Stacie Waltjen has been hired as Director of the Department of Liquor Control effective Wednesday, Dec. 31.

Waltjen has served with the Department of Liquor Control since 2017 in the roles of Liquor Licensing Officer and Liquor Licensing Technician. She was previously Executive Secretary to the Managing Director and Deputy Managing Director from 2014-2016. Waltjen joined the County in 2005 at the Office of the Corporation Counsel where she worked as a Legal Technician and Legal Clerk.

She takes the helm following the retirement of Gerald Takase, who became Liquor Control Director in 2011.

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