1/3/19 – 11:24 A.M.

A Findlay-native will serve on Governor-elect Mike DeWine’s cabinet. DeWine appointed Ryan Burgess as the Director of Cabinet Affairs during a Thursday press conference. Burgess currently serves as the Director of the Governor’s Office of Workforce Transformation.

The Director of Cabinet Affairs helps coordinate efforts between the state’s 28 cabinet agencies.

Burgess has also served as the Assistant Director of the Ohio Development Services Agency. That’s the same agency DeWine nominated Findlay Mayor Lydia Mihalik to be the director of.

Burgess lives in Columbus with his family.