Washington Secretary of Well being Umair Shah mentioned Tuesday he’ll step down subsequent month, becoming a member of different state company leaders planning to exit earlier than Gov.-elect Bob Ferguson takes workplace.
Shah is one among six members of Gov. Jay Inslee’s government cupboard intending to depart on or round Jan. 15 when Ferguson, who’s now lawyer common, will start his time period as Washington’s twenty third governor.
Each Inslee and Ferguson are Democrats. However even when partisan management of the governor’s workplace doesn’t change fingers, shakeups within the government ranks aren’t uncommon.
The opposite departing company executives are Jilma Meneses, secretary of the Division of Social and Well being Companies; Sue Birch, director of the Well being Care Authority; Cheryl Unusual, secretary of the Division of Corrections; Ross Hunter, secretary of the Division of Kids, Youth and Households; and Laura Watson, secretary of the Division of Ecology.
Watson will be part of Legal professional Basic-elect Nick Brown as his chief deputy lawyer common. Unusual, who introduced months in the past she would retire in February, was not too long ago appointed to the Nationwide Institute of Corrections Advisory Board by U.S. Legal professional Basic Merrick Garland.
As well as, Craig Invoice, director of the Governor’s Workplace of Indian Affairs, a small cupboard company, is leaving. And Dave Danner, chair of the Washington Utilities and Transportation Fee, will want a successor as his time period ends Dec. 3. The fee is a part of Inslee’s government cupboard however Danner, who has clashed with Inlsee, doesn’t take part in cupboard conferences.
Ferguson is predicted Thursday to call members of Inslee’s administration as a few of his first appointments. He beforehand named his eight-person government management crew.