December 30, 2020

SALT LAKE CITY (Dec. 24, 2020) — Gov.-elect Spencer Cox and Lt. Gov.-elect Deidre Henderson announced two more appointments to their administration. Both appointees will require confirmation of the Utah Senate. 

“Both Kim and Redge have depth of experience and the respect of their colleagues. They each are uniquely qualified to take on these new roles,” Cox said. “We’re excited to have them join our team as we get to work for the public good.”                                                                                                                      

Redge Johnson, a consultant who previously worked for the Utah Department of Agriculture and the Nature Conservancy, has been nominated as coordinator of the Public Lands Policy Coordinating Office, or PLPCO. 

Kim Shelley, who is currently deputy director of the Utah Department of Environmental Quality, has been tapped to serve as executive director of the DEQ.  

Cox and Henderson, along with other statewide elected officials, will be formally sworn in on Inauguration Day, Monday, Jan. 4, 2021.

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