Gov.-elect retaining LLI auth. head

ATLANTA - Gov.-elect Nathan Deal says he will re-appoint Bill Donohue to his job as Executive Director of the Lake Lanier Islands (LLI) Development Authority.<br /> <br /> Deal announced Wednesday that Donahue is one of several people in state government he will ask to stay on. Donohue also serves as Executive Director of the North Georgia Mountains Authority and will continue in that post, as well.<br /> <br /> But, he is making some changes at the top of some departments.<br /> <br /> Deal said he will appoint Sid Johnson as the commissioner for the Department of Administrative Services. Johnson currently serves as the administrator of the Governor's Office of Consumer Affairs. Deal has chosen Cobb County lawyer John Sours as the new leader for Consumer Affairs.<br /> <br /> The governor-elect will nominate Amy Howell to serve as the commissioner of the Department of Juvenile Justice. Howell currently holds a deputy commissioner position at the department.<br /> <br /> State Revenue Commissioner Bart Graham says he is on his way out but a Deal spokesman says the governor-elect is not ready to make any announcement about that job. (See separate story.)<br /> <br /> In addition to Donohue, the following people will continue to serve in their current positions:<br /> <br /> Joe Doyle, commissioner, State Personnel Administration<br /> Randy Moore, executive director, Georgia Agricultural Exposition Authority<br /> Dr. Frank Shelp, commissioner, Dept. of Behavioral Health and Development Disabilities<br /> Craig Young, executive director, Brain and Spinal Injury Trust Fund Commission<br /> Allen Barnes, director, Georgia DNR Environmental Protection Division<br /> Robert Farris, director, Georgia Forestry Commission<br /> Sylvia Wygoda, director, Georgia Commission of the Holocaust<br /> Jones Hooks, executive director, Jekyll Island Authority<br /> Margaret DeFrancisco, president and CEO, Georgia Lottery Corporation<br /> Lisa Love, executive director, Georgia Music Hall of Fame<br /> William Crews, executive director, Non-Public Post Secondary Education Commission<br /> J. Dale Mann, director, Georgia Public Safety Training Center<br /> Brent Dykes, executive director, Soil and Water Conservation Commission<br /> Tim Connell, president, Student Finance Commission<br /> Mike Coan, administrator, Subsequent Injury Trust Fund<br /> Pete Wheeler, commissioner, Department of Veterans Service<br /> Jeffery Ezell, executive director, Teachers Retirement System of Georgia<br /> Deron Hicks, inspector general, Office of Inspector General<br /> Ben Sapp, executive director, Sports Hall of Fame<br />

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