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First name: Judith photo
Last name: Cruz
E-mail: john.cichon@granicus.com
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Notes: Judy Schaefer serves as Board Chair for DeSoto County and Direct Manager for more 90 governmental units, 52 departments, 13 collective bargaining units and 2000 employees. Manager/Chief Clerk Pape says "reassessment, keeping departments within budgets and reviewing the county’s overall policies will be some of his top priorities" as he takes on handling the county’s day-to-day business. Doug Pape, a onetime Times Leader sports reporter was appointed the top non-elected official in Luzerne County government. A Wilkes-Barre resident, Pape has been working in the county as a human services contract manager since January 2006. He took on an additional responsibility a year ago as interim director of the county transportation department. Pape has a bachelor's degree in sociology, with a concentration in criminal justice and a minor in history from Bloomsburg.
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