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Denish today named Kathy Keith as the director of her transition team and Chris Cervini as communications director, the Lt. Governor's Office said in a news release.
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Keith, who was director of the state Economic Development Division from 2003 to 2006, will be the point person to the Governor's Office and overall manager of transition activities, the release said.
A native of Tucumcari and a journalism/political science graduate of Texas Tech University, Keith joins the staff from Public Works, LLC, a private firm that assists governors and state cabinet agencies nationwide in planning, innovative policy and efficiency, according to the release.
She was director of the federal program to rebuild Los Alamos following the Cerro Grande Fire from 2000 to 2002 and served as White House liaison for the U.S. Department of Energy from 1998 to 2000 and the U.S. Congress before that, the release said.
Cervini, who will be responsible for working with state agency PIOs and the current Governor's Office communications staff during the transition, has been external communications manager in Lovelace Health System's marketing and public relations department.
Before that he worked from 2003 to 2006 as Denish's chief of staff and communications and policy director, the release said.
Cervini has a master's degree in political science from American University in Washington, D.C.
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