LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska Gov.-elect Pete Ricketts has named his top budget and policy advisers.

Ricketts announced Tuesday that he will retain Gerry Oligmueller as the state budget administrator and Lauren Kintner as his policy director and general counsel.

Oligmueller has served as budget administrator since 1995, under former Democratic Gov. Ben Nelson and Republican Govs. Mike Johanns and Dave Heineman. He also has been acting director of the Department of Administrative Services since July 2013.

Kintner leads an office that advises governors on policy, while serving as a liaison to state agencies and the Legislature.

She previously served as an assistant attorney general under former Nebraska Attorney General Don Stenberg, and an assistant to former U.S. Rep. Hal Daub of Omaha. She is married to Nebraska state Sen. Bill Kintner, of Papillion.