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Paul Cleary Named Executive Director
Paul Cleary Named Executive Director
 
The PERS Board has appointed Paul R. Cleary as PERS Executive Director. Cleary is expected to start on or around June 1, 2004. The Director serves at the discretion of the Board and is responsible for the PERS administrative staff.
 
Mr. Cleary, most recently director of the Oregon Water Resources Department, has also served as Director of the Oregon Division of State Lands; Deputy Director of the Wyoming State Land and Farm Loan Office; and as a natural resource advisor in the Wyoming Governor's Office. He began his professional career at the University of Wyoming's Water Resources Research Institute. Mr. Cleary earned his M.S. in Water Resources from the University of Wyoming and B.S. in Biology from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut.
 
Laurie Warner, PERS acting director while the search for a permanent director was conducted, is returning to the Oregon Department of Administrative Services as Deputy Director.

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