The top of the Alaska Division of Labor and Workforce Growth unexpectedly resigned Tuesday, inflicting Gov. Mike Dunleavy to call Deputy Commissioner Cathy Muñoz the company’s performing boss.
Commissioner Tamika Ledbetter’s resignation was introduced in an e mail from the governor’s workplace Tuesday afternoon, and state legislators — together with the chairs of the Senate and Home labor and commerce committees — mentioned they had been stunned by the announcement.
The resignation, handed in Tuesday, was efficient instantly and Ledbetter is not a member of the administration, mentioned a Dunleavy official.
Rep. Jesse Sumner, R-Wasilla and chair of the Home Labor and Commerce Committee, mentioned he had simply spoken with Ledbetter a couple of days in the past, with no signal of an impending resignation.
The assertion from the governor’s workplace didn’t say why Ledbetter resigned, and officers from the workplace had been unable to instantly present a replica of her resignation letter.
“I’m very a lot wanting ahead to spending time with my household, touring overseas and welcoming the beginning of our first grandchild,” Ledbetter mentioned within the assertion from the governor’s workplace.
The governor’s workplace didn’t reply a query asking whether or not Ledbetter resigned to spend extra time together with her household. A name to Muñoz’s cellphone was unanswered
Muñoz, who replaces Ledbetter, is a Republican former state consultant from Juneau who has labored as deputy labor commissioner since 2018.
Initially printed by the Alaska Beacon, an impartial, nonpartisan information group that covers Alaska state authorities.