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Newsom appoints Rita Saenz to lead troubled Employment Development Department FacebookTwitterEmail 1of2 Rita Saenz (second from left) ran the California Department of Social Services under Gov. Gray Davis. She is returning to government to run the troubled Employment Development Department.Nick Ut / Associated Press 2001Show MoreShow Less 2of2 The Employment Development Department will soon have a new leader.Gabrielle Lurie / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday appointed Rita Saenz as the director of the California Employment Development Department, replacing Sharo...

Kathleen Pender: Newsom appoints Rita Saenz to lead troubled Employment Development Department [San Francisco Chronicle] Dec. 31—Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday appointed Rita Saenz as the director of the California Employment Development Department, replacing Sharon Hilliard, who will retire Thursday after nearly 40 years with the agency. Saenz, 71, has more than 40 years of experience in state government and the private sector. Since 2016, she has been a consultant at Saenz and Associates in Sacramento. Before that she had several positions at Xerox, including director of communications a...