Teresa L. Voors

Governor Daniels appointed Teresa L. Voors as the first female Commissioner of the Indiana Department of Workforce Development on September 21, 2007. Prior to her appointment, she served as Deputy Commissioner and Chief Counsel of the agency. She received her law degree from Indiana University Bloomington, where she graduated in the top 2% of her class and served as managing editor of the Law Review. Before joining public service, she litigated employment law cases at Baker and Daniels in Indianapolis. She grew up in Fort Wayne, Indiana and received her bachelor’s degree in business accounting from Indiana Purdue University Fort Wayne. She passed the CPA exam and worked as a financial analyst for GTE Data Services in Fort Wayne before attending law school. Commissioner Voors currently lives in Zionsville.