Chad Poppell Takes Over Department of Management Services

Gov. Rick Scott named Chad Poppell as secretary of the Department of Management Services (DMS) on Tuesday. Poppell has been chief of staff at the Department of Economic Opportunity(DEO) for almost two years.

Chad has been a great leader at DEO, and has made it his mission to help Florida families succeed, Scott said on Tuesday. With more than a decade of service in government administration and his experience managing human resources for the city of Jacksonville, Chad will be a terrific leader at DMS. I know he will remain dedicated to promoting efficiency and providing support to Floridas state agencies as they protect taxpayer investments in government.

I am thankful for the opportunity to serve as the secretary of the DMS and I am excited to work together with my fellow state agencies on behalf of all Floridians, Poppell said. I look forward to helping execute Gov. Scotts vision of making Florida the best state in the nation to live, work and raise a family.

Before his time at DEO, Poppell was director of employee services of JEA in Jacksonville. During his time in office, Mayor John Peyton of Jacksonville named Poppell chief of human resources for the city government.