Gov.-elect will select 18 more commissioners in coming weeks
The five cabinet members Gov.-elect Tim Walz announced Tuesday in his first round of hires bring experience with state agencies, the previous administration, the Legislature and local government.
Former state House Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher will lead the Department of Transportation, Maplewood Mayor Nora Slawik will become the Metropolitan Council chairwoman and Jennifer Ho, a former senior adviser at the U.S. Department for Housing and Urban Development, is taking over the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency.
Minnesota Management and Budget Commissioner Myron Frans, who has been the state’s top financial and human resources official for the past four years under Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton, will remain in place. Alice Roberts-Davis, an assistant commissioner at the Department of Administration, will shift into the top job at that department.
View the complete December 18 article by Jessie Van Berkel on the StarTribune.com website here.