TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Aug 7, 2023

Gov. Bill Lee's office made several personnel changes last week. His longtime policy director, Tony Niknejad, is departing to work in the private sector. He will be succeeded by Michael Hendrix, who has been a special adviser to Lee. Hendrix previously was a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and senior director at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation. In addition, Alec Richardson has been named a senior adviser to the governor. On the communications team, Jade Byers has been named senior communications officer. Replacing Byers as press secretary is Elizabeth Lane Johnson, who previously worked for Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti. Read the governor’s announcement.