Thursday, November 08, 2007
Beshear Names Top Administration Officials.
Governor – elect Steve Beshear announced that his campaign manager, Jim Cauley, will serve as Chief of Staff in the Beshear/Mongiardo Administration and Ellen Hesen will serve as General Counsel. Beshear also announced that his Lieutenant Governor-elect, Dr. Daniel Mongiardo, and Larry Hayes will co-chair his Transition team.
Jim Cauley, a Pikeville High graduate and resident of Louisville, ran Barack O’bama’s successful bid for the U.S. Senate. Cauley also recently played a leading role in helping Democratic candidates regain the majority of governorships for the first time since 1994. Prior to that, Cauley served as Transition Director and Chief of Staff to Congressman Dutch Ruppersberger in the 2nd Congressional District of Maryland. A veteran of more than 20 campaigns. Cauley ran the Maryland Fund, an independent expenditure campaign that ran issue advertising about Governor Bob Ehrlich’s record – the only incumbent governor to be defeated last November.
Secretary of the Cabinet : Larry Hayes, deputy mayor and finance secretary for the City of Louisville. He previously served as secretary of the cabinet and budget director for Gov. Martha Layne Collins from 1983 to 1987 -- the same period Beshear was lieutenant governor.
General Counsel : Ellen Hessen, who has been general counsel in Luallen’s auditor office. She previously worked as general counsel in the Kentucky Cabinet for Health Services and had been interim commissioner for the Department for Medicaid Services.
Jim Cauley, a Pikeville High graduate and resident of Louisville, ran Barack O’bama’s successful bid for the U.S. Senate. Cauley also recently played a leading role in helping Democratic candidates regain the majority of governorships for the first time since 1994. Prior to that, Cauley served as Transition Director and Chief of Staff to Congressman Dutch Ruppersberger in the 2nd Congressional District of Maryland. A veteran of more than 20 campaigns. Cauley ran the Maryland Fund, an independent expenditure campaign that ran issue advertising about Governor Bob Ehrlich’s record – the only incumbent governor to be defeated last November.
Secretary of the Cabinet : Larry Hayes, deputy mayor and finance secretary for the City of Louisville. He previously served as secretary of the cabinet and budget director for Gov. Martha Layne Collins from 1983 to 1987 -- the same period Beshear was lieutenant governor.
General Counsel : Ellen Hessen, who has been general counsel in Luallen’s auditor office. She previously worked as general counsel in the Kentucky Cabinet for Health Services and had been interim commissioner for the Department for Medicaid Services.
# posted by Joe Kinzer @ 5:19 PM 
