The Texas Division of Public Security (DPS) announced two key management appointments Thursday, filling essential roles overseeing finance and data expertise. The Public Security Fee confirmed the picks throughout its assembly at DPS Headquarters in Austin.
Vanessa Mayo has been named Chief of the Finance Division, whereas John Kelley joins as Assistant Chief of the Data Expertise Division. Each appointments took impact instantly following the fee’s approval.
“The Finance and IT Divisions are essential to the vitality and effectivity of this division,” stated DPS Colonel Freeman F. Martin. “With out these divisions, we merely can not do the work we have to do throughout this state, so I’m thrilled with these appointments and stay up for seeing the large work these people will do within the years forward.”
The management adjustments come as DPS manages an annual funds exceeding $2 billion and faces rising calls for on its statewide operations. The Finance and IT Divisions oversee techniques that have an effect on every little thing from trooper deployment and border operations to public data and driver licensing — making efficient management in these areas important to the company’s mission.
Mayo brings twenty years of expertise in state authorities, together with seven years as chief monetary officer for the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Fee. She joined DPS in 2022 as assistant chief of the Finance Division, the place she applied an automatic journey answer earlier than transferring to the Regulatory Providers Division in 2024 to supervise the Texas Compassionate Use Program.
A graduate of the College of Texas at El Paso, Mayo holds levels in enterprise administration and worldwide enterprise and has been an authorized fraud examiner for 13 years. She replaces former Chief Suzy Whittenton, who retired in September.
Kelley brings greater than 20 years of expertise in expertise management throughout the manufacturing, oil and gasoline, healthcare, and authorities sectors. He most lately directed IT infrastructure for the Texas Well being and Human Providers Fee, managing a group of 150 IT professionals who supported greater than 50,000 inner customers statewide.
Kelley earned a level in telecommunications engineering expertise from Texas A&M College.
The appointments replicate DPS’s ongoing efforts to modernize and strengthen administrative operations that assist its legislation enforcement mission throughout Texas.
