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PHOENIX — The interim leader of Arizona Department of Veterans' Services was appointed as the permanent director of the agency on Friday, Gov. Janet Napolitano announced.

Retired National Guard Brig. Gen. Richard Gregg Maxon was named interim director in March, after Patrick F. Chorpenning resigned from the post after revelations of problems at the state nursing home for veterans.

Napolitano said Maxon's leadership during the past four months has been exemplary and called Maxon "the perfect person to guide the agency."

A state review of the nursing home completed in April found problems in staffing, management, long-range planning and funding. The report said staff turnover, partly due to low pay scales, and other problems gradually worsened in the past two years. They became known when state nursing home inspectors made a February visit to the 200-bed facility in Phoenix and said some residents were in immediate jeopardy.

Maxon officially retired from the National Guard this week. He had been serving as the assistant adjutant general since 1999.

Maxon has a master's degree in business administration and a law degree from Arizona State University.

The Department of Veterans' Services runs programs that assist the estimated 600,000 veterans in the state, and oversees the veterans nursing home.

Maxon's appointment must be confirmed by the state Senate.