Blue Lake Rancheria employee appointed as Senior Advisor for Offshore Wind by Newsom

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Ms. Jana Ganion is the Director of Sustainability and Government Affairs at the Blue Lake Rancheria. California Governor Gavin Newsom appointed her Senior Advisor for Offshore Wind.

 This is from the press release issued by California Governor Gavin Newsom.

Jana Ganion, of Arcata, has been appointed Senior Advisor for Offshore Wind. Ganion has been Director of Sustainability and Government Affairs at the Blue Lake Rancheria since 2004. Ganion is Co-Chair of the U.S. Department of Energy, Indian Country Energy and Infrastructure Working Group and Alternate Director of the Redwood Coast Energy Authority Board of Directors. 

She is a member of the PG&E Sustainability Advisory Council, SB 350 Disadvantaged Communities Advisory Group, U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management California Intergovernmental Renewable Energy Task Force, and the California Integrated Climate Adaptation and Resiliency Program Technical Advisory Council. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Western Washington University. This position does not require Senate confirmation and the compensation is $180,000. Ganion is a Democrat.