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Corrin Buchanan of El Cerrito has been appointed undersecretary of the California Health and Human Services Agency, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced last week.

Buchanan has been the agency’s deputy secretary for policy and strategic planning since 2021, the governor’s office said. She was assistant director for housing and homelessness at the Department of Social Services from 2020 to 2021.

She was a health program planner at the San Francisco Department of Public Health from 2012 to 2013. Buchanan was community services manager and community programs director at the San Francisco Women’s Building from 2007 to 2010. 

She earned a master’s degree in public policy and a bachelor’s degree in developmental studies from University of California, Berkeley. 

The position, which requires Senate confirmation, pays $223,584, according to the governor’s office.