RALEIGH, (SGRToday.com) - Secretary of Administration Bill Daughtridge has a new gig. Effectivey immediately, Daughtridge is a Commissioner of the North Carolina Industrial Commission.
 
Daughtridge replaces Drew Heath, who is now Gov. Pat McCrory's budget director. Heath took the finance position after Lee Roberts left the budget job for the private sector.

Daughtridge must be confirmed by the General Assembly.

Kathryn Johnston, Deputy Secretary of Service Operations, has been named to serve as Acting Secretary of Administration.

Daughtridge was appointed Secretary of Administration in 2013. A former three-term member of the North Carolina House of Representatives, Daughtridge brought to the Administration department extensive leadership experience gained in the private, public and non-profit community service sectors.

 At the Industrial Commission, Daughtridge will be one of six commissioners responsible for administrating the Workers’ Compensation Act, the Tort Claims Act, the Childhood Vaccine-Related Injury Act, the Law Enforcement Officers’, Firemen’s, Rescue Squad Workers’, and Civil Air Patrol Members’ Death Benefit Act, the Act to Compensate Individuals Erroneously Convicted of Felonies, and the Eugenics Compensation Program.