Bobby Mink Named Interim Director of Oregon Youth Authority

OPEN MINDS On-Line News Industry Newsmakers On August 1, 2008, Bobby Mink was named interim director of the Oregon Youth Authority (OYA) to replace former director Robert Jester who will leave the agency on October 1, 2008. Mr. Jester resigned on July 29, 2008, after the indictment of Darrin Humphreys, director of the OYA’s RiverBend Youth Transitional Program in La Grand. Mr. Jester had served as director since February 2004. Mr. Mink has previously served the state of Oregon as director of the Department of Human Services (DHS) in 2001 and 2002. He has also served as DHS . . .