Tracy Guerin has been selected as the deputy director of the Pierce County Budget and Finance Department.

Guerin currently serves as the chief of staff of the Department of Social and Health Services. She has also served in senior leadership positions at the Departments of Corrections, the Department of Information Services and the Office of the Secretary of State.

Guerin has completed the Executive Education program at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and the Strategic Leadership program at Duke University. She holds a bachelor’s degree from the Evergreen State College. Guerin is currently the Chair of the Washington State Employees Credit Union Board and will pursue a leadership position on the Board’s Investment Committee in 2013.

Guerin will formally assume her new position on Feb. 1, 2013. She will report to Budget and Finance Director Gary Robinson.