Mitzi Higashidani left as director of administrative support services for California Correctional Health Care Services (CCHCS) earlier this month, the department confirmed to Techwire on Monday.
In the role, Higashidani served as an adviser to California Prisons Receiver J. Clark Kelso on fiscal, procurement, contract and business services matters, according to CCHCS.
Higashidani has served in several public capacities during a career that has spanned more than three decades. She formerly was chief deputy director of the California Department of Technology Services until resigning in 2008 to join the prison receivership.
Previously she was CIO of the California Health and Human Services Agency and CIO of the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS).
