Georgia agency leadership changes for new year - ValdostaToday.com

ATLANTA – Governor Brian Kemp announces assorted bureau and authorities bureau enactment changes that volition instrumentality effect successful the coming year.

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Governor Brian P. Kemp announced his enactment of assorted bureau and authorities bureau leaders that volition instrumentality effect successful the coming year. Dr. Dean Burke volition resign his authorities legislature seat, effectual December 30, to go Chief Medical Officer astatine the Department of Community Health. A peculiar predetermination for his Senate District 11 spot volition instrumentality spot connected January 31, 2023. In summation to her existent duties arsenic Georgia Department of Transportation Planning Director, Jannine Miller volition go Executive Director for the State Road & Tollway Authority, effectual January 16. Governor Kemp volition besides urge her to service arsenic Executive Director for the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority and the Atlanta-Region Transit Link Authority. Current Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) Commissioner Tim Ward volition articulation the Board of Pardons and Paroles, pursuing the status of Brian Owens, effectual January 1. Current Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) Commissioner Tyrone Oliver volition go GDC Commissioner, besides effectual January 1. DJJ Assistant Commissioner and Chief of Staff Shawanda Reynolds-Cobb volition service arsenic Interim Commissioner.

“With a agelong and accomplished aesculapian vocation successful agrarian Georgia, arsenic good arsenic extended argumentation acquisition arsenic Chairman of the Community Health Sub-Committee and Vice Chair of the Health and Human Services Committee, Senator Burke volition bring a wealthiness of cognition to the relation of Chief Medical Officer,” said Governor Brian Kemp. “I’m thankful for his willingness to service successful this caller capableness for the payment of each Georgians, including those successful our agrarian communities.

“Jannine Miller is different large nationalist servant who volition besides present further her statewide impact. She has distinguished herself arsenic a person successful the tract of proscription and infrastructure connected some the authorities and nationalist levels. Jannine volition bring an innovative attack and a heavy cognition of the issues facing commuters and those who determination Georgia made products done and beyond Georgia arsenic she steps into these caller roles.

“I’m besides thankful for the decades of work that Tim Ward has fixed to the radical of Georgia successful our corrections system. Over those galore years, helium has seen each aspects of our prisons and the radical impacted by them, astir of whom volition yet instrumentality to society. That makes him uniquely qualified for the Board of Pardons and Paroles, and I americium gladsome helium volition proceed his nationalist work successful this capacity.

“I americium likewise grateful that Tyrone Oliver volition further his innovative attack and dedication to protecting Georgians astatine the Department of Corrections. His galore years of instrumentality enforcement acquisition connected some the section and authorities levels volition service the agency, those housed successful our situation system, and our communities well. I look guardant to the interaction helium volition person successful this caller enactment role.”

“Lastly, but surely not least, I privation to convey Brian Owens for his years of work to the radical of our state. Like Commissioner Ward, helium led the Department of Corrections with dedication and attraction earlier joining the Board of Pardons and Paroles. Marty and I are wishing him galore years of happiness successful a good earned retirement.”

Dean Burke, Chairman of the Insurance and Labor Committee and Vice Chairman of the Health and Human Services Committee and Ethics Committee.

Dean Burke currently represents Senate District 11, consisting of Colquitt, Decatur, Early, Grady, Miller, and Seminole counties on with portions of Mitchell and Thomas counties. He serves arsenic Chairman of the Insurance and Labor Committee and Vice Chairman of the Health and Human Services Committee and Ethics Committee. He besides serves arsenic Chairman of the Community Health Sub-Committee, which is liable for implicit 14 percent of the full authorities budget. Prior to being elected to the State Senate, helium served connected the Bainbridge City Council for 5 years and connected the Lower Flint Water Council.

Dr. Burke presently serves arsenic Chief Medical Officer astatine Memorial Hospital and Manor successful Bainbridge and besides Chairs the Stratus Healthcare Governing Board. He is simply a erstwhile subordinate of the Hospital Authority of the City of Bainbridge and Decatur County. Dr. Burke graduated Summa Cum Laude from Georgia Southwestern University and went connected to postgraduate from the Medical College of Georgia. He received his specialty grooming successful Obstetrics and Gynecology astatine Mercer University School of Medicine and practiced obstetrics and gynecology for 27 years.

