Commissioner: Mary Thornton

Mary Thornton was appointed to the Board of Parole Hearings by Governor Newsom on August 12, 2019. Thornton was Deputy Commissioner and Administrative Law Judge at the Board of Parole Hearings from 2018 to 2019. Thornton served as a Senior Deputy District Attorney at the Madera County District Attorney’s Office from 2016 to 2017, where she was a Deputy District Attorney from 2009 to 2013. Thornton also served as a Deputy District Attorney at the Kings County District Attorney’s Office from 2013 to 2015. Thornton earned a Juris Doctor degree from San Joaquin College of Law. 

Commissioner Thornton was reappointed to the Board of Parole Hearings by Governor Newsom on May 25, 2023.