Governor Rick
Snyder made some leadership changes in both the Talent Investment Agency (TIA) and
the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) on Wednesday.
Stephanie
Comai, previous head of the Talent Investment Agency, will now join the
Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs to become part of a new
leadership team. Director Shelly Edgerton will remain as director of LARA.
Replacing Ms. Comai as the director of TIA will be Wanda Stokes. Ms. Stokes is
a current deputy director at LARA and her responsibilities included litigation
risk management and providing oversight to the Bureau of Employment Relations,
the Michigan Administrative Hearing System, the Michigan Occupational Safety
and Health Administration, the Workers’ Compensation Agency and administration
of the Freedom of Information Act.
Ms. Stokes
new responsibilities at TIA will include helping the Unemployment Insurance
Agency and the Workforce Development Agency. Ms. Comai’s new responsibilities
have not been determined, as the agency is in the process of reorganizing.