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Category: Appointments

  • July 31, 2025 - Juliet Charron to lead Idaho Department of Health and Welfare

    Boise, Idaho – Governor Brad Little announced today he appointed Juliet Charron to serve as the new director overseeing Idaho’s largest state agency, the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare (DHW). Charron succeeds outgoing director Alex Adams, who was nominated by President Donald Trump to serve as the Assistant Secretary for the Administration of Children […]

  • July 18, 2025 - Gov. Little appoints Regina McCrea to First Judicial District

    Boise, ID – Governor Brad Little announced today his appointment of Regina McCrea as District Judge to the First Judicial District. McCrea is a is a seasoned trial attorney with over 20 years of experience in private practice, focusing on personal injury, wrongful death, medical and legal malpractice, and general civil disputes. McCrea is the owner of McCrea Law, […]

  • June 3, 2025 - Gov. Little appoints Brendon Taylor to Seventh Judicial District

    Boise, ID – Governor Brad Little announced today his appointment of Brendon Taylor as District Judge to the Seventh Judicial District. Taylor is a Magistrate Judge in Bonneville County, serving since 2022. Taylor serves as the presiding judge for the Domestic Violence Treatment Court program. He previously practiced civil and criminal litigation for 22 years at Merrill & Merrill […]

  • April 10, 2025 - Gov. Little announces State Board of Education leadership changes

    Boise, Idaho – Governor Brad Little announced today his appointment of Jennifer White to serve as executive director of the Idaho State Board of Education as current director Josh Whitworth is leaving for a job in the private sector. The Governor also selected Kurt Liebich to serve as the board’s president following the expiration of […]

  • March 25, 2025 - Idahoan Alex Adams nominated to serve in Trump administration

    Boise, Idaho – Governor Brad Little commented today on President Donald Trump’s nomination of Idahoan Alex Adams to serve as the Assistant Secretary for the Administration of Children and Families at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. “Alex Adams brings a highly strategic and visionary approach to […]

  • March 19, 2025 - Gov. Little announces changes in his administration

    Boise, Idaho – Governor Brad Little announced today the Idaho Board of Correction appointed Bree Derrick to serve as director of the Idaho Department of Correction (IDOC) as longtime director Josh Tewalt departs the agency for a job in the private sector. Derrick has served as IDOC deputy director since 2019. She has played an […]

  • February 26, 2025 - Gov. Little appoints Cally Younger to key energy, mining policy position

    Boise, Idaho – Governor Brad Little announced today that Richard Stover is leaving his position as administrator of the Governor’s Office of Energy and Mineral Resources (OEMR) and that Cally Younger will lead the agency. “I sincerely appreciate Rich Stover for nearly three years of leadership at OEMR where he helped navigate some of the […]

  • February 19, 2025 - Gov. Little appoints John Cafferty to First Judicial District

    Boise, ID – Governor Brad Little announced today his appointment of John Cafferty as District Judge to the First Judicial District. Cafferty is Magistrate Judge in Kootenai County, serving since 2020. Cafferty brings nearly a decade of private practice experience and eleven years as a civil prosecutor in Kootenai County. He previously served as the city attorney for Post […]

  • February 18, 2025 - Idaho reinforces Trump’s immigration policies with new executive order

    Boise, Idaho – Governor Brad Little and House and Senate leadership signaled the State of Idaho’s strong support for President Donald Trump’s immigration policies today as Governor Little signed Executive Order 2025-03, the Border Security and Immigration Enforcement Act. “The State of Idaho proudly and unequivocally supports the efforts of President Donald Trump both to […]

  • February 11, 2025 - Gov. Little proclaims February “The War on Women’s Sports is Over Month”

    Boise, Idaho – Joined by dozens of female athletes and Representative Barbara Ehardt, Governor Brad Little proclaimed February 2025 to be “The War on Women’s Sports is Over Month” Monday. The proclamation comes on the heels of Governor Little’s trip to the White House last week. President Donald Trump acknowledged Governor Little as he signed […]