OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The head of the Oklahoma Department of Commerce is stepping down.
Gov. Mary Fallin announced
Friday that executive director Dave Lopez will resign from that post,
but will continue to serve as secretary of commerce in Fallin's cabinet.
Fallin announced that the agency's deputy director, Jonna Kirschner, will replace Lopez as executive director, effective Dec. 1.
A retired
telecommunications executive, Lopez says limiting his work to the
cabinet position will allow him more time to develop and promote
economic development policies.
Kirschner has served as
deputy director and general counsel of the agency since 2003. Before
that, she was the managing director and vice president of The Kirschner
Law Firm. She previously worked at law firms in the United Kingdom,
where she is also licensed to practice.
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