David Pacheco,
Associate Director

David joined the Center in 2005 after a distinguished career with the California Legislature and as an academic administrator with the University of California. He most recently was chief consultant to the Assembly Committee on Jobs, Economic Development and the Economy. He was also principal consultant to the Assembly Committee on Business and Professions and has served seven members of the Senate and Assembly since his arrival in Sacramento as a Jessie M. Unruh Assembly Fellow in 1978.

David holds advanced degrees in Education Administration and Sociology of Education from San Jose State University and Stanford University. He is the former Director of Communications and Intercultural Studies at UCSC Extension and is a former faculty/field studies coordinator at San Jose State University.

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