Two Oregon prisons have new leaders. Jeremy Wagner is superintendent of the Oregon State Correctional Institution outside Salem, having served in an acting capacity since July. He previously was OSCI’s assistant superintendent of security. Chris Randall returned to the Department of Corrections as interim superintendent at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility in Wilsonville. Before leaving the department last year, he was superintendent at Deer Ridge Correctional Institution.

After being elected state treasurer on Tuesday, Sen. Elizabeth Steiner, D-Portland, resigned from the Legislature on Wednesday. She represented Senate District 17, which covers parts of Multnomah and Washington counties. The county commissioners will appoint her replacement. Steiner’s four-year term as treasurer begins in January. Rep. Lisa Reynolds, D-Beaverton, who won re-election Tuesday in House District 34, said she would seek the appointment to finish Steiner’s term.

Steve Stadum began work Tuesday as interim president of Oregon Health & Science University, replacing Dr. Danny Jacobs. Stadum retired in September from Seattle’s famed Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, which he joined in 2016 as chief operating officer. He previously held various roles at OHSU, including general counsel and chief operating officer of the Knight Cancer Institute. Gov. Tina Kotek said her office would work with OHSU on a national search for a permanent president.

Kotek announced that Joel Madsen and Tony Rocco would co-manage the state’s new Housing Accountability and Production Office, created by the Legislature this year. Madsen was executive director of the Mid-Columbia Housing Authority for 10 years. Rocco is the structural program chief for the state Building Codes Division.

Deputy State Forester Mike Shaw was terminated last week after being on paid administrative leave since August, according to The Oregonian and Willamette Week.

Tim Inman, the University of Oregon’s vice president for government and community relations and university secretary to the board of trustees, joined the Ford Family Foundation as chief policy and public affairs officer.

Sarah Dougherty, who was program director at Elevate Oregon, has taken a job with The Evergreen State College.

Steve Elzinga, who was governmental and legal affairs director for the late Secretary of State Dennis Richardson, is now legal counsel for Marion County.

Martha Bennett, Lake Oswego city manager, will serve as 2025 president of the Oregon City/County Management Association. Nina Vetter, Newport city manager, is president-elect.

In the aftermath of the DMV automatic voter registration fiasco, the Secretary of State’s Elections Division is recruiting for an automatic voter registration policy specialist: “In this role you will serve as the primary elections policy specialist to oversee and ensure policy, analysis and systems support for the Automatic Voter Registration (AVR) is compliant with applicable federal and state law.” Applications are due Nov. 12.