Lynn Sadler, 63, of Fair Oaks, has been appointed deputy director of the Division of Boating and Waterways at the California Department of Parks and Recreation. Sadler has been director of the California Public Utilities Commission, Office of Governmental Affairs since 2012. She was assistant public advisor for the California Energy Commission from 2010 to 2012, president and chief executive officer at the Mountain Lion Foundation from 1996 to 2010, and natural resources director at the Planning and Conservation League from 1989 to 1996. Sadler was a legislative consultant for the California State Senate Joint Committee on Science and Technology from 1986 to 1987, assistant director for information and policy coordination at the California Department of Personnel Administration from 1981 to 1982, and a staff member in the Office of Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. from 1980 to 1981. This position requires Senate confirmation and the compensation is $122,796. Sadler is a Democrat.