New York Lottery: New York Lottery Director NamedNiskayuna resident Nancy Palumbo has been named to head New York state's Division of the Lottery.
Palumbo replaces Margaret DeFrancisco in the $137,000 job. DeFrancisco will take over as head of the Georgia State Lottery.
Since 1999 Palumbo's been the executive deputy commissioner in charge of finance and administration for the state Office of Parks Recreation and Historic Preservation. She was also deputy commissioner at the agency.
Palumbo, who has worked in state government for 20 years, has held a number of state Senate positions, including director of constituent relations.
"Nancy Palumbo brings a wealth of experience in State government and considerable administrative and leadership skills to the Division of (the) Lottery," Gov. George Pataki said in a written statement.
As Lottery director, Palumbo is responsible for all aspects of the system, including ticket sales and distribution, prizes, drawings, accounting, auditing, investigations, sales agent relations, personnel and budget.
The Division of the Lottery is an independent division of the Department of Taxation and Finance.
