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Wednesday, September 02, 2009

Ind. Gov't. - New public access counselor, and new head of DFI, named by Governor [Updated]

Here is the press release:

Governor Mitch Daniels today named former bank executive David Mills as director of the Indiana Department of Financial Institutions (DFI) and attorney Andrew J. Kossack as state public access counselor.

Mills, of Zionsville, previously worked in corporate banking for more than 37 years with National City Bank, retiring in 2007 as senior vice president and deputy chief credit officer. As DFI director, he will serve as the chief executive and administrative officer of the state agency that provides regulatory oversight of state chartered financial institutions. Mills received his undergraduate degree from Indiana University - Bloomington and is a graduate of the Herbert V. Prochnow Graduate School of Banking at the University of Wisconsin. He currently serves as the director of programs for the Indiana Office of Faith Based and Community Initiatives.

Mills will replace Judith Ripley, who has served as DFI director since July 2005. She is leaving her post and will join Capitol Assets, LLC in Indianapolis. Ripley has a combined 11 years of regulator oversight service in state government, first at the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission and then with DFI.

Kossack, of Carmel, is currently a labor and employment law associate at Barnes & Thornburg LLP in Indianapolis. He received his undergraduate degree from Butler University and his law degree from Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis. He previously served as a law clerk for United States Magistrate Judge William T. Lawrence and was editor of the Indiana Law Review. As public access counselor, Kossack will provide advice and assistance concerning Indiana's public access laws to members of the public and government officials and their employees. He replaces Heather Neal, who has joined the Indiana Department of Education as deputy chief of staff.

The appointments of Mills and Kossack will be effective September 7.

[Update] Perhaps the Governor's press person got it wrong. According to his B & T resume, apparently no longer available except via the Goggle cache, Mr. Kossack was "an editor," not "the editor," of the Indiana Law Review, and was not "a law clerk," but "an intern," to United States Magistrate Judge William T. Lawrence. On the other hand, a number of Mr. Kossack' very laudable accomplishments were not mentioned in the release today.

Posted by Marcia Oddi on September 2, 2009 02:42 PM
Posted to Indiana Government