艾奥瓦州候任州长 Sand 任命 Lanon Baccam 任就职典礼主任：就职活动2027年1月15日至17日举行
位于艾奥瓦州波尔克县的州府 Des Moines 11月12日传出消息：候任州长 Rob Sand 当天宣布，任命 Lanon Baccam 担任 Sand-Muhlbauer 就职典礼主任，负责新政府2027年1月上任前就职活动的筹备与协调。就职仪式活动定于2027年1月15日至17日举行。
Sand 说，他很自豪由 Baccam 来牵头就职筹备工作，称 Baccam 是一心为公、懂得把大家聚到一起的人，相信他能办出一场体现艾奥瓦州价值、让全州人共同庆祝的就职典礼。Baccam 回应说，能为候任州长和艾奥瓦州民众服务是荣誉，他在军队与公共服务生涯中学到的是，领导力就是不分党派把人们聚到一起、为社区服务。
这项任命是 Sand 当选后一系列人事安排的最新一项：此前他已选定 Abe Rakov 任幕僚长，由艾奥瓦州共和党前主席 Mike Mahaffey 与无党派州众议员 Brian Lohse 共同主持跨党派过渡指导委员会，并任命 Elisabeth Buck 与 Morgan Miller 为过渡团队共同主任。
Baccam 出生于艾奥瓦州农村地区，在 Mount Pleasant 长大。他的父母1980年以老挝 Tai Dam 难民身份来到艾奥瓦州。Baccam 17岁加入艾奥瓦州国民警卫队，九一一事件后被动员派往阿富汗，在坎大哈一带任战斗工兵，负责爆破与部队防护。退役后他毕业于 Drake 大学，先后在奥巴马与拜登两届政府的美国农业部任职，服务于农业部长 Tom Vilsack 麾下，做过退伍军人就业通道与农村高速宽带普及等工作。2024年他曾是艾奥瓦州第3国会选区的民主党候选人，现与妻子和女儿住在 Des Moines。
（来源：艾奥瓦州候任州长 Sand 过渡团队）
Iowa Governor-elect Sand Names Lanon Baccam Inauguration Director: Inauguration Events Set for January 15-17, 2027
In Des Moines, the capital of Iowa in Polk County, Governor-elect Rob Sand announced on November 12 that Lanon Baccam will serve as Inauguration Director for the official Sand-Muhlbauer inauguration, overseeing the planning and coordination of inaugural events ahead of the new administration taking office in January. Inauguration services will be held on January 15 through January 17, 2027.
"I am proud to have Lanon Baccam leading our inauguration efforts as we prepare to begin a new chapter for Iowa," Sand said. "Lanon is a dedicated public servant who understands the importance of bringing people together." Baccam said it was an honor to serve, adding that his career in the Army and in public service taught him that leadership is about bringing people together, regardless of party, to serve their communities.
The announcement follows Sand's selection of Abe Rakov as his Chief of Staff, former Republican Party of Iowa chairman Mike Mahaffey and independent state Representative Brian Lohse as co-chairs of his tripartisan transition steering committee, and Elisabeth Buck and Morgan Miller as Co-Directors of the transition.
Baccam is a combat veteran and the son of rural Iowa. His parents came to Iowa as Tai Dam refugees from Laos in 1980, and he was born and raised in Mount Pleasant. He enlisted in the Iowa National Guard at 17 and, in the wake of 9/11, was activated and deployed to Afghanistan as a combat engineer, focused on explosive demolitions and force protection in and around Kandahar. After his Army service, he graduated from Drake University and served in both the Obama and Biden administrations at the U.S. Department of Agriculture under Secretary Tom Vilsack, working to support veterans, expand pathways to jobs in agriculture and help implement investments such as expanding high-speed internet across rural America. He was the 2024 Democratic nominee for Congress in Iowa's third district and lives in Des Moines with his wife and daughter.
(Source: Transition Office of Iowa Governor-elect Rob Sand)
来源：艾奥瓦州候任州长 Sand 过渡团队
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