In addition to supervising Administrative Law Judges and Retired Annuitants, she has subject-matter responsibility for appeals of enforcement actions including Citation Appeals and Requests for Hearings on Administrative Enforcement Orders, Water, and Communications policy for the division.Judge MacDonald leads the Judicial Training Program which consists of comprehensive internal training and mentoring for new Administrative Law Judges joining the Commission. Prior to becoming an administrative law judge, she practiced law in general civil litigation and served as a Hearing Officer for the State Board of Equalization. Judge MacDonald holds a Bachelor’s degree in History/Art History from UCLA. She earned her J.D. from Whittier Law School and an LLM in Taxation from Golden Gate Law School. Judge MacDonald joined the National Judicial College faculty in 2018.She currently teaches Administrative Law Fair Hearing, Best Practices with Self-Represented Litigants, and custom courses for the NJC.