Commissioner Brittiany Bearden

Brittiany Bearden, of Sacramento County, has been appointed to the Board of Parole Hearings by Governor Newson on August 31, 2026. Bearden has been Deputy Legal Affairs Secretary in the Office of Governor Gavin Newsom since 2020. She was Lead Graduate Legal Assistant for California Board of Parole Hearings from 2018 to 2020. She was a Research Assistant at the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law from 2016 to 2017. Bearden was Co-Mediator in the Prisoner Civil Rights Mediation Clinic at the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law in 2016. She earned a Juris Doctor degree from the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and Government from the University of the Pacific.