Michele Martinez, 40, of Santa Ana, has been appointed by California Governor Gavin Newsom to the California Transportation Commission.

Martinez has been founder and consultant at Emergent P4 Advisors since 2020. She has served as a part-time adjunct professor at Santiago Canyon College since 2016. Martinez also volunteers as a special master at the Office of U.S. District Court Judge David O. Carter.

Martinez was community and strategic planning development director at Primestor Development from 2019 to 2020. She was executive director at OneOC Alliance for a Healthy OC from 2010 to 2019. Martinez served as a member of the Santa Ana City Council from 2006 to 2018. She was human resource director at Conquest America from 2006 to 2008.

This position requires Senate confirmation and the compensation is $100 per diem. Martinez is a Democrat.