Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has appointed Bonnie Reiss of Malibu and John Hotchkis of Los Angeles to the UC Board of Regents.

Since September 2007, Reiss, 52, has served as operating advisor to Pegasus Capital Advisors, a private equity firm based in New York.

Reiss also currently serves on the board for the Women's Conference, Afterschool All-Stars and the California Dream Team. She previously was a senior advisor to Schwarzenegger from 2003 to 2007, where she advised the governor on all major policy initiatives including education, the environment and children's issues.

From 1994 to 2003, she served as president of the Inner-City Games Foundation, later renamed Afterschool All-Stars. She is a founding director of Arnold's All-Stars, a California non-profit organization providing after-school programs to middle schools.

Her experience includes careers as an entertainment lawyer, accountant, producer and writer from 1981 to 1988. In 1988, Reiss founded the Earth Communications Office where she led the effort to increase the entertainment industry's awareness of environmental issues.

She served as a member of the State Board of Education from 2004 to 2006. In 2007, she received the William S. White Lifetime Achievement Award from the U.S. Department Education for her advocacy in the area of public education. In 2006, she received the Advocate of the Year Award from the UC Student Association. Reiss holds a bachelor's degree in accounting and finance from the University of Miami. Reiss is a Democrat.

Hotchkis, 76, has served as chair and chief executive officer of Ramajal, an investment management firm, since 2000. From 1980 to 1999, Hotchkis was a general partner for Hotchkis and Wiley and, from 1973 to 1980, was vice president for Everett Harris & Company.

From 1971 to 1973, he was president of Trust Company of the West and, from 1969 to 1971, was general partner and vice president for Dean Witter & Company.

Hotchkis earned a master of business administration from the UCLA and a bachelor's degree in political science from the UC Berkeley. Hotchkis is a Republican.

Appointments to the Board of Regents require Senate confirmation, and there is no salary.