Joseph Hoey serves as Assistant Deputy Secretary. The Assistant Deputy Secretary is the primary contact for inter-governmental agency functions, as well as the agency's legislative liaison. Joseph began his service in Wisconsin State Government in 1993 when, shortly after moving to Madison to attend UW Law School, he was hired as a part-time messenger in the Senate Sergeant-at-Arms office. Over the course of almost 30 years, Joseph worked for six different legislators representing the south side and northern suburbs of Milwaukee, the cities of Green Bay and Stevens Point, and the largest Senate District stretching from the south shore of Lake Superior to the rolling hills of Barron County and the forests of Price County.
Joseph most recently served as Chief of Staff for Senate Minority leader Janet Bewley. He is proud of the many relationships he forged and maintained with legislators and staff on both sides of the aisle in the Senate and Assembly, as well as with the administrations of five different Governors. He enjoyed working with previous Assistant Deputy Secretary Kathy Still and looks forward to continuing and building on the bipartisan relationships she established with the legislature.