Gov. Jerry Brown has appointed Laphonza Butler, 39, of Los Angeles, to the University of California Board of Regents.

Butler has been president of SEIU United Long Term Care Workers Union since 2010. She was also a national division director and campaign director for SEIU in Washington, D.C., from 2006 to 2009. The position requires Senate confirmation and there is no compensation.

Additionally, Brown appointed Connie Chan, 35, of Los Angeles, to the California Fair Employment and Housing Council. Chan will begin working as a deputy city attorney in the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office, Affirmative Litigation Division, in August. She was an associate at Altshuler Berzon LLP from 2012 to 2018, served as a law clerk at the U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, from 2011 to 2012, and as a clerk at the U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, from 2010 to 2011.

The position requires Senate confirmation and the compensation is $100 per diem.