Kelly Santoro, 49, of Bakersfield, has been appointed warden at North Kern State Prison, where she has been acting warden since 2015 and served as an associate warden from 2009 to 2010 and as a correctional counselor from 1997 to 2001.
Santoro was chief deputy warden at Wasco State Prison from 2012 to 2015. She was associate warden at the California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and State Prison, Corcoran from 2010 to 2012, where she was facility captain in 2006 and a correctional counselor specialist from 2001 to 2006. Santoro was an associate warden at California State Prison, Corcoran from 2008 to 2009 and captain of the Central Region Bakersfield Health Care Division from 2006 to 2008.
Santoro held several positions at California State Prison, Centinela from 1993 to 1997, including correctional counselor and correctional officer.
This position does not require Senate confirmation and the compensation is $145,440. Santoro is a Republican.
