Lt. Casi Hegney, a 16-year veteran of the Oregon State Police, took over this week as OSP Capitol Mall Area commander. She replaces Lt. Josh Moyes, who moved to OSP headquarters following two stints at the Capitol. Hegney was director of the Criminal Justice Information Services Division. She also has worked in patrol and in training, was a Criminal Division detective and was an Arson Division sergeant.

State Rep. Maxine Dexter, D-Portland, will resign from the Legislature on Aug. 31. She won the Democratic primary to succeed retiring Congressman Earl Blumenauer, virtually assuring election to his 3rd District seat in November. Her likely legislative replacement, who will be chosen by county commissioners, is Shannon Jones Isadore, winner of the Democratic primary in Dexter’s state House District 33.

Peter Wedlake is now Dexter’s deputy campaign manager. He was communications director for Elderwise Inc. after being her legislative chief of staff.

Dr. Ahmed Farag will become the Oregon Health Authority’s dental director on Sept. 3. He has been executive medical director at Rochester Regional Health in New York. Along with his dentistry training in Egypt and the U.S., Farag holds an MBA from the University of Rochester, is pursuing a remote doctorate degree at George Washington University, and is a fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives.

Abbey Stamp was hired as executive director of OHA’s Measure 110 program. Stamp, who began her career as a social worker at Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center in Cornelius, spent 11 years as executive director of the Multnomah County Local Public Safety Coordinating Council.

Roger Brubaker joined the suicide prevention team in OHA’s Child and Family Behavioral Health Program. He was suicide prevention coordinator at Lane County Public Health. 

Jill Gray now is assistant director of government relations at Oregon Housing and Community Services. For the past five years, she was senior policy analyst and then executive director at the Oregon Alcohol and Drug Policy Commission. Before that, she was lead legislative coordinator at the Oregon Department of Human Services. Her legislative experience includes being an aide for Sen. Jackie Dingfelder, D-Portland.

OHCS’s new legislative and government relations coordinator is Casey Houlihan. His background includes being executive director of what is now the Cannabis Industry Alliance of Oregon, leading the statewide field campaign for Measure 91 in 2014, working as an SEIU labor organizer, and serving on Sen. Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign.

Isaac Dixon, who retired from Portland State University in 2021 as associate vice president for human resources, will serve as interim chief people office at Oregon Health and Science University. Former legislative staffer Connie Seeley, now OHSU chief of staff and chief administrative officer, temporarily led the human resources department after Qiana Williams resigned June 3.