CSLB Registrar and Board Members

David R. Fogt became Registrar of Contractors on May 2, 2017. In the position, Mr. Fogt serves as CSLB’s executive officer, and oversees a $73 million budget and more than 400 employees in Sacramento and at other offices around the state.

Mr. Fogt, who earned his painting contractor license in 1986, began his CSLB career in February 1990. Over the next decade he worked in a number of supervisory positions in CSLB’s Enforcement division and was named Enforcement Chief in October 2001. Mr. Fogt served in that position until his appointment to Registrar.

Mary Teichert is president of Teichert Inc., and holds State Contractor’s License #8. She was appointed as a CSLB board member by Governor Gavin Newsom in 2019. She has held several positions at Teichert Inc., including chief operating officer overseeing the company’s aggregate mining and asphalt operations, as well as its heavy civil construction division.

Teichert is vice president of The Beavers (a heavy civil industry association), a board member of the California Building Industry Association and HomeAid, and is a member of the Associated General Contractors of California, United Contractors, and the Capital Region Family Business Center. She holds a Masters of Business Administration from Harvard Business School.

Ms. Teichert’s term ends June 1, 2026.

Diana Love, of Palmdale, is the secretary of the California Democratic Party, a member and immediate past president of the Los Angeles County Commission for Older Adults, an ambassador for the City of Palmdale, treasurer of the Inland Communities Democratic Headquarters Political Action Committee, as well as a national district liaison for the AARP. She was appointed as CSLB board member by Governor Gavin Newsom in October 2019.

Ms. Love is also a member of the California Senior Legislature, Mental Health of America Advisory Council - Antelope Valley/Lancaster, City of Palmdale Mobile Home Review Board, Friends of the Palmdale City Library and Forget Us Not Community Services.

From 2015 to 2017, Ms. Love was children and youth group facilitator at Parents Anonymous Incorporated. She was a field representative in the Office of Assembly member Steve Fox from 2013 to 2015 and a work and community volunteer for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, Palmdale Station from 2008 to 2013.

Ms. Love’s term continues through June 1, 2026.

Michael Mark, of Stockton, was appointed by Governor Gavin Newsom in September 2020. Mr. Mark has been a business representative covering the San Joaquin County jurisdiction for Sheet Metal Workers’ Local Union No. 104 since 2016, and was first elected as a union officer in 2012. He started his career as a union sheet metal worker in 2002, beginning with Sheet Metal Workers’ Local Union No. 162 which merged into Sheet Metal Workers’ Local Union No. 104 in 2012. In 2003, Mr. Mark started his apprenticeship at Champion Industrial Contractors and worked for various sheet metal contractors representing multiple facets of the sheet metal industry from 2002 to 2015. He is a member of United Cerebral Palsy of San Joaquin, San Joaquin Central Labor Council, San Joaquin Building Trades, Northern California Valley Sheet Metal Industry Joint Apprenticeship Training Committee, and Leadership Stockton Class of 2014. Mr. Mark joined CSLB as a Public Member. His term continues through June 1, 2024.

David De La Torre, of San Bruno, was appointed by Assembly Speaker Toni G. Atkins in May 2015 and reappointed by Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon in September 2016. Mr. De La Torre is secretary-treasurer of Laborers Union Local 261, representing 5,000 members in San Francisco, San Mateo, and Marin counties. Mr. De La Torre is a third-generation laborer who has worked for a variety of local and regional contractors. He was first elected as a union officer in 2005. Mr. De La Torre also serves as board president for the San Francisco chapter of the A. Philip Randolph Institute (APRI), He was appointed as a national board member for that group in 2017, and as its State President in 2018. Mr. De La Torre is also a representative on San Francisco’s 100% Renewable Energy Task Force. His term continues through June 1, 2024.

Rodney Cobos, of Santa Paula, was appointed by Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon in September 2020. Mr. Cobos is the business manager-financial secretary treasurer of the Southern California Pipe Trades District Council 16, representing 13 affiliated local unions with over 17,000 members throughout Southern California. Prior to becoming a plumbers’ apprentice in 1994, Mr. Cobos served as a sergeant in the United States Army from 1989-1993. He was first elected to serve as a union officer in 2002. Mr. Cobos has served as president, business representative, and in 2007 elected business manager-financial secretary-treasurer of United Association of Plumbers & Pipefitters Local Union 484, Ventura County. He also has served as president of the Southern California Pipe Trades and the California State Pipe Trades Council. Mr. Cobos’ term continues through June 1, 2024. Mr. Cobos joined CSLB as a Public Member.

