Betty T. Yee, First District  Counties of Alameda, Colusa, Contra Costa, Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Monterey, Napa, San Benito, San Francisco, San Luis Obispo, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano, Sonoma, Trinity, Yolo, and a portion of Santa Barbara

Appointed as Acting Board Member in December 2004. Ms. Yee previously served as the Chief Deputy to Board of Equalization Chairwoman Carole Migden. Prior to joining the Board, she served as the Chief Deputy Director for Budget with the Department of Finance. Prior to her appointment to the Department of Finance, she served in the Legislature as Principal Consultant to the Assembly Committees on Appropriation, Budget, and Local Government, as well as to the Office of Research and Health and Human Services Committee in the Senate. Preceding her legislative service, Ms. Yee served as a county public health commissioner and worked for and served on the boards of several non-profit organizations. A native of San Francisco, Ms. Yee received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology from the University of California, Berkeley, and her Master's Degree in Public Administration from Golden Gate University, San Francisco, and has been recognized for her work on state and local finance issues.

For more information see Betty T. Yee's Home Page.

Bill Leonard, Second District Counties of Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, El Dorado, Fresno, Glenn, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Lassen, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Modoc, Mono, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Tulare, Tuolumne, Ventura, Yuba,a portion of Los Angeles, a portion of San Bernardino, and a portion of Santa Barbara

Bill Leonard was elected to serve on the Board of Equalization in the November 2002 elections where he garnered over one million votes. Bill Leonard was elected to the State Assembly in 1978 through 1988 and again from 1996 through 2002. He was elected to the Senate in 1988 and re-elected without opposition. He served as Senate Republican Caucus Chair from 1990 to 1996 and as Assembly Republican Leader in 1997 and 1998. His service in the State Legislature has established Bill Leonard as an advocate for fiscal responsibility, families, and quality public education. His professional background is in real estate and property management. He holds a B.A. in history from UC Irvine and did graduate work at California State University, Sacramento.

For more information see Bill Leonard's Home Page.

Michelle Steel, Third District  Third Board of Equalization District, including the counties of Los Angeles, Orange, Imperial, Riverside, San Bernardino and San Diego.

Elected to the Board of Equalization in 2006, Michelle Steel serves as the country's highest ranking Korean-American officeholder and California's highest ranking Republican woman. A successful businesswoman and longtime taxpayer advocate, Michelle Steel represents more than eight million people in the Third District, which includes the counties of Imperial, Orange, Riverside, San Diego, and portions of Los Angeles and San Bernardino Counties.

For more information see Michelle Steel's Home Page.

Jerome E. Horton, Fourth District Fourth Board of Equalization District, includes 73 cities of the 88 cities in the County of Los Angeles.

Currently serves as the Vice Chair of the California State Board of Equalization. In July 2009, he was appointed to the Board of Equalization by the Governor and confirmed with overwhelming support by both the California State Senate and Assembly. Mr. Horton brings to the Board twenty-one years of prior Board of Equalization experience as business tax law specialist and a keen understanding of public policy as a former member of the California State Assembly and Inglewood City Council. Mr. Horton’s appointment to the Board is historic in that he is the first member to join the Board with twenty-one years of prior Board of Equalization experience, the first African American to serve on the Board in its history and the third African American California Constitutional Officer.

For more information see Jerome Horton's Home Page.

John Chiang, California State Controller As State Controller, he presides over the Franchise Tax Board and is a member of the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) Board and the California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) Board. These two funds have a combined portfolio of $300 billion.

John brings extensive experience and fiscal leadership to the Office of the State Controller. He was first elected to the Board of Equalization in 1998. Since then, he has led with innovative and groundbreaking taxpayer-friendly services like the State’s free income tax return preparation service, ReadyReturn. As a member of the Board of Equalization, John represented 73 cities in Los Angeles County, including the City of Los Angeles. He was elected to his second four-year term in 2002. He has represented the Board of Equalization on the Franchise Tax Board and served as the chair of the Streamlined Sales Tax Project’s Board of Governors.

John Chiang, State Controller