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Acting Commissioner, Bureau of Professional & Occupational Affairs

Arion R. Claggett 


Arion R. Claggett was appointed Acting Commissioner of the Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs (BPOA) for the Department of State on January 15, 2022.

Claggett started with BPOA in April 2019 as Director of Operations and was promoted to Deputy Commissioner before his appointment as Acting Commissioner.

Before joining the Department of State, Claggett spent four years as the Compliance Testing Manager in the Legal and Compliance Department of the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency (PHEAA). He was charged with leading the annual Enterprise Compliance Risk Assessment and Compliance Test Plan.

Prior to joining PHEAA, Claggett spent seven years working for the Pennsylvania Auditor General as an Audit Specialist. He was charged with conducting performance and single audits on various Commonwealth of Pennsylvania agencies.

Claggett holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from Elizabethtown College and an associate degree in computer information systems from Harrisburg Area Community College. He also holds a professional certification as a certified internal controls auditor from the Institute for Internal Controls.

Claggett lives in Middletown, PA, with his wife Tasha and their daughters Makayla and Aliyah.