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For the first time in its 40-year history, the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) will be led by a woman.
On Thursday, Gov. Jay Inslee named Cheryl Strange as the agency’s next secretary.
From 2008 to 2011, Strange was DOC’s deputy secretary. Currently, she’s the secretary of the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS). Previously, she was CEO of Western State Hospital (WSH).
“I didn’t have to look far to know that we have the right leader, right here, already on our team,” Inslee said in a statement. “I can’t think of anyone more qualified than Cheryl to lead DOC into its new future.”
April 29, 2021
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Gov. Jay Inslee today named Cheryl Strange secretary of Washington’s Department of Corrections (DOC). She replaces Steve Sinclair who announced his retirement in January. Strange will be the department’s first female secretary.
Strange is currently secretary of the state’s Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS), the state’s largest human service agency, where she was appointed to the position by Inslee in 2017. She is a respected and proven leader who has cultivated a humane, progressive and equitable institutional culture. Julie Martin will be the acting DOC secretary until Strange begins May 15. Don Clintsman will be the acting DSHS secretary, with a national recruitment underway.
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