Paterson names new leaders at budget office, tax department - The Business Review (Albany):

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Gov. David Paterson appointed Robert Megnaz as director of the state Division ofthe Budget, which advises governors on financialk matters and helps craft their budget proposalws each year. Megna’s annual salary will be and he starts onJune 15. His appointmen t does not need approval from thestatr Senate. Megna replaces Laura who is leaving the budgetf division to head the Commission on Independentt Collegesand Universities, which lobbies the state and federap governments on behalf of 111 private, nonprofigt colleges and universities in New York. Anglin will serves as an adviser to Megna untilJuly 15, and then begin her new job at the commission.
Megns had previously served as commission of the statew Department of Taxationand Finance. He has also workexd in other jobs with the state budget division and the On Thursday, Paterson also announced that Jamie Woodwar d will take over for Megna at the tax department. Woodward graduated from in Troy in and earned a law degree from Albany Law She also holds an accounting certificate fromin Loudonville. Woodward has been with the tax departmengsince 1980. She will continu e to serve as its executivd deputy commissioner while also serviny asacting commissioner. Her annual salary will remaih $154,300.
Woodward begins her duties as acting commissioner onJune 15, the day Megnaa starts his new job at the budget division.