After steering Democrats to victory last fall, two top campaign aides have found new jobs in state government.
Gov. Peter Shumlin’s chief fundraiser, Erika Wolffing, was promoted last week to deputy commissioner of the Department of Labor.
Wolffing previously served as principal assistant to Labor Commissioner Annie Noonan until June 2012, when she left for Shumlin’s reelection campaign. In her political role, she helped the governor raise $1.24 million to win a second term.
Wolffing earned $63,000 a year when she returned to the DOL two days after Election Day, according to Shumlin spokeswoman Sue Allen. Though Wolffing was promoted last week, her new salary is still being negotiated.
The deputy commissioner position has been vacant since Valeri Rickert left the Department of Labor in November 2011, Allen said. Rickert earned a salary of $83,000.
Vermont Democratic Party field director Ryan McLaren also recently returned to state government. McLaren worked as a temporary administrative assistant and then “private secretary” in the governor’s office in 2011 before leaving to join the party in August 2011, Allen said. At the VDP, McLaren was tasked with identifying and turning out voters for Shumlin and the entire Democratic field.
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