Editor's Pick State parting ways with Omaha-area child welfare contractor Saint Francis Ministries Martha Stoddard Omaha World-Herald Dec 15, 2021 Dec 15, 2021 Updated May 24, 2023 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save These are Nebraska's constitutional officers and the heads of the state's code agencies, who serve in the governor's Cabinet. kAm}63C2D<2 :D 6?5:?8 :ED 4@?EC24E H:E9 E96 6>32EE=65 z2?D2D\32D65 ?@?AC@7:E @G6CD66:?8 E96 42C6 @7 23FD65 2?5 ?68=64E65 49:=5C6? :? E96 ~>292 2C62]k^AmkAm%@A @77:4:2=D 7C@> E96 $E2E6 s6A2CE>6?E @7 w62=E9 2?5 wF>2? $6CG:46D 2?5 7C@> $2:?E uC2?4:D |:?:DEC:6D 2??@F?465 %F6D52J E92E E96J H:== :?G@<6 2 4=2FD6 :? E96:C 4FCC6?E 4@?EC24E 2==@H:?8 7@C 2? 62C=J 6I:E[ 7@==@H65 3J 2 D:I\>@?E9 EC2?D:E:@? A6C:@5 5FC:?8 H9:49 42D6D H:== 36 EC2?D76CC65 E@ DE2E6 H@C<6CD]k^AmkAmww$ rt~ s2??6EE6 $>:E9 2?5 (:==:2> r=2C<[ $2:?E uC2?4:D AC6D:56?E 2?5 rt~[ D2:5 E96J A=2? 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E96 C6DE @7 E96 DE2E6]k^AmkAm$>:E9 D2:5 D96 6IA64ED E@ DA6?5 E96 4@>:?8 J62C 6G2=F2E:?8 E96 49:=5 H6=72C6 DJDE6> E@ D66 H92E :>AC@G6>6?ED 42? 36 >256]k^Am Photos: Leaders of Nebraska's state offices and agencies Secretary of state Bob Evnen KENT SIEVERS, THE WORLD-HERALD Treasurer John MuranteParty: RepublicanTook office: 2019Salary: $85,000 BRENDAN SULLIVAN, THE WORLD-HERAL Attorney general Doug PetersonParty: RepublicanTook office: 2015Salary: $95,000 KENT SIEVERS, THE WORLD-HERALD Auditor Charlie JanssenParty: RepublicanTook office: 2015Salary: $85,000 JAMES R. BURNETT, THE WORLD-HERALD Administrative services director Jason JacksonTook office: 2018Salary in 2020: $166,381.28 RYAN SODERLIN, THE WORLD-HERALD Agriculture director Steve WellmanTook office: 2017Salary in 2020: $122,158.40 KENT SIEVERS, THE WORLD-HERALD Banking director Kelly LammersTook office: 2020Starting salary: $138,000 Jake Daniels Corrections director Scott FrakesTook office: 2015Salary in 2020: $255,748.48 RYAN SODERLIN, THE WORLD-HERALD Crime Commission director Don Arp Jr.Took office: 2019Salary in 2020: $98,119.84 Jake Daniels Economic development director Tony GoinsTook office: 2019Salary in 2020: $204,601 Environment and energy director Jim MacyTook office: 2015 (as director of the Department of Environmental Quality before it merged with the Department of State Energy Office)Salary in 2020: $159,334 handout Fire marshal Chris CantrellTook office: 2018Salary in 2020: $109,886.40 Heath and Human Services CEO Dannette SmithTook office: 2019Salary in 2020: $227,221.28 ANNA REED, THE WORLD-HERALD Insurance director Eric DunningTook office: 2021 BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF NEBRASKA Labor commissioner John AlbinTook office: 2014Salary in 2020: $140,416.64 Omaha WORLD-HERALD Adjutant general Maj. Gen. Daryl BohacTook office: 2013Salary in 2020: $116,411.36 REBECCA S. GRATZ, THE WORLD-HERALD Motor vehicles director Rhonda LahmTook office: 2013Salary in 2020: $120,001.44 REBECCA S. GRATZ, THE WORLD-HERALD Natural resources director Tom RileyTook office: 2020Salary: $170,000 Tax commissioner Fulton State Patrol superintendent Col. John BolducTook office: 2017Salary in 2020: $159,334.24 SARAH HOFFMAN, THE WORLD-HERALD Transportation director John SelmerTook office: 2021Salary: $160,000 Veterans' affairs director John HilgertTook office: 2001Salary in 2020: $137,263.36 0 Comments Locations Lincoln Be the first to know Get local news delivered to your inbox! Sign up! * I understand and agree that registration on or use of this site constitutes agreement to its user agreement and privacy policy. 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