OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Gov. Chris Gregoire appointed Bill Hanson on Friday as director of the state Lottery.
He has been a member of the Lottery Commission for the past five years. Hanson is a former Washington State Patrol officer, former executive director of the Washington Council of Police and Sheriffs and most recently executive director of the Washington state Fraternal Order of Police.
Hanson will earn $115,000 a year when he takes over May 16.
The governor’s office says Chris Liu is leaving after five years in the job.
