田纳西州当选州长布莱克本公布首批内阁人选 财政厅长与旅游农业厅长定盘

田纳西州当选州长Marsha Blackburn公布首批内阁与幕僚人选:前威廉森县县委员Todd Kaestner将出任财政与行政厅厅长;现任旅游发展厅厅长Mark Ezell与农业厅厅长Andy Holt留任。布莱克本将于2027年1月就职。
Kaestner目前担任田纳西州评议委员会委员,任期至2028年6月,此前曾任Brookdale Senior Living首席财务官与企业发展执行副总裁。Ezell由州长Bill Lee于2019年任命为旅游发展厅厅长,Holt于2025年获任农业厅厅长,两人将在新政府中继续任职。
布莱克本同时任命田纳西州酒精饮料委员会执行主任Russell Thomas为首席法律顾问,该委员会副主任Tabatha Blackwell将任代理主任;Ben Blackmon任政策顾问。就职典礼执行领导团队由Baker Group Strategies的Ward Baker负责。
(来源:田纳西州当选州长过渡团队)
Tennessee Governor-Elect Blackburn Names Finance Commissioner and Retains Tourism, Agriculture Chiefs
Tennessee Governor-Elect Marsha Blackburn announced her first cabinet and staff appointments, naming former Williamson County Commissioner Todd Kaestner as commissioner of Finance and Administration, while retaining Tourist Development Commissioner Mark Ezell and Agriculture Commissioner Andy Holt. Blackburn takes office in January 2027.
Kaestner currently serves on the Tennessee Board of Regents, with a term running to June 2028, and previously served as chief financial officer and executive vice president of corporate development at Brookdale Senior Living. Ezell was appointed tourism commissioner by Governor Bill Lee in 2019, and Holt became agriculture commissioner in 2025; both will continue in the new administration.
Blackburn also named Russell Thomas, executive director of the Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission, as chief legal counsel, with Tabatha Blackwell becoming interim director of the commission, and Ben Blackmon as policy counsel. Ward Baker of Baker Group Strategies will lead the inauguration executive leadership team.
(Source: Office of the Governor-Elect of Tennessee)
来源:田纳西州当选州长过渡团队
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