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About Commerce
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Zach Brandon, Executive Assistant On July 30, 2008, Governor Jim Doyle today announced the appointment of Zach Brandon as Executive Assistant of the Department of Commerce. 
Zach Brandon, Executive Assistant Commerce has approximately 400 employees. It provides development assistance in areas such as marketing, business and community finance, exporting, small business advocacy, and manufacturing assessments. The agency issues professional credentials for the construction trades and administers safety and building codes. It also regulates petroleum products and tank systems and administers the Petroleum Environmental Clean-up Fund. Prior to his appointment, Zach Brandon was part of the executive management teams of three start-up companies. He most recently served as the President and COO of Laundry 101, which in 2003 topped USA Today's "Best Places" to do laundry. Brandon also served as the Vice President for Development & Investor Relations for The 101 Group and as the Director of Political Operations for The November Group, both located in Ohio. Brandon was elected to the Madison City Common Council in 2003 and re-elected in 2005 and 2007, and is a member of the Capital Area Regional Planning Commission. As a Madison alder, Brandon helped create the Department of Economic Development and authored and passed a cutting edge workforce ordinance that requires contractors who do business with the city to provide apprenticeship programs and training, giving more Madison residents opportunities to obtain family supporting skilled labor jobs. Brandon earned a B.A. in Political Science with a concentration in Campaign Management from Kent State University in Ohio.
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