Miguel Galarza, of Millbrae, was appointed by Governor Gavin Newsom in July 2020. Mr. Galarza has been founder and president of Yerba Buena Engineering & Construction Inc. since 2002. He was senior program manager at Mendelian Construction from 1993 to 2002 and project manager estimator at Hopkins Heating and Cooling from 1991 to 1993. He also has a decade of experience as a union carpenter at Carpenters Local Union No. 22. He is a member of the Associated General Contractors of America National Diversity & Inclusion Council and district director for the San Francisco Chapter of Associated General Contractors of California. Mr. Galarza is a member of the United Contractors, and the Society of American Military Engineers. Mr. Galarza joined CSLB as a “B” Contractor Member. His term ends June 1, 2023.

Amanda Gallo, of Oakland, has been a Management Analyst in the Fremont City Manager’s Office since 2018. Gallo was a Senior Policy Analyst at the Santa Clara County Housing Authority from 2014 to 2018. Gallo is a member of the Municipal Management Association of Northern California, Emerge California, and the New Leaders Council – Oakland.

Gallo earned a Master of Business Administration degree from Santa Clara University and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Legal Studies from the University of California, Berkeley.

Gallo’s term continues through June 1, 2024

Susan Granzella was first appointed as a public member of the Board by Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. in October 2014 and was reappointed in June 2016. She continues to serve on the Information Technology Advisory Committee, which plays a major role in improving consumer options for CSLB.

Before her board appointment, Granzella retired from Visa Inc. in 2014 after holding various positions including vice president and senior director for technical publications and global development audit and compliance management for federal, state and industry regulations. She is a past board member for the National Council on Drug and Alcohol Dependence - Sacramento, and currently serves on the board of directors for My Sister’s House in Sacramento.

Ms. Granzella’s term continues through June 1, 2024.

Alan Guy, of Lafayette, was appointed by Governor Gavin Newsom in March 2022. Mr. Guy is currently chief executive officer and president of Anvil Builders Inc, which he co-founded in 2010. He was previously a project manager at Webcor Builders Inc. Mr. Guy is a member of the Boy Scouts of America Lunchoree Steering Committee, United Contractors, and The Beavers, which is a heavy civil industry association. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Davis.

Mr. Guy’s term continues through June 1, 2026.

Jacob Lopez, of Los Angeles, was appointed by the Senate Rules Committee in June 2022. Mr. Lopez is the Executive Board Member of the Southwest Regional Council of Carpenters (SWRCC), representing more than 63,000 members in Southern California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, Colorado, Eastern Washington, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming. He is also a member of the SWRCC Negotiating Committee and a Trustee of the Southwest Carpenters Trust. Mr. Lopez has been a union member for over 30 years and was elected twice as a Delegate to the United Brotherhood of Carpenters General Convention. His experience in the industry includes apprentice, journeyman, foreman, training instructor for the Southwest Carpenter's Training Fund, and a union representative. He is currently a regional manager overseeing daily operations in Los Angeles and Orange County and responsible for SoCal Interior Systems. Mr. Lopez's term continues through June 1, 2025.

Steven Panelli, of San Mateo, has been the Chief Plumbing Inspector at the San Francisco Department of Building Inspection since 2009. He has been a Plumbing Inspector with the department since 2000. Mr. Panelli is a member of the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials Board of Directors, and Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 38. Mr. Panelli serves as the Building Official on the Board and his term will expire on June 1, 2025.

James Ruane, of San Bruno, was appointed by Governor Gavin Newsom in September 2019. Mr. Ruane has been president of Patrick J. Ruane Inc. since 1976. He also is a member of the Wall and Ceiling Alliance and the Association of the Wall and Ceiling Industry.

In addition, Mr. Ruane served as mayor of San Bruno (San Mateo County) from 2009 to 2017, helping lead that city through the aftermath of a deadly PG&E gas line explosion in September 2010 that killed eight people and destroyed 38 homes.

Mr. Ruane's term continues through June 1, 2023.

Johnny Simpson, of Spring Valley, was appointed by the Senate Rules Committee in February 2015. Mr. Simpson is the International Representative of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), 9th District, and formerly was Business Manager/Financial Secretary of IBEW Local 569, which represents over 3,100 electrical workers in San Diego and Imperial Counties. A third generation IBEW wireman, Mr. Simpson graduated from the IBEW California Apprenticeship Program in 1981. He is highly involved in his community and has spent over 20 years volunteering alongside IBEW 569 members to fix electrical systems in the homes of San Diego’s low-income seniors, disabled veterans, and families. He is also a past trustee and president of the San Diego Electrical Training Center; president of the San Diego County Building and Construction Trades Council; and vice president of the San Diego County Building Trades Family Housing Corporation, which provides affordable housing for low and moderate income working families. Mr. Simpson’s term continues through June 1, 2023.