Evers Picks Milwaukee Leaders for top Cabinet Slots

Evers Chose Four Cabinet Leaders

MADISON, Wis. – Democratic Gov.-elect Tony Evers has chosen four prominent Milwaukee leaders to hold top-level Cabinet positions in his new administration.

Evers’ transition team announced Wednesday that Joel Brennan, chief executive officer for Discovery World, will serve as his top aide heading the Department of Administration. Brennan previously served as campaign manager for Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett.

Preston Cole, commissioner of neighborhood services under Barrett, will lead the Department of Natural Resources.

U.S. Marshal Kevin Carr will be secretary of the Corrections Department. Carr previously worked 30 years in the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Department before becoming a marshal in 2010.

And Evers also named Sara Meaney, chief marketing and development officer at Milwaukee Film, to be his Tourism secretary.