An airplane flies in the distance past the Capitol rotunda in Cheyenne. Governor Mark Gordon announced the appointment as the new director of the Wyoming Department of Revenue on Friday.
Cayla Nimmo, Star Tribune
Governor Mark Gordon has appointed a new director of the Wyoming Department of Revenue, he said in a press release Friday.
The new director, Brenda Henson, was the Treasury Department’s property tax administrator from 2013 before retiring in March 2020. Prior to that, she was a Laramie County Assessor.
“We are fortunate to have someone with Brenda’s expertise in tax law and Wyoming tax policy to take over the reins at the department,” Gordon said in the press release.
The Wyoming Department of Revenue includes the Administrative Services Division, Excise Tax Division, Property Tax Division, Mineral Tax Division, and Liquor Division.
The position was previously filled by Dan Noble, who held the position for 13 years.
The exact nature of his resignation is unclear. Noble did not respond to the request for comment and the governor’s office declined to comment, stating that they would not comment on “personnel matters”.
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Another former Treasury Secretary Nicole Novotny-Smith also resigned when Noble did, but she told the Star-Tribune that her resignation was requested by the governor’s office.
“On July 14, 2021, Chief of Staff McVeigh requested my resignation as administrator of the Wyoming Liquor Division, and I filed my resignation effective that day,” she said in a Facebook message. “The request was unexpected.”