CLEARLAKE, Calif. – A Clearlake resident has received an appointment from California’s governor.

Gov. Jerry Brown’s office announced on Friday that Robert Taylor has been appointed to Area Board I of the California State Council on Developmental Disabilities.

Taylor, 52, has been an advisor for the Board Resource Center Inc. since 2009. He served on the Regional Community Advisory Committee of L.A. Care from 2000 to 2011. Taylor worked as a telemarketer for Zoya Telecommunications Inc. from 1998 to 2001.

He serves on the California Health and Human Services Agency Olmstead Advisory Committee, the California State Council on Developmental Disabilities Employment First Committee and the California Department of Developmental Services Consumer Advisory Committee.

This position does not require Senate confirmation and there is no compensation. Taylor is a Democrat.

Other appointees to the California State Council on Developmental Disabilities announced Friday include Jonine Biesman, 44, of Westlake Village, Area Board X; Jeana Ericksen, 43, of Santa Rosa, Area Board IV; Verdine Mertens, 82, of Red Bluff, Area Board II; and Rosanna Ryan, 62, of Redding, Area Board II.