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                                      Volume 18                   For Publication Date: December 16, 2005             No. 25

By the Way . . .

Michael Genest Appointed Director of Finance by Governor Schwarzenegger. On December 1, 2005, Michael Genest became the new Director of Finance. Genest, who had been serving as acting director of the Department of Finance, replaces Tom Campbell, who took a leave of absence to promote the Governor’s special election initiatives, particularly Proposition 76. Genest, a Republican, previously served as deputy chief director of the Department of Finance from November 2003 to February 2005 under then Director Donna Arduin, prior to returning to the Department of Finance this past September 2005. Genest has served as undersecretary to the Health and Human Services Agency, director of the Senate Republican Fiscal Office, assistant deputy director of prevention services for the Department of Health Services, deputy director of Welfare Programs at the Department of Social Services, and worked for the Legislative Analyst’s Office.    

Former director Tom Campbell, who previously announced his intention to leave his post after the special election, has returned to his previous position as dean of UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business.