Business, Transportation & Housing Agency

Secretary of the Business, Transportation & Housing Agency

Dale E. Bonner

Dale E. Bonner
Secretary

Dale E. Bonner returned to public service in March 2007, when he was appointed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger as Secretary of the Business, Transportation and Housing Agency.

Bonner previously served in the public sector as deputy secretary and general counsel for BT&H from 1996 to 1998. From 1998 to 1999, he served as Commissioner of the California Department of Corporations. As Commissioner of Corporations, he regulated California's corporate securities, financial services and managed care industries. Bonner served as deputy legal affairs secretary in the Office of Governor Pete Wilson from 1992 to 1996.

Bonner also has extensive experience in the private sector, serving as a partner in the law firm Epstein Becker & Green from 2002 to 2007, where he specialized in government contracts, health care law and represented public and privately-held companies in regulatory and transactional matters. From 1999 to 2002, he was of counsel to the law firm Hogan & Hartson. He became a member of the California State Bar in 1991. Bonner earned a Juris Doctorate degree from Georgetown University Law Center and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Southern California.

He currently serves on the California Science Center Board of Directors and is a past member of the BT&H Expert Review Panel, Los Angeles City Ethics Commission and California Performance Review Commission.