President
Greg Cox
Supervisor
San Diego County
Greg Cox has served the public as a member of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors since 1995. He began his public service career as a teacher in the Sweetwater Union High School District. He was elected to the Chula Vista City Council and later served two terms as Mayor of Chula Vista. His expertise was tapped by the Governor when he was appointed Director of Local Government for the Office of Planning and Research. As a member of the Board of Supervisors, Cox oversees a regional government with an almost $5 billion budget, providing services for more than 3 million people. Greg Cox has been a member of CSAC since 1998 and has served as President and he was Vice Chair of the Urban Counties Caucus. He is the only elected official in California to have been elected by his peers to serve as both the President of the California State Association of Counties and the League of California Cities. He is on the Institute of Local Government and the National Association of Counties. Greg Cox was also acknowledged as "Legislator of the Year” by a number of state and local organizations throughout his career. His colleagues elected Greg Cox to serve on the board of the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority.
Vice President
Mark Saladino
Treasurer/Tax Collector
Los Angeles County
Mark Saladino has been a CSAC Finance Corporation Director since January 2010 and has been the Los Angeles County Treasurer-Tax Collector since April 1998. He serves as a Trustee of the Los Angeles County Employees’ Retirement Association, and a Director of the Los Angeles County Housing Development Corporation. Formerly served as a Principal Deputy County Counsel for Los Angeles County (1990-98), and was engaged in the private practice of law at major firms in New York and Los Angeles (1982-90). Holds a BS degree in Finance (with High Honors) from the University of Illinois, and a JD degree from New York University. Frequent public speaker on public finance and investments; drafted two California statutes; authored two articles published in law journals; and has testified before committees of the California Legislature and the United States Congress. Admitted to practice law in the States of New York, California, and the District of Columbia.
Treasurer
Les Brown
Public Member
Les Brown is an original member of the CSAC Finance Corporation Board of Directors having served with us since 1986. He served on the Kings County Board of Supervisors from 1979-1991 and during that time was a member of the California State Association of Counties Board of Directors from 1983-1991; serving as President of the Association in 1986. Other Boards and Committee he has served on include the California Waste Management Board, the State of California Hazardous Materials Council, the San Joaquin Valley Supervisors Association, the Kings County Waste Management Authority, the Kings County Emergency Medical Care Committee, the San Joaquin Valley Health Systems Agency, the Kings County Mental Health Advisory Board, the Kings Area Regional Transportation Commission, and the Salvation Army Advisory Board. He holds a BS degree in Education from California State University, Fresno and served in the United States Navy.
Joni Gray
Supervisor
Santa Barbara County
Joni Gray earned her Bachelor's of Science and Master's Degree in Education at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. Joni holds teaching credentials in Secondary Education, Adult Education, Counseling and Guidance and in General Administration. She spent four years teaching geography, history and home economics at Santa Maria High school. She spent nine years serving on the Santa Maria High School District Board of Trustees starting in 1973. Joni's second career began in 1988 when she was admitted to the California State Bar and started practicing law with Kirk & Simas in Santa Maria. She immediately established herself as a force to be reckoned with in the legal community. She is a member of the Family Law and Taxation Sections of the State Bar of California and was instrumental in writing the family law rules used by the local Superior Court. In August 1998, Joni was appointed by Governor Pete Wilson to serve as the Fourth District Supervisor for Santa Barbara County. In November 1998, she won the seat in that General Election and has continued to serve as Fourth District Supervisor since that time. Prior to her appointment, she served as Chairperson of the Santa Barbara County Planning Commission. Today, in addition to her Supervisor's responsibilities, she serves as Chairperson of the Santa Barbara County Association of Governments, the Air Pollution Control Board, and the Santa Barbara County Employees Retirement System Board of Trustees. She also represents the Board Supervisors on the Law Library Board, Community Action Commission and the City/County Homeless Advisory Committee.
Mike Johnson
Retired County Employee
Michael D. Johnson has served on the CSAC Finance Corporation Board of Directors since 1998. He was appointed as County Administrator by the Solano County Board of Supervisors in 1992 and retired from the County in 2011. As County Administrator, he provided day-to-day management and program oversight for all County operations, under the policy direction established by the Board of Supervisors. He was responsible for the development of the County Budget, which for FY2010/11 is approximately $790 million with a work force of 2,650 employees. Just a few of the Boards and Committees he has served on include the Solano Emergency Medical Services Cooperative, the County Administrative Officers’ Association of California, as Liaison with the City Managers Department of the League of California Cities, the National Association of Counties, Governor Schwarzenegger’s Sex Offender Management Board, and the National Association of County Administrators. Mike has spent his career working in public agencies in California, serving as the Chief Executive Officer for Shasta County for five years; Assistant County Administrative Officer – IGA in Monterey County for ten years; and Senior Administrative Analyst in San Mateo County for four and a half years. Mike taught graduate level course works in Public Administration at Golden Gate University, Monterey, California from 1981-1987. Mike received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science in 1971 and Masters Degree in Public Administration at the University of Colorado in 1973.
