SACRAMENTO, CA – Yesterday, June 5, 2012, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. appointed Raymond Lau as Administrator of the Veterans Home of California, Barstow.

“I welcome Raymond to the CalVet family and look forward to working with him on issues involving the Barstow Veterans Home,” said Peter J. Gravett, CalVet Secretary. “I am confident that Raymond’s vast expertise and background will be an asset to the department and to our state’s veterans.”

Lau, of Banning, was administrator at Century Skilled Nursing Care from 2009 to 2012 and served as administrator at Plymouth Tower from 2006 to 2009. He was administrator at Beverly Manor of Bakersfield from 2005 to 2006 and administrator at Golden Cross Healthcare of Fresno in 2005. Lau was executive director at Country Villa Redlands Healthcare from 2002 to 2004. He was a real estate agent for Pat Rutherford and Associates from 1979 to 2002.

Lau earned a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Phoenix and Master of Healthcare Administration from the University of LaVerne.

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