the United States and Macau.
She also serves on the boards of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History and the Mayor’s Fund for Los Angeles. A graduate of Santa Clara University, she lives in Los Angeles with her husband, Todd S. Purdum and their children.
Trudy Raymundo, Head of External Affairs: COVID-19 Response, State of California’s Department of Public Health (CDPH)
Trudy Raymundo has served with the San Bernardino County since 1990 and began working in Public Health in 1997. She became the department’s director in 2012.
In June of 2020, Trudy transitioned to the State of California’s Department of Public Health (CDPH) as the Head of External Affairs: COVID-19 Response, which includes overseeing Tribal Affairs.
Brandon Hart, Program Manager for Communications and Strategic Planning, Cal/OSHA
Brandon is a member of Cal/OSHA’s leadership team. Currently, he manages and oversees five critical programs in Cal/OSHA; Professional Development and Training Unit, Outreach Coordination Program, Publications Unit, the Alliance Program, and the statewide Heat and Agriculture Coordination Program.
Brandon first joined Cal/OSHA in 2009 as an Associate Safety Engineer in the Santa Ana district office. He was promoted to Senior Safety Engineer in 2014 to work in the Region 3 regional office. In the ensuing period, Brandon coordinated many high profile inspections, participated in outreach events, trained new compliance officers, and acted as the lead in the regional and Division-wide assignments. Prior to joining Cal/OSHA, Brandon worked at State Compensation Insurance Fund as a Loss Control Consultant in Fresno.
Brandon received his Bachelor of Business Administration degree from National University and his Master of Science degree in Occupational Safety and Health from Columbia Southern University.