Department of Transportation Secretary Craig Thompson will leave his post on Sept. 11 to take on a new position as vice chancellor for university relations for UW-Madison.
Gov. Tony Evers announced he is appointing Deputy Secretary Kristina Boardman to replace Thompson. She will be the first woman to serve as DOT secretary.
The guv said Thompson has done a “tremendous job” leading the department.
“We cannot thank him enough for his years of dedicated service to the state, and we wish him all the best in this next chapter,” Evers said.
UW-Madison announced today Thompson will start the new job Sept. 16, succeeding Charles Hoslet, who retired earlier this year.
Evers tapped Thompson in December 2018 to become his first Transportation secretary. At the time, he was head of the Transportation Development Association of Wisconsin, where he spent 16 years after working for the Wisconsin Counties Association for a dozen years.
Thompson’s departure will leave Children and Families Secretary Emilie Amundson as the only original member of Evers’ cabinet from when he first took office in January 2019.
