Greg Lane will become Deputy Secretary of State, Secretary of State Kim Wyman has announced.

Lane is the departing president and CEO of TVW. He has been with TVW since 2008, and was also deputy chief of staff and communications director for the Attorney General, and media services director at the House of Representatives.

Lane will take over for Mark Neary, who will be elevated to the post of Assistant Secretary of State, succeeding Ken Raske, who will retire at the end of 2014.

Wyman noted that as a TVW board member, she had an opportunity see Lane’s administrative and policy skills in action. After Lane announced his departure from TVW, Wyman said she realized Lane would be an ideal fit for the Office of Secretary of State and recruited him for the position.

“I’m delighted that Greg will be our new Deputy Secretary and I know he brings energy, innovation and a commitment to excellence,” Wyman said.

“As we look toward big changes at the State Library and State Archives and bringing our ‘A Game’ to Elections, Corporations, Legacy Washington and our special programs, we will have a very strong leadership team to guide the way,” she said.

Lane is a graduate of the University of Washington in journalism and political science and the Executive Management Program of the Evans School of Public Affairs at the UW.

He is an Emmy Award winner and on his watch, TVW won the prestigious Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Television Political Journalism.