Steve Juarez
Public Member
Steve Juarez is Associate Vice President and Director of State Government Relations for the University of California, where he is responsible for all policy matters affecting the University that come before the California Executive Branch and State Legislature. Prior to his appointment to this position, Steve was an Executive Director with JPMorgan in the firm’s Public Finance Division, where he worked with State and local governments, higher education entities, and cultural institutions in meeting their capital and cash flow borrowing needs. Previous positions he’s held include Director of Financial Management for the J. Paul Getty Trust, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Government & Community Relations at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Chief Legislative Representative for the County of Los Angeles in Sacramento, and Executive Director of the California Debt Advisory Commission. He has served in policy positions with the State Legislature and for local government in Los Angeles. Steve’s involvement with civic, philanthropic and education issues is varied and extensive. Steve serves on the Board of the National Association of Counties (NACo) Financial Services Corporation and is former Chair of the Board. He currently sits on the Board of the Southern California Leadership Network, a five-county program devoted to improving civic and community leadership in the Southern California region. He is a Senior Fellow with the Luskin School of Affairs Public at UCLA. For five years, Steve served as an appointed member of the Los Angeles City Fire and Police Pension Board. He is a graduate of UCLA (B.A., Political Science) and USC (Masters of Public Administration).
Paul McIntosh
Executive Director
California State Association of Counties
Paul McIntosh is the Executive Director of the California State Association of Counties (CSAC), a nonprofit corporation that promotes the interests of California’s 58 counties at the state and federal level. Mr. McIntosh has more than 30 years of local government experience, 22 of those as a chief executive. Prior to joining CSAC in 2007, he served as the Chief Administrative Officer of Butte County for five years. Previously, he served as the Chief Administrative Officer of El Dorado County, CA; the Deputy County Administrator for Solano County, CA; the County Administrator for Hernando County, Florida; and the County Manager of Mohave County, Arizona. Mr. McIntosh serves on a number of boards in his capacity as CSAC’s Executive Director including the Board of the US Communities program, CA Communities program and the CSAC Finance Corporation. He is an ICMA credentialed manager. Mr. McIntosh received a Bachelor’s degree in Public Administration and a Master of Public Affairs degree from Indiana University.
Susan Muranishi
County Administrator
Alameda County
Susan Muranishi started her career with Alameda County in 1975 and has served as the Administrator of Alameda County since being appointed by the Board of Supervisors in December 1995. She is responsible for the management of a large urban county with a population of 1.5 million, over 9,000 County employees and a $2.4 billion budget. As County Administrator, she provides professional, innovative and proactive leadership to the Board of Supervisors, Agency/Department Heads and the public through responsible fiscal and administrative policy development and program oversight. She provides clear direction and strategic management necessary to accomplish Board policies and deliver services efficiently and effectively. She also works collaboratively with other public officials, community-based organizations, labor organizations, special interest groups and business and community partners. She is a past president of the County Administrative Officers Association of California and serves on a variety of committees and boards including the Industrial Employers Distributive Association, the International City/County Management Association, and the East Bay Economic Development Alliance to name a few. She received a BS in Social Sciences from the University of California, Berkeley.
Pat O’Connell
Auditor/Controller
Alameda County
Larry Spikes
County Administrative Officer
Kings County
Larry Spikes has been employed by Kings County since 1981, serving in his present position of County Administrative Officer since November, 1993. He started his career with the County in the Auditor-Controller’s office, working as an Accountant for five years before transferring to Administration as a Deputy County Administrative Officer, a position he held from 1986 to 1993. He earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting and a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from the California State University, Fresno in 1981 and 1992, respectively. Larry is one of former Governor Pete Wilson’s four appointee’s to represent counties on the Trial Court Funding Task Force on Court Employees and is presently serving on Supreme Court Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye’s Court Facilities Working Group. He is also CSAC’s representative on the California Law Enforcement Telecommunications Advisory Committee, and served as President of the County Administrative Officer’s Association of California from October, 2002 through October, 2003. Additionally, he was appointed in 2008 as a Board Member for the CSAC Finance Corporation, and was recently elected to a CAO’s position on the County Medical Services Program Governing Board. He is a member of the Hanford Rotary Club and is also on the Board of the Disabled American Veterans Charities of Central California.