Rebecca Vaughan earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting and a Master of Public Administration degree from California State University, Bakersfield. Her professional experience includes 30 years working in various business management, fiscal and administrative positions employed with the State of California, a large non-profit, the City of Bakersfield, and a community correctional facility. Ms. Vaughan started working for the Probation Department in 2011 serving in several different positions, most notably working on Assembly Bill 109-Prison Realignment which took effect in October 2011. She was promoted to Division Director – Fiscal, Research and Planning for the Probation Department in June 2015 overseeing a $109 million budget.