Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Update Regarding "Assistants" within the Walker Cabinet

Walker's staff didn't have an official list of deputy secretary and EA appointments available immediately following this afternoon's cabinet meeting. But WisPolitics has assembled the following list from various sources:

-At Administration, Cindy Archer, as previously reported by WisPolitics, is the deputy with Jodi Jensen, a former legislative aide to Administration Secretary Mike Huebsch, serving as the executive assistant.

-At DATCP, Sue Buroker is the executive assistant. She was the agency's acting division administrator for management services.

-At Children and Families, Joan Hansen is the deputy while former state Rep. MaryAnn Lippert is the executive assistant.

-At Commerce, the deputy is Michael Klonsinski, who had been executive director of the Wisconsin Manufacturing Extension Partnership. David Volz, who previously worked as an aide to GOP state Sen. Alberta Darling, will be the executive assistant.

-At Financial Institutions, Ray Allen is the deputy. Allen, who ran against Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz in 2007, had worked in the agency's division of corporate and consumer services.

-At Reg and Licensing, former Veterans Affairs Secretary John Scocos is the deputy secretary, while John Murray, a former aide to GOP state Sen. Dale Schultz, is the executive assistant.

-At Transportation, Mike Berg is the deputy, while Reggie Newson is the EA. Berg was director of the agency's northeast region transportation office, while Newson was operations manager in the southeast region transportation office.

-At Workforce Development, Michael Best & Friedrich attorney Scott Baumbach will serve as deputy secretary.

-DNR Secretary Cathy Stepp had previously announced Matt Moroney will serve as her deputy, while state Rep. Scott Gunderson will be her executive assistant.

-Revenue Secretary Rick Chandler announced yesterday that former Deputy Insurance Commissioner Kimberly Shaul will serve has his deputy, while Jack Jablonski, the former chief of staff for GOP state Sen. Sheila Harsdorf, will serve as EA.

-Walker's office announced late this afternoon that Ted Nickel will serve as his Insurance Commissioner, and Dan Schwartzer will be deputy.

-At Health Services, former Rep. Kitty Rhoades will serve as Deputy Secretary, Brett Davis will serve as Medicaid Director and Kevin Moore will serve as executive assistant for the department.

Source: WisPolitics.com

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