North Carolina Department of Public Safety
Originally published on March 31, 2021 5:12 pm
Pamela Brewington Cashwell, a veteran North Carolina state agency administrator and former federal prosecutor, was appointed on Wednesday by Gov. Roy Cooper as the Department of Administration secretary.
Cashwell, a chief deputy secretary and senior policy adviser at the Department of Public Safety, will become the first Native American woman to lead a Cabinet agency in North Carolina, Cooper's office said.
Cashwell will succeed Machelle Sanders, whom Cooper named in February the next Commerce Department secretary. Cashwell and Sanders are subject to state Senate confirmation.
The Administration Department oversees many internal business affairs, including purchase and contracting, the state’s motor fleet and government buildings and property.