Janice Cheung-Powell

Appointed by Governor Newsom on March 25, 2026

Appointment Expiration: January 1, 2030

Commissioner Cheung-Powell has been the Fire Marshal for the Redwood City Fire Department since 2024. She served as a Designated Campus Fire Marshal at the University of California, San Francisco, from 2020 to 2024, and was a Fire Protection Engineer at the San Francisco Fire Department from 2015 to 2020. Cheung-Powell also has past experience with CBSC as a fire-official member of two Code Advisory Committees – Accessibility (2018-2020) and Health Facilities (2021-2023).

Prior to 2015, Commissioner Cheung-Powell was an Environmental Health and Safety Manager at First Solar, a Deputy Fire Marshal at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, a Technical Property Specialist at The Hartford, and a Field Risk Engineer at FM Global. Cheung-Powell is a member of the Hospital Building Safety Board with the California Department of Health Care Access and Information. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Davis.