Kim Belshé was named Executive Director of First 5 Los Angeles in 2012. Prior to joining First 5 LA, she served as senior policy advisor of Public Policy Institute of California and as Secretary of the California Health and Human Services Agency in the Administration of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Belshé previously served as Director of the California Department of Health Services and Deputy Secretary of the then-Health and Welfare Agency under Governor Pete Wilson. Belshé currently serves on the five-member board of the state's new Health Benefit Exchange, Covered California, and is a member of the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured.
