The Texas State Office of Risk Management announced that Sara Hays was appointed executive director of the agency that administers the workers compensation program for state employees.
Ms. Hays most recently was deputy director of operations with the Office of Injured Employee Counsel, a state agency providing injured workers with help on their claims. Before that, she was a chief of staff for two state representatives and budget and policy adviser for Gov. Greg Abbott.
She starts in her new position Nov. 17.
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