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Gov.-elect Mike Braun's cabinet nearly complete as Gloria Sachdev, Anthony Scott join team

Gov.-elect Mike Braun has named his choices for eight cabinet secretaries and the State Police superintendent ahead of taking office in January.
Gov.-elect Mike Braun has named his choices for eight cabinet secretaries and the State Police superintendent ahead of taking office in January.

Gov.-elect Mike Braun’s cabinet is almost complete after he announced his appointments Thursday for secretary of health and family services, and superintendent of the Indiana State Police.

Gloria Sachdev will serve in the  newly created secretary position. She will oversee the Family and Social Services Administration, the state Medicaid program, the Department of Health and the Department of Child Services.

Sachdev is a Purdue University professor and currently serves as the head of the Employers’ Forum of Indiana, an employer-led health care advocacy group.

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The new State Police superintendent is Anthony Scott. Scott currently serves as a captain on the force and has been with the state police for nearly 30 years. In that time, he’s led security operations for major events that include the Indianapolis 500 and presidential visits.

Brandon is our Statehouse bureau chief. Contact him at  bsmith@ipbs.org  or follow him on Twitter at  @brandonjsmith5 .

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Brandon J. Smith has previously worked as a reporter and anchor for KBIA Radio in Columbia, MO. Prior to that, he worked for WSPY Radio in Plano, IL as a show host, reporter, producer and anchor. His first job in radio was in another state capitol, in Jefferson City, as a reporter for three radio stations around Missouri. Brandon graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia with a Bachelor of Journalism in 2010, with minors in political science and history. He was born and raised in Chicago.