Gov. John Carney nominates four people to serve in different government positions.
Delaware is putting a name to the role of state marijuana commissioner.
On Monday, Governor John Carney nominated Robert Coupe as marijuana commissioner. He will serve within the Department of Safety and Homeland Security, a division he once headed.
Coupe was among a group of nominations released by Carney. They included:
- Josette Manning as Secretary of the Department of Health and Social Services. She will replace Molly Magarik, who is stepping down in July.
- Steve Yeatman as Secretary of the Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families.
- Greg Lane as Chief Information Officer, leading the Department of Technology and Information.
Coupe has a strong law-and-order background. He was secretary of the Delaware Department of Safety and Homeland Security from January 2017 until March 2020, the commissioner of the Delaware Department of Correction from March 2013 until January 2017, and colonel of the Delaware State Police for 28 years.
He has been chief of staff at the Department of Technology and Information since January 2023 and was chief of staff at the Delaware Department of Justice from March 2020 until December 2022.
Manning has been the secretary of the Delaware Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families since 2017. Previously, she was a prosecutor at the Delaware Department of Justice for 17 years.
Yeatman, the deputy secretary at the Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families, will be nominated to replace Manning as secretary.
Yeatman has served as chief policy advisor and deputy director of the Division of Prevention and Behavioral Health Services.
Jason Clarke, who has served as chief information officer at the Delaware Department of Technology and Information since January 2021, is leaving in mid July for a job at Advantech.
Lane, the chief technology officer at the Department of Technology and Information since 2017, will be nominated to replace Clarke.
The Senate is expected to consider Carney’s nominations before the General Assembly ends its 2023 session June 30.
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