SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom recently announced the appointment of Mayumi Kimura of Temecula as deputy secretary of women veterans at the California Department of Veterans Affairs.
Kimura is the founder of Warriors Insight Therapy, a post-traumatic stress disorder and trauma-focused practice she established in 2022. She led the organization during its early years before moving into her current role.
Prior to that, she was a readjustment counselor at the Lowell Vet Center from 2019 to 2022 and the program director for the Housing Unit for Military Veterans at the Middlesex Sheriff’s Office from 2018 to 2019.
Her experience also includes roles as an emergency services clinician at Riverside Community Care (2017-18), a social services clinician at Butler Psychiatric Hospital (2016-17), and a psychosocial manager and hospice social worker at Bayada Hospice (2013-17).
Kimura served in the U.S. Navy as petty officer first class, operations specialist (OS1), from 2001 to 2010, including active duty and active reserve service.
Her new position did not require Senate confirmation. Kimura is a Democrat.
She was a special guest at the Japanese American Veterans 2025 Joint Memorial Service held in Little Tokyo on May 24.