Cabinet secretary to work for Obama administration
Posted at: 10/21/2009 12:37 PM
By: Reed Upton, KOB.com
Gov. Bill Richardson has named Deputy Secretary Michael Spanier as acting secretary of the agency. Richardson says Padilla has been "a tremendous asset" as New Mexico's top advocate for aging and vulnerable citizens.
Padilla will begin her new job Nov. 16 in Washington, D.C. She says she will focus on home- and community-based services, protection against adult abuse, neglect, exploitation and building relationships with Native American communities.
Padilla took over the cabinet post in February 2008. Before that, she was a deputy secretary in the state Environment Department and a division director with the Education Department.
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