Ashley Kemp will soon take over as the new executive director of the Oklahoma Ethics Commission. Executive Director Lee Slater is retiring June 30. Kemp has been deputy director for three years and was recommended by Slater to be his successor.

Because the commission worked with and had been impressed by Kemp, there was no formal candidate search. A 2004 law school graduate, she previously served as general counsel to the House of Representatives, deputy general counsel to the Oklahoma Health Care Authority, and assistant general counsel to the Oklahoma Tax Commission.