Experience

Ms. French served as senior staff to the California State Legislature for nearly three decades in a variety of positions: Chief of Staff; Special Assistant to the Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee; Staff Director for the Senate Appropriations Committee under five chairpersons; and as Deputy Director for the Senate Finance Committee prior to its division in 1986 into the current Appropriations and Budget and Fiscal Review Committees. During this time she developed broad fiscal and policy expertise in virtually every subject matter area within state law and the state budget.

Ms. French served as senior staff to the California State Legislature for nearly three decades in a variety of positions: Chief of Staff; Special Assistant to the Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee; Staff Director for the Senate Appropriations Committee under five chairpersons; and as Deputy Director for the Senate Finance Committee prior to its division in 1986 into the current Appropriations and Budget and Fiscal Review Committees. During this time she developed broad fiscal and policy expertise in virtually every subject matter area within state law and the state budget.