Cathleen Galgiani

• Biography:

  Cathleen Galgiani serves as the consultant to Legislative Committee on the Development of UC Merced. She has helped secure funding and support for UC Merced to ensure that the university continues to grow as the 10th campus in the UC system.

  In her work for Assemblywoman Barbara Matthews, Cathleen has been involved in a wide range of issues including protecting agriculture, cleaning up the air in the Central Valley, cutting government waste and fraud and fighting for Cal-Grant expansions so the more kids can go to college.

  Cathleen Galgiani is a member of the Child Abuse Prevention Council Auxiliary of San Joaquin County, an advisory member of Crime Victims United of California and a member of the American Legion Auxiliary, High Speed Rail Committee of Merced and the Soroptimist International of Tracy-Daybreak.

  A 5th generation Stocktonian, Cathleen Galgiani has lived and worked in the San Joaquin Valley all of her life. She previously worked for former State Senators Patrick Johnston and John Garamendi.
  Prior to working in the Legislature, Cathleen spent eight years as a physical therapy aide at San Joaquin General Hospital and Dameron Hospital in San Joaquin County.