On November 29, the California Contractors State License Board (CSLB) issued an Industry Bulletin via email announcing that Cindi A. Christenson, the CSLB’s current Registrar of Contractors, will be retiring effective May 1, 2017. Christenson, the CSLB’s first female Registrar, was appointed to this position on January 1, 2015. Prior to her appointment as the Registrar, Christenson served for six years as CLSB’s Chief Deputy Registrar. A nationwide executive search for Christenson’s replacement is in process.
In the same Industry Bulletin, the CSLB announced the pending retirement of Cindy Kanemoto, the CSLB’s current Chief Deputy Registrar. Kanemoto will be retiring on December 30, ending her state service career that started in 1977.