Director of Oregon Department of Human Services to resign

Director of Oregon Human Services Department to retire this fall • Oregon Capital Chronicle

Oregon Department of Human Services Deputy Director Liesl Wendt, right, will succeed Director Fariborz Pakseresht, left, Gov. Tina Kotek announced Thursday. (Courtesy of the governor's office)The longtime director of the Oregon agency tasked with caring for the state’s most vulnerable residents will retire this fall.  Gov. Tina Kotek announced Thursday that she’ll appoint Liesl Wendt, deputy director of the Oregon Department of Human Services, t…

Director of Oregon Department of Human Services to resign

Fariborz Pakseresht, the director of the Oregon Department of Human Services, will resign in October. The Department of Human Services is one of the largest state agencies and is charged with programs to help the state’s most vulnerable residents, from the individuals with disabilities to those in child welfare.Pakseresht has spent more than three decades working for the state, including the past eight years overseeing the state’s Department of …

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