COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – A recommendation from the Branch County Board of Commissioners that Whitney Lewis be the next Branch County Department of Veterans Affairs Director has been turned down by the local V.A. Board.
After interviewing three finalists last Tuesday, Lewis was recommended by the Commissioners on a 4-0 vote with Tom Mathew abstaining.
County Administrator Bud Norman told the Commissioners during their work session on Thursday that the V.A. Board went another direction and instead chose Jacqueline Yap.
Since the V.A. Board has the last word, Yap is scheduled to begin November 4.
The Commissioners interviewed Lewis, Yap and Callie Curtis for the job.
Long time V.A. Director Charles Scott informed the county in July he intended to retire at the end of the year. Norman said there were 23 applications submitted.
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