As first mentioned in this past week’s edition of The Cheat Sheet, Indiana State Personnel Department Brandye Hendrickson is leaving the Holcomb administration.

Indy Politics has learned she is joining the Trump-Pence administration at the Federal Highway Administration.

Hendrickson had served as the Commissioner of the Indiana Department under then Governor Mike Pence before being appointed to the State Personnel Office.  Previously, she had served as Deputy Commissioner for the Indiana Department of Transportation, specifically overseeing the agency’s Greenfield District Operations. In this role, her responsibilities included managing an annual construction budget of approximately $700 million and an annual operating budget of $50 million. Hendrickson oversaw a workforce of 360 employees responsible for the planning, design, construction,

She had also served as Deputy Commissioner for the Indiana Department of Transportation, specifically overseeing the agency’s Greenfield District Operations. In that role, her responsibilities included managing an annual construction budget of approximately $700 million and an annual operating budget of $50 million.

Hendrickson oversaw a workforce of 360 employees responsible for the planning, design, construction, maintenance, and operation of INDOT’s transportation infrastructure within the district.

She served as Deputy Commissioner for Human Resources within INDOT and more than six years as Human Resources Director for the Indiana Department of Environmental Management. She is a graduate of Indiana University.

No replacement has been named yet.

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