Matt Bogoshian, Deputy Secretary for Law Enforcement and Counsel

Biography

Matt Bogoshian presently serves as the Deputy Secretary for Law Enforcement and Counsel at the California Environmental Protection Agency.

Before his recent appointment by Governor Schwarzenegger in September, he served for more than twelve years as a Deputy District Attorney for the Monterey County Office of the District Attorney.  As the lead environmental prosecutor, Matt co-led the statewide prosecution of the 7-Eleven case which resulted in the court ordered creation of the multi-million dollar California Environmental Protection Prosecution Fund administered by the California Attorney General.  He served as the Fund's first Chairperson and received the California Attorney General's Award of Distinction for his work.

In 2006, with his statewide colleagues, Matt successfully prosecuted AT&T for underground storage tank violations resulting in the second largest penalty amount of its kind ever ordered - $25 million dollars.  His many successful statewide environmental prosecutions led the way to help level the field for businesses that play by the rules. Before his environmental work, Matt successfully prosecuted thousands of criminal cases.  From 1992-1994 Matt worked in private practice for two years as a business litigator.

From 1989-1992 he served as an officer in the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General Corps where he gained extensive trial experience and earned the Joint Service Commendation Medal for his work in breaking down barriers to interagency cooperation in the fight against international drug dealers.

He was honorably discharged as a Lieutenant Commander.   He served for five years as a Trustee and two years as President of the Board for the largest school district in Monterey County.

Presently, he is a Board Member for the non-profit community housing corporation, CHISPA, where he serves on the Finance and Strategic Planning Committees.  He served on the Blue Ribbon Committee of the "Rally Salinas" and Measure V efforts to keep Salinas's public libraries open.  He and his wife, Robin, have been married for 24 years and they have three children; Zach, Ben and Elle.

Matt earned a Juris Doctorate degree from the University of California, Davis and a Masters of Public Administration from San Diego State University.  He also holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from San Jose State University.

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