Cindy Zehnder, the president of TVW, will be Gov. Chris Gregoire's new chief of staff. Zehnder has been chief clerk of the House, a deputy commissioner at the state Employment Security Department and a longtime Teamster official.

She has also been a UW regent. She is my boss of sorts for my TVW freelance work. A release from Greogire's office said:

"There is only one person who could have convinced me to leave TVW and that is the Governor," said Zehnder. "

Zehnder will replace Tom Fitzsimmons, who announced his "intention to resign" earlier this week.