Lloyd Throne was appointed director of the Department of Community Services and Development by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on June 9, 2006, and confirmed by the Senate Rules Committee on April 25, 2007.

 

Mr. Throne was the Executive Director of the Redwood Community Action Agency since June 1985 and has more than 40 years experience in administration of both public and private non-profit human service programs. The Redwood Community Action Agency has been recognized as a model for innovative, cost-effective, and well-managed programs with more than 165 programs, and an annual budget of $18 million.

 

He has extensive administrative and management experience with the federal government and Colorado and California state governments, including nine years as the Administrator for Denver Opportunity, an urban human service non-profit agency, where he worked closely with an 18-person board of directors. He was Executive Director for the Boulder County Economic Development Council, Inc. when it offered the first HeadStart and HeadStart Follow Through program in the United States.

 

A (former) Board Member of the California Community Economic Development Association (CCEDA) and the Board of Directors of the National Community Action Foundation (NCAF), Mr. Throne has also served as an Executive Committee Member of CALNEVA, and on the Humboldt County Homeless Task Force, the Economic Development Task Force and the Disaster Assistance Task Force for the County.

 

Mr. Throne received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Colorado University, Boulder, and attended the Graduate School of Community Development, University of Missouri. He served in the Peace Corps as a member of the first rural Peace Corps to be sent to Colombia, South America.

 

His interests include cycling, kayaking and travel.