Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has appointed Cynthia Lee Almond to serve as president of the state’s Public Service Commission.

“Cynthia has proven to be an extremely effective public servant and leader, and I am confident the people of Alabama will be even better served when she takes the helm at the Public Service Commission,” Ivey said in a press release.

Almond, a Republican from Tuscaloosa, currently serves in the Alabama House of Representatives. She also owns a title company and works as an attorney specializing in estate planning, probate, business law and real estate.

She replaces Twinkle Cavanaugh, who resigned her position as commission president last week in order to take a job with the U.S. Department of Agriculture under President Donald Trump.

Cavanaugh was first elected to the

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