Caleb Frostman | |
State: | Wisconsin |
Office: | 6th Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development |
Term Start: | January 7, 2019 |
Term End: | September 18, 2020 |
Predecessor: | Ray Allen |
Successor: | Amy Pechacek |
Appointer: | Tony Evers |
Deputy: | Robert Cherry, Jr. |
State Senate1: | Wisconsin |
District1: | 1st |
Term Start1: | June 28, 2018 |
Term End1: | January 7, 2019 |
Predecessor1: | Frank Lasee |
Successor1: | André Jacque |
Birth Date: | 22 November 1984 |
Birth Place: | Stevens Point, Wisconsin, U.S. |
Residence: | Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin |
Education: | Wisconsin School of Business |
Party: | Democratic |
Website: | Official bio |
Caleb Frostman (born November 22, 1984) is an American politician from the state of Wisconsin. He was Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development in the administration of Governor Tony Evers from 2019 until his resignation on September 18, 2020. A Democrat, he previously served as a member of the Wisconsin State Senate representing the 1st district.[1] [2]
Frostman is a native of Green Bay, Wisconsin. He worked for banks in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul area and moved to Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, in 2016, where he worked for the Door County Economic Development Corporation as their executive director.[3] After Lasee, a Republican, resigned his seat in the Wisconsin Senate, Frostman resigned from his job to run in the special election to fill the vacancy.[4] On June 12, Frostman defeated André Jacque to win the seat.[5] [6] He was sworn in on June 28, 2018.[7] He was later defeated by Jacque in November 2018, losing the chance of being elected for a full four-year term.[8] Governor Tony Evers appointed him as Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, though he remained secretary-designee until the Republican-controlled Wisconsin Senate approved his appointment at the start of 2020.[9]
On September 18, 2020, Evers asked for Frostman's resignation, due to long-term issues involving the approval of payment of benefits to applicants during the COVID-19 pandemic which dated back to before the state's first stay-at-home order. Frostman tendered his resignation soon after.[10]
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