Governor Gavin Newsom announced the appointment of a new executive officer to the Board of Parole Hearings Friday, Nov. 8.
Scott Wyckoff has been appointed executive officer of the Board of Parole Hearings.
Wyckoff has been Deputy Legal Affairs Secretary in the Office of the Governor since 2022. He was General Counsel at the California State Transportation Agency from 2019 to 2022.
Wyckoff was General Counsel at the California Department of Business Oversight from 2014 to 2019.
He was Supervising Deputy Attorney General in the Office of the Attorney General from 2008 to 2014, where he was previously Deputy Attorney General from 1999 to 2008.
Wyckoff was an Attorney at Cuneo Black Ward & Missler from 1998 to 1999. He was Assistant to the Government Affairs Director at the Oregon Education Association from 1993 to 1994. Wyckoff was Chief of Staff in the Office of Oregon State Representative Sharon Wylie from 1992 to 1993.
He earned a Juris Doctor degree from Golden Gate University School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of Oregon.
This position requires Senate confirmation.
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