Call him Mr. Secretary

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has appointed James Tilton as acting secretary of hte Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Here's his bio: Tilton, 57, of Sacramento, has served as a program budget manager for the Department of Finance since 2003. He is the program budget manager for the unit responsible for the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, State and Consumer Services Agency, Criminal Justice, Judiciary, Labor and General Government. Tilton was previously the assistant program budget manager for the Capitol Outlay Unit and executive secretary to the State Public Works Board from 1998 to 2003. Before joining the Department of Finance, he served in the Department of Corrections as deputy director for administrative services from 1985 to 1998, where he was responsible for peace officer selection, personnel, training, budget, offender information and environmental health and safety. While serving in the Department of Corrections, Tilton was also chair of the Correctional Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission. His experience also includes serving as principal program budget analyst for the Youth and Adult Correctional Agency for the Department of Finance from 1984 to 1985, director of expenditure forecasting for the Commission on State Finance from 1980 to 1984 and budget analyst for the Department of Finance from 1976 to 1980. Update:Assemblyman Rudy Bermudez had these harsh words to say about Woodford's resignation: “I welcome the resignation of Jeanne Woodford from her current post as Acting Secretary of the Department Corrections and Rehabilitation. The Department is in dire need of new and proven leadership to initiate reform and restore public trust in our prison system.”