Governor Gavin Newsom announced April 30 the appointment of Peter Stern to the California Horse Racing Board. Stern has been the chief revenue officer at San Francisco-based cloud-based software firm Skedulo and an advisor at Berkeley SkyDeck since 2025. He held several roles at Authorium from 2024 to 2025, including advisor and executive vice president. He was the co-founder of artificial intelligence company VoiceBrain from 2021 to 2023. He was a commissioner at California State Lottery Commission from 2019 to 2022.
He held several positions at Inxeption from 2017 to 2021, including executive vice president of business operations and senior vice president of corporate development. Stern was the Airport Commissioner at the San Francisco International Airport from 2010 to 2019. He was the chief revenue officer at Skedulo from 2015 to 2017. Stern was the chief revenue officer at Autopilot from 2013 to 2015. Stern was the vice president of sales at Kenandy from 2011 to 2013. He held numerous positions at Salesforce from 2007 to 2011, including vice president of enterprise corporate sales and corporate sales manager. Stern was regional manager at Oracle from 2005 to 2007. He was an account executive at Macromedia from 2002 to 2004. Stern was an account executive at Oracle from 2000 to 2002.
This position requires Senate confirmation, and the compensation is $100 per diem. Stern is registered without party preference.