Dr. Burke and his wife, Thea, person been joined for implicit 38 years and person 2 children and 3 grandchildren. They are members of the First United Methodist Church successful Bainbridge.

Jannine Miller, Director of Planning astatine the Georgia Department of Transportation.

Jannine Miller is the Director of Planning astatine the Georgia Department of Transportation, serving connected the Executive Leadership Team alongside Commissioner Russell McMurry. She was appointed by Governor Brian Kemp and confirmed by the General Assembly successful 2020. In this role, Miller is liable for the abbreviated and semipermanent readying and concern strategy of authorities and national proscription funds for roads and bridges.

Throughout her career, Miller has served successful galore enactment roles, including arsenic Deputy Assistant Secretary and Senior Advisor to erstwhile Secretary Elaine Chao astatine the U.S. Department of Transportation and arsenic Senior Advisor to then-Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue, liable for programs and policies related to agrarian infrastructure improvement and financing.

Previously, Miller served arsenic Director of the Center of Innovation for Logistics astatine the Georgia Department of Economic Development, Senior Manager of Supply Chain Finance astatine The Home Depot, Executive Director of the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority, and Senior Planner astatine the Atlanta Regional Commission.

Miller earned her undergraduate grade from Georgia State University, a master’s successful Public Administration, Planning & Economic Development from the aforesaid institution, and an M.B.A. successful Global Business from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Timothy “Tim” Ward, Commissioner for the Georgia Department of Corrections.

Timothy “Tim” Ward was appointed by Governor Brian Kemp arsenic the Commissioner for the Georgia Department of Corrections successful 2019 wherever helium oversees astir 10,000 employees successful protecting the nationalist done supervising much than 50,000 authorities offenders portion reducing recidivism done acquisition and healthcare programs. Ward began his vocation with the Department successful 1992 astatine Scott State Prison arsenic a Correctional Officer and yet roseate to Chief of Staff successful 2016.

Ward serves connected the Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council and is 1 of 28 Commissioners nationally connected the American Correctional Association for the Commission connected Accreditation for Corrections. He is an progressive subordinate of the Southern States Correctional Association, the Georgia Professional Association of Community Supervision, the American Correctional Association, and the Georgia Prison Warden’s Association. He holds a bachelor’s successful Criminal Justice from Savannah State University and a master’s successful Public Administration from Columbus State University. Ward and his woman person 3 children and resides successful Milledgeville.

Tyrone Oliver, Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ).

Tyrone Oliver currently serves arsenic Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) and oversees the regular cognition of the multi-faceted bureau that holds justice-involved younker accountable done probation supervision and unafraid detention. Governor Kemp appointed him to this relation successful 2019.

Commissioner Oliver began his instrumentality enforcement vocation successful 1999 arsenic a Detention Officer with the Newton County Sheriff’s Office. He served successful aggregate enactment positions successful his vocation earlier being named Chief of Police for the City of Social Circle. In 2018, helium became Deputy City Manager.

Under Commissioner Oliver’s existent enactment astatine DJJ, the bureau has focused connected restoring younker wrong and extracurricular of detention done societal programs, education, credible messenger mentorship, and wraparound services. This community-focused attack has accrued acquisition opportunities and occupation placement for younker passim Georgia, decreasing pack affiliation and expanding palmy reentry. The Department’s F.R.E.S.H. Start Youth Initiative, which has received nationalist attention, is becoming a exemplary attack for successfully partnering with companies, assemblage leaders, and institutes of higher learning to supply employment, training, and assistance backing for justice-involved youth.

In November 2022, Commissioner Oliver was elected Vice President of the American Correctional Association (ACA), the nation’s oldest accrediting assemblage for the corrections industry. In 2022, helium was elected Vice President of the Board of Directors of the Council of Juvenile Justice Administrators. He besides serves connected the Board of Peace Officers Annuity and Benefit Fund, the State Workforce Development Board, and the enforcement committees for the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council and the Department of Community Supervision.

Commissioner Oliver is simply a postgraduate of Columbus State University’s Law Enforcement Professional Management Program. He besides completed Leadership Newton County and Walton County, the Federal Bureau of Investigations Law Enforcement Executive Development Program, the Leadership Trilogy Program, and the Georgia International Law Enforcement Exchange to Israel.