Gov. Gavin Newsom has appointed Yungsuhn Park, 40, of Los Angeles, as chief deputy secretary for strategic enforcement and initiatives at the California Labor and Workforce Development Agency.

Park has been special assistant to the Labor Commissioner’s Office at the California Department of Industrial Relations since 2013. She served as adjunct faculty at Loyola Law School in 2013 and a staff attorney for Asian Americans Advancing Justice Los Angeles from 2005 to 2013.

Park earned a Juris Doctor degree from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law. The position does not require Senate confirmation and the compensation.