New Officers Elected

Santa Cruz County Democrats elected Richelle Noroyan as chair and a new slate of officers for the upcoming year at their meeting on Wednesday, July 27. New officers of the Santa Cruz County Democratic Party include: Richelle Noroyan, chair; Fran Church, vice chair; Ricardo de la Cruz, treasurer; and Pat Manning, recording secretary.

Ms. Noroyan served as county chair once before in 2004 and served as regional director of the California Democratic Party for four years. She has also worked as district office director for former Redwood City Assemblyman Ira Ruskin (AD21) from 2005-2011 and she was campus outreach coordinator for California for the Bill Clinton campaign in 1992.

She follows Zach Friend, who stepped down after serving six years as Democratic Party chair in Santa Cruz County.

The major tasks faced by local Dems in the upcoming year are organizing for the presidential elections in 2012 and preparing for state primary elections to be held next Spring – the first time that the new top two nonpartisan system will be used.