Profile: Public Service Commission Chair Rebecca Cameron Valcq

WisPolitics.com is profiling some of the newly announced state agency heads. This installment features Public Service Commission Chair Rebecca Cameron Valcq. The Wisconsin native most recently worked at Quarles and Brady before joining Gov. Tony Evers’ administration. Birthplace, age? Greendale,

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Profile: Department of Administration Secretary Joel Brennan

WisPolitics.com is profiling some of the newly announced state agency heads. Our latest installment features Department of Administration Secretary Joel Brennan. Brennan most recently served as CEO of Discovery World, a Milwaukee-based science and technology non-profit. He previously worked as

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Profile: DATCP Secretary Brad Pfaff

WisPolitics.com is profiling some of the newly announced state agency heads. Our latest installment features Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection Secretary Brad Pfaff. Pfaff previously held several roles within U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency, including serving as

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Profile: Insurance Commissioner Mark Afable

WisPolitics.com is profiling some of the newly announced state agency heads. The latest installment features Insurance Commissioner Mark Afable. The former chief legal officer at American Family Insurance is a Wisconsin transplant who was born in New York and raised

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Profile: Department of Tourism Secretary Sara Meaney 

WisPolitics.com is profiling some of the newly announced state agency heads. The latest installment features Department of Tourism Secretary Sara Meaney. Meaney was most recently chief marketing and development officer for Milwaukee Film and was involved with the firms BVK,

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Profile: Department of Corrections Secretary Kevin Carr

WisPolitics.com is profiling some of the newly announced state agency heads. Our fourth installment features Department of Corrections Secretary Kevin Carr. Carr is a career law enforcement officer, most recently holding the position of U.S. Marshal for the Eastern District

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Profile: Public Service Commission Chair Rebecca Cameron Valcq

WisPolitics.com is profiling some of the newly announced state agency heads. This installment features Public Service Commission Chair Rebecca Cameron Valcq. The Wisconsin native most recently worked at Quarles and Brady before joining Gov. Tony Evers’ administration. Birthplace, age? Greendale, Wis.; age 43. Job history? Most recently worked as a

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Profile: Department of Administration Secretary Joel Brennan

WisPolitics.com is profiling some of the newly announced state agency heads. Our latest installment features Department of Administration Secretary Joel Brennan. Brennan most recently served as CEO of Discovery World, a Milwaukee-based science and technology non-profit. He previously worked as a legislative assistant for then-U.S. Rep. Tom Barrett and ran

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Profile: Department of Health Services Secretary Andrea Palm

WisPolitics.com is profiling some of the newly announced state agency heads. This installment features Department of Health Services Secretary Andrea Palm. Palm most recently served as senior counselor to the Health and Human Services secretary under President Obama. She also worked for then-U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton. Birthplace, age? 46 years

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Profile: Department of Children and Families Secretary Emilie Amundson

WisPolitics.com is profiling some of the newly announced state agency heads. The latest installment features Department of Children and Families Secretary Emilie Amundson. Amundson previously worked at the Department of Public Instruction under then-state Superintendent Tony Evers, most recently serving as his chief of staff. Birthplace, age? 39 years old,

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Profile: DATCP Secretary Brad Pfaff

WisPolitics.com is profiling some of the newly announced state agency heads. Our latest installment features Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection Secretary Brad Pfaff. Pfaff previously held several roles within U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency, including serving as Wisconsin state executive director and the National Deputy Administrator for

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Profile: Insurance Commissioner Mark Afable

WisPolitics.com is profiling some of the newly announced state agency heads. The latest installment features Insurance Commissioner Mark Afable. The former chief legal officer at American Family Insurance is a Wisconsin transplant who was born in New York and raised in Illinois. He came to Wisconsin for college, attending Milwaukee’s

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Profile: Department of Tourism Secretary Sara Meaney 

WisPolitics.com is profiling some of the newly announced state agency heads. The latest installment features Department of Tourism Secretary Sara Meaney. Meaney was most recently chief marketing and development officer for Milwaukee Film and was involved with the firms BVK, Comet Branding and Hanson Dodge Creative. Birthplace, age? 44 years

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Profile: Department of Transportation Secretary Craig Thompson

WisPolitics.com is profiling some of the newly announced state agency heads. Our latest installment features Department of Transportation Secretary Craig Thompson. Before being tapped to join Gov. Tony Evers’ administration, Thompson spent more than 10 years working at the Transportation Development Association of Wisconsin. He wasn’t available for an in-person,

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Profile: Department of Corrections Secretary Kevin Carr

WisPolitics.com is profiling some of the newly announced state agency heads. Our fourth installment features Department of Corrections Secretary Kevin Carr. Carr is a career law enforcement officer, most recently holding the position of U.S. Marshal for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. Before that, he served in the Milwaukee County

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Profile: Department of Veteran Affairs Secretary Mary Kolar

Department of Veteran Affairs Secretary Mary Kolar is a former Dane County Board of Supervisors member and retired U.S. Navy Captain. She replaces former Gov. Scott Walker appointee Dan Zimmerman. Birthplace, age? 60 years old, born in Wilton, Wis. Job history? Served on active duty in the U.S. Navy for

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