A longtime employee of the Department of Real Estate, Barbara J. Bigby became acting commissioner after Jeff Davi resigned the post in April 2011.

Bigby has held the positions of information technology program manager, staff programmer analyst, associate programmer analyst, office supervisor and technician. She was assistant commissioner for administrative services, licensing and education until Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed her chief deputy commissioner in January 2008.

California Governor Schwarzenegger Announces Appointments (Press release)