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UCLA’s Mark Gold appointed deputy secretary for oceans and coastal policy and director of the Ocean Protection Council at the California Natural Resources Agency

Mark Gold, 55, of Santa Monica, has been appointed deputy secretary for oceans and coastal policy and director of the Ocean Protection Council at the California Natural Resources Agency. Gold was associate vice chancellor for environment and sustainability at the University of California, Los Angeles from 2015 to 2019, interim director of the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability from 2014 to 2015 and associate director of the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability from 2012 to 2014. He was president of Heal the Bay from 1994 to 2012. Gold earned a Doctorate in environmental science and engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles. This position does not require Senate confirmation and the compensation is $175,008. Gold is a Democrat.