An AP story just posted on the Indianapolis Star website reports that Gov.-elect Mitch Daniels has filled the Commissioner of Labor post and the Workforce Development post with men from Cummins and Lilly, respectively. Some quotes:
Gov.-elect Mitch Daniels has chosen a corporate lawyer for Cummins Inc. as the new commissioner of the Indiana Department of Labor. At a news conference today, Daniels announced Miguel Rivera's appointment first in Spanish before repeating it in English. "Miguel combines a great business and legal background with a heart for working people," Daniels said.Later in the piece:Rivera was deputy attorney general for Indiana from 1994 to 1996, when he was appointed to the Indiana Parole Board. He began working for Cummins in 1999 and is currently senior corporate counsel for global litigation for the Columbus-based maker of diesel engines and power generators.
Rivera said he is not a member of a labor union, but said he was once in high school when he was a bag boy at a grocery store.
"I look forward to joining Gov.-elect Daniels' team and am eager to jump in to public service to bring about the change that will help the people of Indiana," Rivera said in a news release. Rivera, of Greenwood, has lived in Indiana for 14 years..
Also today, Daniels said that an Eli Lilly and Co. manager will head the Department of Workforce Development. Ron Stiver is the company's brand strategy and sales manager for Lilly and has been responsible for developing long-term strategies for the company's osteoporosis business unit.The ILB's Newly Updated Organization Chart. Access the newly updated ILB organization chart of the Daniels administration here.
[Update 1/7/05] Here is the expanded Indianapolis Star coverage today, headlined "Daniels taps pair to fill jobs posts: Lilly manager Stiver picked for Workforce Development; Rivera to take over at Labor."
Posted by Marcia Oddi at January 6, 2005 05:24 PM