Gov. Mike Dunleavy has appointed Alaska state health commissioner Adam Crum to lead the Department of Revenue.<\/p>\n
Crum starts in his new role Wednesday. The appointment is subject to confirmation by the Legislature.<\/p>\n
The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services was the largest department in state government. Dunleavy appointed Crum to lead it in late 2018.<\/p>\n
Earlier this year, the department was split in two as part of a reorganization — the Department of Health and the Department of Family and Community Services. Dunleavy appointed Crum commissioner of the health department.<\/p>\n
Heidi Hedberg, who has been director of the state Division of Public Health, will be acting commissioner of the health department, according to the governor’s office.<\/p>\n
Dunleavy’s office in announcing Crum’s appointment cited his ability to “establish and lead effective teams,” noting the state’s COVID-19 response and what it called a “marked improvement of multiple divisions at DHSS during his tenure.”<\/p>\n
Lucinda Mahoney, a former chief financial officer for the Municipality of Anchorage, resigned as revenue commissioner in September. Dunleavy picked Deven Mitchell, who had been Alaska’s debt manager, to serve as acting commissioner.<\/p>\n
But Mitchell was later chosen to lead the Alaska Permanent Fund Corp.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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