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

Deputy Division Chief - Lori Ajax

Deputy Division Chief Lori Ajax is a member of ABC’s Executive Management Team and is assigned to the Department’s Headquarters Office, where she oversees several statewide programs.

Ajax has been employed with ABC for over 16 years. She began her career as an Investigator in the Santa Rosa District office in 1995 and then transferred to Sacramento to work in the Trade Enforcement Unit where she promoted to Supervising Investigator. In 2006, Ajax was promoted to District Administrator assigned to the ABC Grant Assistance Program (GAP) and the TRACE Unit. Ajax then served as the District Administrator for the Department’s Sacramento, Yuba City and Redding District offices from 2007 through 2011, overseeing the licensing and enforcement operations of 20 counties in Northern California. Ajax spent ten years in private industry prior to her state government career. She holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Criminal Justice from California State University, Sacramento.