Matt Massman was appointed commissioner of the Department of Administration in 2014
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Jackie Dionne was hired in 2012 as the state’s first director of American Indian Health
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Bob Meier started at the Department of Natural Resources in 2003 after nearly 10 years in other state jobs.
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“Even though the air is cleaner now, we still are having health effects from our air quality.”
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Kimberly Scott left her law practice to use her legal skills to lobby for energy and natural resource issues.
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Barb Huberty brings experience as an educator to her job with the Minnesota Legislative Water Commission.
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Louis Porter II is the executive director of the Council for Minnesotans of African Heritage
Read More »Breaking the Ice: Love of outdoors leads to heritage council
"You get a chunk of pork belly — it looks like piece of bacon on steroids. They hack that baby up and you eat the whole thing"
Read More »Breaking the Ice: Overseas work leads back home and to Capitol
Brian Halloran says building credibility with legislators means being "an honest broker of the facts."
Read More »Breaking the Ice: Holistic approach goes from theory to practice
“There’s just a lot of work that needs to be done to advance racial equity in Minnesota at the Legislature."
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