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Governor Selects Management and Budget Chief

LANSING, MI-Public policy specialist Lisa Webb Sharpe is named to head state's Department of Management and Budget. She will be the first African American to serve as DMB director when she begins her duties on Aug. 1.

By Dan Heaton | Updated on July 21, 2005

LANSING, MI-The governor’s director of public policy will be leading the agency in charge of Michigan’s real estate holdings. Lisa Webb Sharpe, 41, has been named director of the Department of Management and Budget. She replaces Mitch Irwin , who left DMB to serve as the director of the state’s Agriculture Dept.

Webb Sharpe is currently the Cabinet secretary and public policy director in the governor’s office. She will be the first African American to serve as DMB director when she begins her duties on Aug. 1.

“Lisa Webb Sharpe has been instrumental in the work that the Department of Management and Budget has already done to streamline state government, save taxpayer dollars and increase efficiency,” said Gov. Jennifer Granholm in a statement. The governor’s appointment now awaits confirmation by the state Senate.

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