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Commission member
Kristen Schwenkmeyer
Appointed by: Senate Rules Committee
Term Expires: December 31, 2008

Kristen Schwenkmeyer is secretary-treasurer of Gordon & Schwenkmeyer, a telemarketing firm she started with Mike Gordon in March of 1985. Her primary responsibilities include overall administration of operations, budgeting and personnel for a staff of over 700.

Prior to her current position, she was political director of the California Democratic Party from 1983-1985. Previously, she has served as staff aide to Supervisor Ralph Clark of the Orange County Board of Supervisors and Senator John Glenn in Washington DC.

Kristen Schwenkmeyer received a bachelor of arts in political science from the University of California, Santa Barbara.