Tejon Ranch Co. announced the appointment of Todd J. Ferrara as Vice President of Government Affairs, based in Sacramento. Ferrara is currently Deputy Secretary for External Affairs at the California Natural Resources Agency. He will join the company on October 1, 2018. Ferrara will replace Eileen Reynolds, who’s retiring at the end of October after nearly 14 years with the company and more than 33 years of government affairs work in Sacramento. Over the course of two decades, Ferrara has worked for three California governors and a president of the United States in a variety of senior policy and political positions in Sacramento and Washington, DC. In his most recent position as Deputy Secretary for External Affairs at the California Natural Resources Agency, he was responsible for working with the business, environment, and agriculture communities. Prior to his work for Governor Jerry Brown and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ferrara served in the administration of President GeorgeW. Bush as a senior aide to Secretary of Agriculture Ann M. Veneman. Additionally, Ferrara served in the administration of Governor Pete Wilson. He also has worked with several public sector clients at one of California’s largest independent government affairs/public relations firms located in Los Angeles.