Wilson Names Grissom as Head of Trade and Commerce Agency
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SACRAMENTO — Lee Grissom, head of the governor’s Office of Planning and Research since 1993, has been appointed secretary of the Trade and Commerce Agency, Gov. Pete Wilson said Wednesday.
Grissom, 54, replaces Julie Wright, who resigned from state service to take a position with the San Diego Economic Development Corp.
As director of the planning office, Grissom has been a key advisor to Wilson on economic issues at home and abroad. He has also served as executive director of the Governor’s Council of Economic Advisors and is a member of the California Housing Finance Agency.
Grissom served from 1991 to 1992 as head of the California Council on Economic Competitiveness, and was president and chief operating officer of the Greater San Diego Chamber of Commerce from 1975 to 1992.
Wright was appointed director in 1991 of what was then called the California Department of Commerce and she became secretary of the agency in January 1993 when Wilson renamed it the Trade and Commerce Agency.
The salary for the position is $115,083 a year. The appointment is subject to Senate confirmation.
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