Senior living CEO named director of Oklahomas largest state agency [Video]

Justin Brown, CEO of Choice Capital Partners, the ownership entity for Villagio Senior Living, has been named director of the Oklahoma Department of Human Services, the state’s largest agency.

“This was one of the most important hires that I needed to make in the state,” Gov. Kevin Stitt (R), who has been serving in the role since January, said Tuesday at a press conference introducing Brown. The governor said the state interviewed “tons and tons of people” for the role.

The Human Services Department has approximately 7,000 employees, he said, and they oversee adult protective services and other services for older adults, licensing and monitoring, applications and eligibility determinations for state’s Medicaid program, food benefits, and programs for children and people who have developmental disabilities.

“We were looking for …