CSLB Registrar and Board Members

David R. Fogt became Registrar of Contractors in 2017. In this position, Fogt serves as CSLB’s executive officer and oversees a $80 million budget and more than 400 employees in Sacramento and at other offices around the state.

In addition, Fogt is the current President of the National Association of State Contractors Licensing Agencies (NASCLA). NASCLA is comprised of 41 state members and over 150 associate, affiliate, and business members.

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. Fogt served in that position until his appointment to Registrar.

Michael Mark, of Stockton, was appointed by Governor Gavin Newsom in September 2020. Mr. Mark currently serves as the Planning and Development Director for Sheet Metal Workers Local 104, which covers the 49 northern counties of California. Previously Mark served as a business representative covering the San Joaquin County jurisdiction for Sheet Metal Workers’ Local Union No. 104 and was first elected as a union officer in 2012.

Mark 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, 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. Mark joined CSLB as a Public Member.

Mark’s term continues through June 1, 2028.

Miguel Galarza, of Millbrae, was appointed by Governor Gavin Newsom in July 2020. 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.

Galarza also has a decade of experience as a union carpenter at Carpenters Local Union No. 22. He holds a Master of Construction Management from LSU and currently is a lecturer at UC Berkeley and a facility member in the Construction Management program at City College of San Francisco. 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. Galarza is a member of the United Contractors, and the Society of American Military Engineers. Galarza joined CSLB as a “B” Contractor Member.

Galarza’s term ends June 1, 2027.

Alan Guy, of Lafayette, was appointed by Governor Gavin Newsom in March 2022. Guy is currently chief executive officer and president of Anvil Builders Inc, which he co-founded in 2010. Guy was previously a project manager at Webcor Builders Inc.

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. Guy holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Davis.

Guy’s term continues through June 1, 2025.

Joël Barton, of Los Angeles, was appointed by the Senate Rules Committee in June 2023. Mr. Barton retired in December of 2023 as Business Manager/Financial Secretary of IBEW Local 11, an electrical union representing over 11,000 members.

Mr. Barton started his electrical career in 1976 working for a small electrical contractor. He applied for and was accepted into the IBEW/NECA apprenticeship in 1979, graduating in 1983 at the top of his class. Mr. Barton continued working in the electrical field as a journeyman wireman, foreman, general foreman, project manager, superintendent and as job steward on several large construction projects.

Mr. Barton’s union career began in 1997, when he was appointed then elected to the Executive Board, Vice-President, President and in 2018, Business Manager/Financial Secretary of IBEW Local Union 11. He was also elected Secretary/Treasurer to the California State Association of Electrical Workers and appointed to the Executive Board of the California State Building and Construction Trades Council.

Mr. Barton now spends his free time with family, working on classic cars and taking long motorcycle rides.

Barton’s term continues through June 1, 2027.

Rodney Cobos, of Santa Paula, was appointed by Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon in September 2020. 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, 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. 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. Cobos joined CSLB as a Public Member.

Cobos’ term continues through June 1, 2028.

Amanda Gallo, of Oakland, was appointed by Governor Gavin Newsom in March 2023. Gallo 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, 2028.

Jacob Lopez, of Los Angeles, was appointed by the Senate Rules Committee in June 2022. 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. Lopez is also a member of the SWRCC Negotiating Committee and a Trustee of the Southwest Carpenters Trust.

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. Lopez is currently a regional manager overseeing daily operations in Los Angeles and Orange County and responsible for SoCal Interior Systems.

Lopez’s term continues through June 1, 2025.

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, as well as a former national district liaison for the AARP. She was appointed as CSLB board member by Governor Gavin Newsom in October 2019.

Love is also a member of the California Senior Legislature, Mental Health America of Los Angeles Advisory Council, City of Palmdale Mobile Home Review Board, Friends of the Palmdale City Library, Public Health COVID-19 Community Ambassador and Forget Us Not Community Services.

From 2015 to 2017, 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.

Love’s term continues through June 1, 2026.

Henry Nutt III, of American Canyon was appointed by Governor Gavin Newsom in February 2024. Mr. Nutt has served as a Preconstruction Executive for Southland Industries since 2019 and a Sheet Metal General Superintendent for Southland Industries since 2007.

Mr. Nutt is a Board Member of the Lean Construction Institute, where he leads a task force dedicated to addressing continuous improvement for trade partners and specialty contractors on construction projects. Mr. Nutt’s leadership extends to his role on AGC of California’s Board of Directors as Vice President of Specialty Contractors.

Mr. Nutt’s journey in the construction industry began in 1987 when he started his union sheet metal worker career with Sheet Metal Workers’ Local Union No. 104. His extensive experience and insights led him to author the book Seven Principles: Creating Your Success in the Construction Industry. Mr. Nutt joined CSLB as a “C” Specialty Contractor Member.

Mr. Nutt’s term continues through June 1, 2028.

Steven Panelli, of San Mateo, was appointed by Governor Gavin Newsom in September 2021. Panelli has been the Chief Plumbing Inspector at the San Francisco Department of Building Inspection since 2009. Panelli has been a Plumbing Inspector with the department since 2000.

Panelli is a member of the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials Board of Directors, and Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 38. Panelli serves as the Building Official on the Board.

Panelli’s term continues through June 1, 2025.

Josef Preciado, of Sacramento, was appointed by Governor Gavin Newsom in November 2024. Mr. Preciado has been an Economic and Small Business Development Representative for the Sacramento Municipal Utilities District since 2024. He has also been a Higher Education Consultant at Sova Solutions since 2022.

Mr. Preciado was the Director of the California Apprenticeship Initiative at American River College from 2017 to 2024. He was the Associate Director of Admissions and Outreach at California State University, Sacramento from 2015 to 2017 and served as an International Admissions Counselor from 2011 to 2015 and as an Admissions Counselor from 2008 to 2011.

Mr. Preciado earned a Master of Public Policy and Public Administration degree from California State University, Sacramento and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Community Studies and Latin American and Latino Studies from the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Preciado's term continues through June 1, 2028.

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

In addition, 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.

Ruane’s term continues through June 1, 2027.

Thomas J. Ruiz, of Riverside, was appointed by Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas in June 2024. Ruiz is Recording Secretary for Laborers Union Local 783, representing over 2,000 members in San Bernardino, Inyo, and Mono counties.

Ruiz is a long-time labor leader serving the Laborers International Union since 2007. He first started his career as an organizer with the Laborers International Organizing Department. In 2019, Ruiz was appointed as Recording Secretary and Business Agent for Laborers Local 783. In 2021 and 2024, he was duly elected to the same position. In 2024, Ruiz was appointed by the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors to serve on the county's Workforce Development Board.

Ruiz’s term continues through June 1, 2028.

Mary Teichert is president of Teichert Inc., whose entity Teichert Construction holds State Contractor’s License #8. Teichert 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 served as Board Chair from 2022 to 2023.

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

Teichert’s term ends June 1, 2026.