Gov. Gavin Newsom recently announced several state appointments. Ida Antoniolli Clair has been appointed state architect at the department of general services, division of the state architect. Nancy L. Vogel has been appointed deputy secretary for water at the California Natural Resources Agency.

Clair has served as acting state architect since 2019 and principal architect since 2016. She was senior architect at the department of general services from 2013 to 2016. Clair was project manager at Cynthia Easton Architects from 1999 to 2013. The state position requires senate confirmation and the compensation is $182,964.

Vogel has been director of the governor’s water portfolio program since 2019 and was deputy secretary of communications from 2015 to 2017. She was director of communications at resources legacy fund from 2017 to 2019, assistant director of public affairs at the California Department of Water Resources from 2012 to 2015 and principal consultant at the California Senate Office of Oversight and Outcomes from 2008 to 2012. This position does not require senate confirmation and the compensation is $168,000.