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BRIEF: Wolf picks heads of Human Services, Health, Drugs/Alcohol and Physician General
Philadelphia Inquirer (PA) - 1/17/2015
Jan. 17--Gov.-elect Tom Wolf added to his cabinet Saturday, choosing Ted Dallas, currently the secretary of the Maryland Department of Human Resources, to be his secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services.
His transition team said that Wolf had named Dallas and three other top officials. Announcements on cabinets heads for the Department of Education and the Department of Labor and Industry are expected Monday.
Karen Murphy, the former chief executive officer at the Moses Taylor Hospital in Scranton, was named to lead the Department of Health.
Current Drugs and Alcohol Secretary Gary Tennis, a Gov. Tom Corbett appointee, will remain in his position.
Wolf appointed as his Physician General Dr. Rachel Levine, currently a professor of Pediatrics and Psychiatry at the Penn State College of Medicine.
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