department heads

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“When you preserve the performance and the work of the crews and the department heads, then you can do things that are incredibly cost-effective for studios.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

DHS workers have been informed in a memo from department heads that they are slated to receive a check on Friday for back pay up until April 4.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

When I worked at Bell Labs, it distributed organization charts weekly detailing the stacked hierarchy of supervisors, department heads, division heads and directors reporting up to a vice president.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026

Since regulations required that department heads be colonels, not generals, Lincoln even took a demotion in his rank and was never again promoted.

From Slate • Feb. 9, 2026

I shuttled between meetings with various department heads, worked with the staffs of city commissioners, and was dispatched sometimes to different neighborhoods around Chicago to follow up on personal complaints received by the mayor.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama