Governor appointments 2026-08-19
Citation
Office of the Governor of California. “Governor Newsom announces appointments 8.19.26.” Press release, gov.ca.gov, Aug. 19, 2026. https://www.gov.ca.gov/2026/08/19/governor-newsom-announces-appointments-8-19-26/. Copy: raw/shared/2026-10-19 Governor appointments 2026-08-19.md (original: .html beside it), fetched 2026-10-19. Read 2026-10-19.
Bottom line
- The Governor appointed Ayushi Roy, of San Francisco, “State Chief Technology Officer at the California Department of Technology”.
Background
The release lists seven appointments. Only the first concerns CalCompute. The others are to the Racial Equity Commission and the State Rehabilitation Council.
Key claims
- Ayushi Roy “has been a Lecturer at Harvard Kennedy School since 2022”.
- She “was Chief Program Officer for the New Practice Lab at New America from 2022 to 2026”.
- From 2021 to 2022 she was Senior Advisor for the United States Technology Modernization Fund. That fund is at the General Services Administration (GSA) and the White House Office of Management and Budget.
- She “was Director of State and Local Technology at 18F from 2019 to 2021”.
Evidence and method
An official press release of the Governor’s office.
Limits
- It gives no duties for the role and does not name whom she replaces.
- It does not mention AI compute.