The Legislative Fiscal Office has multiple staff changes:

— Wendy Gibson was promoted to principal legislative analyst and took over as education program area coordinator, which includes serving as analyst for the Oregon Department of Education and Oregon Department of Early Learning and Care.

— Julie Neburka, who previously covered the education area, retired but will work part-time at LFO through the end of the year.

— Katie Bannikov joined LFO as a senior legislative analyst, primarily for natural resource agencies. Bannikov was assistant director of financial services at the Salem-Keizer School District.

— Emily Coates was promoted to senior legislative analyst and took over as analyst agencies that included the Department of Revenue, Department of Consumer and Business Services, and Oregon Advocacy Commissions Office.

— Deputy Legislative Fiscal Officer Tom MacDonald left to become deputy financial officer for the city of Noblesville, Indiana.

— John Terpening was promoted to deputy legislative fiscal officer. He has been with LFO for 15 years, most recently as principal legislative analyst covering multiple public safety agencies.

Veteran state executive Lou Savage joined the Governor’s Office on a temporary assignment to review corrections accountability and the Office of the Department of the Corrections Ombudsman. Bryan Longoria is joining Gov. Tina Kotek’s public affairs and communications team as strategic content creator. He was a public affairs specialist with the Department of Forestry and deployed to multiple fires this year as a PIO.

Alexa Pearson is the next assistant superintendent for the Oregon Department of Education’s Office of Teaching, Learning and Assessment. She has been director of standards and instructional support for the past five years. Before coming to ODE, she taught deaf and hard of hearing students and was an ELA teacher, instructional coach, principal and associate director of teaching and learning.

The Public Records Advisory Council reappointed Todd Albert as Oregon’s public records advocate. This marks his second term. He was first appointed by Gov. Kate Brown and confirmed by the Senate on March 8, 2021. With 2021’s passage of SB 500, the council gained responsibility for appointing the advocate.

Gen. Daniel R. Hokanson, adjutant general of the Oregon National Guard during 2013-15, retired July 31 as the 29th chief of the National Guard Bureau and a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He was honored Saturday in a ceremony at the Medford Armory. Speakers included his son Capt. McKinnon Hokanson and retired Maj. Gen. Raymond F. Rees, who served as Oregon adjutant general three times.

Mahonia Public Affairs hired Lauren Meekins as government relations associate and Nakiyah “Kai” LeSure as executive assistant.

Angela Fasana replaced former state Rep. Betty Komp as chair of the Western Oregon University trustees. Komp was elected as chair in 2018, 2020 and 2022. A member of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, Fasana is its Education Department manager and served as tribal court administrator for 19 years.

Jarrod Hogue, who grew up in St. Helens, took over this week as president of Clatsop Community College. He was head of Math Mentors, a peer tutoring program for K-12 students; director of strategic account relations/school success at Pearson, an education company; and a 14-year employee of Mt. Hood Community College, including serving as executive dean of career technical education. Teena Toyas and Kevin LaCoste served as CCC interim presidents after Chris Breitmeyer stepped down last year. Breitmeyer now leads the Rural Community College Alliance.

Kimberly Branam is departing Prosper Portland, the city’s economic and urban development agency, after eight years as executive director and five years as deputy director. She will become chief trade and economic development officer at the Port of Portland on Sept. 30.

Rep. Tom Andersen, D-Salem, retired as an attorney after practicing law for 48 years.