An expert in effective governance, Alice Dowdin Calvillo has dedicated more than 35 years to public service at both the State and local levels.
Ms. Dowdin Calvillo has served as the Executive Officer of the Sacramento County Civil Service Commission (Commission) since her appointment in January 2013. She is the sixth Executive Officer of the almost 90-year old quasi-judicial body.
Prior to her tenure with the Commission, Ms. Dowdin Calvillo, appointed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2007, served as Chair of the California Public Employment Relations Board, a quasi-judicial board charged with overseeing public sector collective bargaining laws in California.
From 2005 to 2008, Ms. Dowdin Calvillo served in several cabinet level positions to Governor Schwarzenegger, including as Chief Deputy Cabinet Secretary and Chief Deputy Appointments Secretary. Before joining the Governor's Office, she was the Governor's appointed Legislative Director for the California Department of Toxic Substances Control.
She was appointed by Governor Pete Wilson as a Chief Advisor to the California Integrated Waste Management Board in early 1998 and prior to that she was his Deputy Director of Legislation and Operations for the Managed Health Care Improvement Task Force. She was the Chief Consultant to the California State Assembly Consumer Protection, Governmental Efficiency and Economic Development Committee in the mid-1990s.
Ms. Dowdin Calvillo is currently in her third, non-consecutive term on the Auburn City Council. Elected in 1998, 2002, and again in 2020, she was Mayor of Auburn in 2001, 2005, and 2023. Ms. Dowdin Calvillo is Auburn's representative and the Chair of Pioneer Community Energy Board of Directors (a Community Choice Aggregate) and sits on the Board of Directors for the California League of Cities.
She has Bachelor of Arts degrees in Political Science-Public Service and in German from the University of California, Davis.
