Newsom appoints Candy Stockton-Joreteg to the Tobacco Education and Research Oversight Committee

California Governor Gavin Newsom's Press Office just announced appointment of  Eureka's Candy Stockton-Joreteg to the Tobacco Education and Research Oversight Committee. She is  the County Health Officer at the Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services Public Health Branch.

"Candy Stockton-Joreteg, of Eureka, has been appointed to the Tobacco Education and Research Oversight Committee. Stockton-Joreteg has been the County Health Officer at the Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services Public Health Branch since 2022. She was Chief Medical Officer at the Humbolt Independent Practice Association from 2018 to 2022. Stockton-Joreteg was Medical Director at Groups: Recover Together from 2018 to 2019. She was Director of the Integrated Substance Abuse Program at Shasta Community Health Center from 2017 to 2018. Stockton-Joreteg was Medical Director at Shingleton Medical Center from 2008 to 2017. She was Medical Director at Trinity Community Medical Clinic from 2006 to 2008. Stockton-Joreteg was a Staff Physician at Beaver Community Group from 2005 to 2006. She is Co-Chair of RxSafe Humboldt and a member of the California Society of Addiction Medicine and the American Society of Addiction Medicine. Stockton-Joreteg earned a Doctor of Medicine degree from Loma Linda University and a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Pacific Union College. This position does not require Senate confirmation and there is no compensation. Stockton-Joreteg is a Democrat."