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TMCNet:  BREAKING NEWS: Mountjoy leaving state government

[October 28, 2009]

BREAKING NEWS: Mountjoy leaving state government

Oct 28, 2009 (Messenger-Inquirer - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- Helen Mountjoy, secretary of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet, has resigned effective Nov. 30, citing a long commute and a desire to spend more time with her family in Owensboro.

Gov. Steve Beshear said Mountjoy will continue to serve not only as a member of the governor's recently appointed Transforming Education in Kentucky task force, but as his chief point person in guiding TEK.

"Helen Mountjoy is smart, insightful and has extraordinary experience in education and workforce development," Beshear said.

"She has aggressively tackled issues as varied as unemployment insurance and early childhood education," he said. "While I am sad to lose such a talented member of the cabinet, I am very proud of the work she has done and grateful that she has agreed to continue helping with TEK." Beshear appointed Mountjoy as cabinet secretary in 2007. She previously served as vice president of the Greater Owensboro Economic Development Corporation and was a member of Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence.

Mountjoy also served on the Kentucky Board of Education for 15 years and chaired the board from 1998 to 2004.

"Education and workforce development are the issues closest to my heart, and it's been a privilege to serve as cabinet secretary," she said in a prepared statement. "I am looking forward to continuing some of that work, and I'm also looking forward to spending more time with my family in Owensboro." Mountjoy said she continued in this position a year longer than she had committed to originally.

Beshear said he will immediately begin a search for Mountjoy's replacement.

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