Stewart Knox

Stewart Knox was appointed Secretary of the California Labor & Workforce Development Agency in December 2022. He entered that role with 28 years of statewide experience in workforce and economic development. Before his appointment as secretary, he was undersecretary of the Labor & Workforce Development Agency. He has also served as senior vice president of Calbright College and as executive director of the California Employment Training Panel. Secretary Knox has been instrumental in transitioning several workforce development entities into productive, performance-based, and accountable organizations. He has extensive knowledge of the complex interactions between workforce and economic development. A native of Vina, California, he earned a bachelor’s degree from Chico State.