Catherine Hazelton was appointed Senior Program Officer for the California Democracy program in February 2009. From 2005 to 2009, Catherine served as Associate Director of the nonprofit Fight Crime: Invest in Kids California. Working with California’s law enforcement leaders, she devised and implemented strategies to earn public investments in early education programs. Catherine also served as a Scheduling Director on Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. Previously, she spent three years as a Senior Legislative Aide to Assemblywoman Carol Liu, where she specialized in education policy and budget issues, and two years as a Field Representative and Legislative Aide to Assemblyman Jack Scott. She also served as a Legislative Advocate and board member for the California National Organization for Women, where she helped pioneer an outreach program for young men and women, and she is currently on the organization’s political action committee. While completing her master’s degree in public policy at the University of California, Berkeley, she worked as a Graduate Student Instructor for Professor Bruce Cain, teaching the “California Politics” course, and for former state Assemblyman Johan Klehs, teaching the courses “The Politician” and “Cal in Sacramento.” In addition to studying at Berkeley, she attended Pasadena City College and earned her bachelor’s degree in history at Scripps College. Her research related to redistricting reform and women in California politics has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, Policy Matters and other publications.