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Senator Gloria Romero
As California Senate Majority Leader, Gloria Romero is the highest ranking woman in the California Legislature, and is the first woman to hold this leadership position. During her rise in the Senate, Gloria Romero sat on the powerful Senate Rules Committee, where she was responsible for confirming all appointments made by the Governor. Currently, she chairs the Senate Select Committee on the California Correctional System, where she has taken on the formidable task of investigating and authoring reforms for the state's massive array of youth and adult correctional facilities. As the first woman to oversee the largest prison system in the country, she has conducted high-profile hearings on employee contracts, treatment of juveniles, codes of silence among correctional officers, and inmate health care costs - all in an effort to bring reform and fiscal accountability to the corrections system. For her efforts on behalf of California public safety officers, she was named Legislator of the Year in 2002 by the Peace Officers Research Association of California.
An educator with over 20 years experience, Senator Romero has taught at every level of the state's university system. In addition to teaching, she has conducted extensive scholarly research on HIV and AIDS. Senator Romero also has actively participated in community organizations, including the Hispanic Advisory Council to the Los Angeles Police Commission, and was the co-founder of the Women's Advisory Council to the Los Angeles Police Commission. She earned her Ph.D. in psychology from the University of California, Riverside.
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