People Moves: California Insurance Commissioner Names Members to Statewide Boards

California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara announced several appointments to the California Automobile Assigned Risk Plan Advisory Committee, the Curriculum Board and the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau Governing Committee. These statewide programs are based in Sacramento.

Newly appointed members include:

CAARP Advisory Committee

Doug Heller is the director of insurance for the Consumer Federation of America. Previously, he served as the executive director of Consumer Watchdog. He is also an appointee to the Federal Advisory Committee on Insurance. Heller has been reappointed in the public member representative seat, with a term ending on November 10, 2023.

Cynthia Strathmann is executive director for Strategic Actions for a Just Economy, a non-profit economic justice organization that advocates for tenant rights, healthy housing, and equitable development in Los Angeles. Formerly, Strathmann was a research and policy analyst for the Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy and a research assistant professor at the University of Southern California. Strathmann has been reappointed in the public member representative seat, with a term ending on November 10, 2023.

Bernardo de la Torre is the owner of Law Offices of Bernardo de la Torre in La Mirada, a law firm specializing in the representation of injured workers founded in 1985. He is a former Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Pro Tem. De la Torre joins the public member representative seat with a term ending on November 10, 2023.

Curriculum Board

Appointee Michael Lujan is the principal consultant of Michael Lujan Consulting Group, LLC. Previously, Lujan was the inaugural director of sales for Covered California. He created the curriculum required to certify licensed agents to enroll in the program and successfully trained, certified and appointed more than 14,000 agents in the first year. Lujan joins the life agent trade association representative seat with a term ending on October 14, 2025.

WCIRB Governing Committee

Appointee Lynne Davidsonis president of Tito’s Tacos Mexican Restaurant. Davidson has been a board member of the California Restaurant Association for the past 28 years and is a past board chair of the Los Angeles chapter of the California Restaurant Association. Davidson has been reappointed to the insured employer representative seat, with a term ending on October 14, 2024.

Topics California