MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – After a six-month stint in the State Senate, it appears Sturgeon Bay’s Caleb Frostman will be keeping a job in Madison as the Department of Workforce Development Secretary.
“I really look forward to the challenge of harnessing the power of DWD to increase the capacity of all Wisconsinites to enter the workforce, to stay in the workforce, and just as important to advance within it.”
Frostman won a special election for the District 1 Senate seat in June but lost a chance at a full term to Republican Andre Jacque in November.
Governor-Elect Tony Evers says making sure Frostman and the rest of his Cabinet are ready to go is one of his biggest day-one priorities.
“We have to make sure these leaders and make sure state agencies collaborate with our legislators on the best practices supporting the success of Wisconsin kids and families.”
Evers has appointed 15 people to his Cabinet. He still needs to name a leader for the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Agency.
“So many of them I know nothing about, but the ones I do know something about, I’m reasonably pleased,” said State Sen. Rob Cowles (R-Green Bay) about Evers’ Cabinet picks.
Each Cabinet appointee will go through a public hearing process, then will need confirmation from the State Senate.
Cowles tells FOX 11 the process often takes a couple months.
“Somebody like me who is going to get a chance to vote on these individuals, I will be looking for competence.”
Frostman is the only Cabinet appointee from Northeast Wisconsin.
Among the other appointees announced on Thursday, Democratic State Representative Peter Barca was picked to lead the Department of Revenue.
Andrea Palm, who was part of the Obama administration, was picked to be the secretary of Health Services.
