Gil Duran
Gil Duran is an American journalist based in San Francisco. He has served as the California opinion editor for The Sacramento Bee and press secretary for California governor Jerry Brown. 

From 2008 to 2010, Duran was communications director for U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein. He was press secretary to Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa from 2007 to 2008. 

In 2018, Duran became the California opinion editor for The Sacramento Bee and oversaw strategy for McClatchy's five California news organizations: The Sacramento Bee, The Fresno Bee, The Modesto Bee, The Merced Sun-Star and The Tribune in San Luis Obispo.

Personal life
Duran attended Paul Laurence Dunbar High School in Lexington, Kentucky, and DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana. He was profiled in Esquire magazine speaking about his mother.

References

External links
Office of the Governor of California
CA.gov Press Release

American public relations people
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
American columnists
American male journalists
People from Lexington, Kentucky