Board Members
Nine board members serve as the policy-setting body for the Board. Seven of the members are appointed by the Governor, one by the Senate President Pro-Tempore, and one by the Assembly Speaker. Board members include five registered nurses and four public members. The current board members are:
| Name | Classification | Appointing Authority | Appointment Date | Term Expiration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dolores Trujillo, RN - President | Direct Patient Care Member | Governor | January 21, 2020 | June 1, 2022 |
| Kenneth (Ken) Malbrough - Vice President | Public Member | Senate Rules Committee | April 3, 2019 | June 1, 2024 |
| Imelda Ceja-Butkiewicz | Public Member | Governor | February 6, 2014 | June 1, 2021 |
| Jovita Dominguez, BSN, RN | Nurse Educator Member | Governor | February 19, 2021 | June 1, 2024 |
| Mary Fagan, PhD, RN, NEA-BC | Nurse Services Administration | Governor | August 10, 2020 | June 1, 2023 |
| Susan Naranjo | Public Member | Speaker of the Assembly |
November 16, 2020 | June 1, 2024 |
| Elizabeth (Betty) Woods, RN, FNP, MSN | Advanced Practice Member | Governor | July 18, 2018 | June 1, 2022 |
Dolores Trujillo, RN
Dolores Trujillo, 59, of Sacramento has been appointed to the Board of Registered Nursing by Governor Newsom. She is a Registered Nurse who previously worked as an ICU Charge Nurse and Peds ICU Nurse at Kaiser Sacramento between 2000-2010. Ms. Trujillo has been working at Kaiser Roseville as a bedside Neonatal ICU nurse from 2010 to present.
Kenneth (Ken) Malbrough
Kenneth (Ken) Malbrough is a proud native San Diegan who graduated from San Diego High School and Miramar College. Ken has lived in Southeast San Diego for 64 years. He retired in 2012 as a Deputy Fire Chief from the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department with 31 years of experience. Mr. Malbrough is also an active community leader and advocate currently serving as a Delegate for the 79th State Assembly District and a San Diego Parks Foundation Board Member. Throughout his career he has served on many committees including but limited to Chair Person for the City of San Diego Consolidated Pan Advisory Board (6 years), Vice President of the Black American Political Association of California San Diego Chapter (BAPAC-SD), Chair Person of the Chollas Valley Community Planning Group (8 years), and the O’Farrell/Valencia Park Town Council (13 years). Ken was appointed as a Board Member by the Senate Rules Committee on April 3, 2019.
Imelda Ceja-Butkiewicz
Imelda Ceja-Butkiewicz is a Project Specialist at Kern County Public Health Services Department since 1999. She has served in multiple positions at the Kern County Department of Public Health, including the Medi-Cal Outreach Program, Maternal Child Disability Program, Child Health and Disability Program, Kern Access to Children’s Health Program, Child’s Dental Program, Refugee Health Assessment Program and is currently working with individuals living with HIV/AIDS.
Ms. Ceja-Butkiewicz was raised in Southern California, where she attended schools at Baldwin Park and Cal Poly Pomona. She later moved to Bakersfield where she worked as legal secretary from 1986 to 1995. She also held multiple positions at the Kern County Economic Opportunity Corporation (aka Community Action Partnership of Kern) from 1995 to 1998, including immunization coordinator, health educator and Medi-Cal outreach coordinator.
Ms. Ceja-Butkiewicz is a member, a community advocate and has served on several professional and community organizations, including the Kern Homeless Collaborative, International Women’s Program, Central Democratic Party Committee, Democratic Women of Kern (past President), Inyo, Kern Central Labor Council and Service International Union local 521.
Jovita Dominguez, BSN, RN
Jovita Dominguez, BSN, RN, was appointed by Governor Newsom in the Nurse Educator Role. She has taught as a clinical instructor in medical/surgical and pediatric units for Hartnell College for 22 years. She is employed by Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital for 33 years as a progressive care nurse and currently works in Observation Care Unit as a designated charge nurse. Her past experience has been in Emergency Department, Post Anesthesia Care Unit, Endoscopy, Outpatient Surgical, Pre and post Cardiac Catherization Unit, Diagnostic Imaging nursing. She is a member of California Nurses Association and American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses. She received her BSN from San Jose State.
Mary Fagan, PhD, RN, NEA-BC
Mary Fagan, PhD, RN, NEA-BC is the Vice President for Patient Care Services and Chief Nursing Officer at Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego. She received her Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing at St. Louis University, a Master’s Degree in Nursing from Yale University and a PhD in Nursing from the University of San Diego. She practiced as a Peds ICU Nurse and Educator in St. Louis, MO and New Haven, CT and has been with Rady Children’s Hospital since 1987 in various roles including Manager and Director of Critical Care Services, Quality Management Director and has been the Chief Nursing Officer since 2010.
Susan Naranjo
Appointed by Speaker Anthony Rendon, Susan Naranjo is the Public Affairs Director and staff executive team member of the Committee of Interns and Residents CIR-SEIU. Susan was raised in San Ysidro, California. For more than 10 years, Susan has worked with workers across multiple industries to form and strengthen their union at their workplace and advance policies that protect working families.
She holds a BA in Political Science from California State University, San Bernardino.
Elizabeth (Betty) Woods, RN, FNP, MSN
Elizabeth (Betty) Woods, RN, FNP, MSN is a volunteer Nurse Practitioner at the Jewish Community Free Clinic in Rohnert Park, Ca., which serves the uninsured population in Sonoma Co.
Previously Ms. Woods was a Labor Representative with the California Nurses Association, representing RNs and NPs, from 1994 to 2007. Within this position she coordinated the Quality Liaison Program, a joint program between CNA and Kaiser Permanente, wherein RNs and NPs examined patient care issues in order to increase quality services.
She was a FNP at Kaiser Permanente, Santa Rosa from 1976 to 1994 in Family Medicine and also a member of the HIV Consult Team. From 1984 to 1994 she was an Adjunct Clinical Professor for NP students at Sonoma State University, and from 1982 to 1988 a NP Sexual Assault Examiner at Sonoma County Community Hospital.
Before earning her NP certification and MSN from Sonoma State University, Ms. Woods was an ICU and medical/surgical RN.

