Appointed Officials

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Appointed Officials are appointed, or hired, by the Board of Supervisors to manage administrative departments. The following department heads serve at the pleasure of the Board of Supervisors.

NAME	TITLE	DEPARTMENT
Rory Geving	Superintendent of Maintenance	Building Maintenance
Kim M. Veeder	Information Technology Director	IT
Catherine Nicholas	County Engineer	Engineer
Robert High	Administrator	Country View
Amy Landers Jones	Youth Shelter Director	Youth Shelter
Jerald Clyde	Human Resources Director	Human Resources
Bob Lincoln	Community Services Director	Community Services

Appointments for some officials are handled differently, such as the Health Department, Conservation and Veterans' Affairs. The Health Department and Conservation are their own "Employer of Record" so are not part of county bargaining units. The director of the Health Department is appointed by the Board of Health, whose five members are appointed to three year terms by the Board of Supervisors.

NAME	POSITION	DEPARTMENT
Bruce Meisinger	Health Department Director	Health Department

The executive director for Conservation is appointed by the Conservation Board. Appointments to the five member board are made by the Board of Supervisors and serve five year terms.

NAME	POSITION	DEPARTMENT
Vern Fish	Conservation Executive Director	Conservation Board

The director for Veterans Affairs is appointed by the Veterans' Commission. Appointments to the five member commission are made by the Board of Supervisors. Commissioners serve three year staggered terms.

NAME	POSITION	DEPARTMENT
Bennie Spain	Executive Director	Veterans Affairs