BigWigs & New Gigs: Government

Angelica Pickens has joined the city of Fort Wayne's Community Development Division as its public information officer. She has more than 10 years of experience in the communications profession.... Read More

The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration has named Breanca Merritt as its first chief health equity and Americans with Disabilities Act officer. She is the founding director of the Center... Read More

Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett has selected Taylor Schaffer as chief deputy mayor. Schaffer will serve as Hogsett's chief of staff and succeeds Thomas Cook, who has served in the role since 2016.... Read More

United States Attorney Thomas Kirsch II has resigned his position from the Department of Justice to assume the duties of a United States Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit. He has served as U.S. At... Read More

City of Bloomington Director of Housing and Neighborhood Development Doris Sims will retire at the end of January. She has served the city since 1979.... Read More

President-elect Joe Biden says he will Pete Buttigieg as his transportation secretary. The former mayor of South Bend and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate will be the first Senate-confirmed LGBT... Read More

President-elect Joe Biden has nominated Denis McDonough to serve as secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs. He serves as a professor of the practice of public policy in the Keough School of G... Read More

Governor Eric Holcomb has promoted Matthew Brown to director of the Indiana State Personnel Department. He most recently served as director of the state Office of Administrative Law Proceedings.... Read More

Bloomington Mayor John Hamilton has named Andrew Cibor city engineer. He most recently served as traffic engineer for the city of Asheville, North Carolina.... Read More

The Indiana Department of Veterans Affairs has promoted Joy Grow to superintendent of the Indiana Veterans’ Home in West Lafayette. She has been serving in an interim role since March.... Read More

Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett has appointed four people to senior leadership roles in his administration.... Read More

Ports of Indiana has promoted Andrea Hermer to chief operating officer. Also, James Hall has been added as general counsel.... Read More

Karrah Herring has been named Indiana’s first-ever chief equity, inclusion and opportunity officer. She has served as director of public affairs for the University of Notre Dame where she has worked... Read More

Governor Eric Holcomb has promoted Katie Jenner to Indiana’s first secretary of education. She previously served as senior education advisor.... Read More

Josh Minkler is stepping down as the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana to join a private law firm. He has served in the role since 2017.... Read More

Whiteland Town Manager Norm Gabehart will retire in January. He has spent 35 in public service in Johnson County.... Read More

Governor Eric Holcomb has named Marshelle Broadwell (pictured), Ryan Gardner (pictured) and Geoffrey Gaither to fill the seats of three retiring Marion County Superior Court judges.... Read More

The Indiana Department of Child Services has hired Aaron Atwell as chief financial officer. He previously served as assistant director for the Indiana State Budget Agency.... Read More

Huntingburg Mayor Denny Spinner has been named executive director of the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs. He will be stepping down from his post from the city, a job he has held since 20... Read More

Lieutenant Governor Suzanne Crouch has added Bolanle Oladokun (pictured) as community development blocks grant program manager for the Office of Community and Rural Affairs.... Read More