EXECUTIVE STAFF

• Jacob Appelsmith, Director
• Timothy Gorsuch, Chief Deputy Director
• Eduardo Jimenez, Assistant Director, Administration
• Lori Ajax, Deputy Division Chief - Headquarters
• Susie Smith, Legislative Officer
• Chris Albrecht, Assistant Director - Northern Division
• Joseph Cruz, Assistant Director - Southern Division
• Eric Hirata, Deputy Division Chief - Northern Division
• Rick Ryan, Deputy Division Chief - Southern Division
• Beth Goldberg, Deputy Division Chief - Southern Division
• Matthew Botting, General Counsel
• Tamara Colson, Chief Prosecuting Counsel

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EXECUTIVE STAFF

General Counsel - Matthew Botting

Matthew Botting was appointed to the position of ABC General Counsel in August, 2008. Botting has over 16 years of state government legal experience. He was ABC’s Chief Legal Counsel from 2000-2004 before he left for a short time to work in private practice. Botting returned to ABC in 2005 where he served as a Staff Counsel III until his appointment to General Counsel. Prior to joining ABC in 2000, Botting was a Deputy Attorney General with the California Department of Justice. He obtained his Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Commerce (Economics) degrees from Otago University in New Zealand before relocating to the United States.