Mark Ghilarducci

Office of Emergency Services

@CalOES_Dir

Mark S. Ghilarducci serves as the Director of the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) in the Office of Governor Gavin Newsom. Ghilarducci was appointed January 8, 2019 by Governor Newsom to continue his service as Director, following his appointment on July 1, 2013 by Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. Ghilarducci also previously served as Secretary of the California Emergency Management Agency, appointed in February 2012 by Governor Brown. As a member of the Cabinet, Director Ghilarducci serves as the Governor’s Homeland Security Advisor and oversees statewide public safety, emergency management, emergency communications, counter-terrorism efforts and the State Threat Assessment System. In 2000, Ghilarducci was appointed Deputy Director of the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services where he oversaw statewide emergency operations, planning and training. Ghilarducci also previously served as a Federal Coordinating Officer (FCO) with the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under President William J. Clinton. Director Ghilarducci has more than 30 years of diversified service in public safety in both the public and private sectors.