Roundtable with Governor Newsom’s Climate and Energy Advisors

Roundtable with Governor Newsom’s Climate and Energy Advisors - Nov 2022

November 19, 2022

Climate and Energy Advisors Roundtable with Governor Newsom

11/18/202

Surplus Service President Lou Ramondetta was pleased to meet with Governor Newsom’s Climate and Energy Advisors yesterday in Sacramento for a crucial roundtable discussion on how the Golden State can improve its global leadership on climate.

Senior Advisor for Energy - Office of the Governor

Karen Douglas is the Senior Advisor for Energy in the Office of the Governor. Karen served as a California Energy Commission Member from 2008 to 2022. She was Director of the California Climate Initiative for the Environmental Defense Fund from 2005 to 2008. Karen held several positions at the Planning and Conservation League from 2001 to 2005, including Acting Executive Director and General Counsel.

Senior Advisor for Climate - Office of the Governor

Lauren Sanchez has over a decade of experience in tackling the climate crisis from government, academic and non-profit roles at the global, national and local levels.

Deputy Cabinet Secretary - Office of the Governor

Christine Hironaka, 31, of San Francisco, has been appointed Deputy Cabinet Secretary. Hironaka has most recently served as Deputy Secretary for Legislative Affairs at the California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA).

Governor Newsom's Climate and Energy Advisors

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Supporting Model Inmates

By Surplus Service • May 22, 2025

Inmate Staff Spotlight: Brandon We want to take a moment to highlight the community outreach that our inmate staff has done in the past. Featured in local news is Brandon, standing on the left of the above image, who takes up a leadership role in activities and conversations held between CTF Inmates and Palma High School students. They both serve as each other's role models by discussing each other's past and the choices they made to get where they are now. The students avoid taking similar actions the led the inmates down a dark path and the inmates learn what positive actions the students are taking in order bring themselves on the right path. It’s a successful and flourishing program that continues to this day. We are proud to support inmates like Brandon by providing them with an opportunity for them to learn valuable skills and work experience that they can in turn use on the outside to earn an honest living when they are released. Surplus Service is honored to make a difference for Brandon and many other of our Incarcerated Individual employees as part of our Certified California Apprenticeship program.

Surplus Service Department of Rehabilitation

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BioPharma Electronic Waste Disposal to Meet ESG Guidelines

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Surplus Service Joins Trip to Washington, D.C. to Advocate for Better Transportation, Cybersecurity and Computer Science Education

By SSMarketing • October 10, 2022

What is the solution for e-waste management? While finding e-waste solutions for businesses and organizations is our passion, we’re just as passionate about what happens in our surrounding community and with the future of green jobs. That’s why our president, Lou Ramondetta, recently joined more than 40 Bay Area executives on a trip to Washington, […]

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