CSLB Welcomes New Slate of Board Officers

At its June 5 quarterly meeting, CSLB's Board unanimously selected new officers for the 2014-15 fiscal year:

David Dias – Chair

Ed Lang – Vice Chair

Agustin Beltran – Secretary

Dias, a Benicia resident, was appointed to the Board by Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. in April 2011. He is the business representative for Sheet Metal Workers' Local Union No. 104, a position he's held since 2005. He takes over the chair position, held last year by Joan Hancock.

Lang, of Rancho Cordova, was first appointed to the Board by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in January 2007. He was reappointed in July 2010 and recently was reappointed for his second full term. Lang serves as the Board's member of a statewide senior citizen organization. He is a retired supervisor for the California Franchise Tax Board.

Beltran, of Oakdale, is one of the Board's newest members, having been appointed by the Senate Rules Committee in January 2014. He currently serves as the President and Director of Public and Governmental Relations for the Northern California Carpenters Regional Council.

In addition to Lang, Board members Linda Clifford and Pastor Herrera Jr. recently were reappointed for another term that runs through June 1, 2018.