Bea Rector is currently the Acting Secretary for the Department of Social and Health Services. Prior to her acting appointment, Bea was the Assistant Secretary of the Home And Community Living Administration in Washington State’s Department of Social and Health Services. Bea has worked in long term services and supports at the state level for 24 years. For the first ten years of Bea’s career, she worked in one of the state’s largest non-profit home care agencies, designing and implementing strategies to recruit and retain home care workers. Bea holds a Master of Public Administration from the University of Washington.