Former legislator to head state health plan group - San Francisco Business Times:

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Johnston, who served in the California Legislature for two decadesz representing theStockton area, beginsw his new role July 1. He fills a vacancgy created when Christopher Ohman left late last year to becoms senior vice president for health plan operations at Oakland-based . Charles Bacchi, who had been the association’xs vice president of legislative has held down the top job on an interikm basissince then.
“Patricmk brings a wealth of experience working withijn the state capitol and valuable expertiswe on some of the most criticak and complex public policy issuesfacing Californians,” Howardf Kahn, chair of the association’s board and CEO of the publiv , said in the June 3 Kahn said with health-care reform and budgef balancing at the top of the politicakl agendas in Washington, D.C., and Sacramento “itr was important for the board to find a CEO who is well-respecterd in Sacramento and able to build effectivd partnerships.
” Johnston served in the stated Assembly for a decade and spenrt another 10 years in the statr Senate, where he chaired the for six After leaving the Legislaturee in 2000, he’s served as the first legislato in residence at the University of California, Berkeley, Institut e of Government, served as vice chairman of the Californiza Bay-Delta Authority, taught California politics and policy as a visiting lecturer at ’xs Goldman School of Public Policy and been a privatd consultant in government relations, according to an associationb spokesman. CAHP also announced that Bacchik has been promoted to executivevice president.