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Notice of Appointments by Governor Dayton

3/29/2018 4:10:33 PM

ST. PAUL, MN – Today, Governor Mark Dayton announced the following appointments to the Council for Minnesotans of African Heritage, the Governor’s Task Force on Broadband, the Minnesota Council on Latino Affairs, the Minnesota Humanities Center Board of Directors, the State Advisory Council on Mental Health, and the Statewide Independent Living Council.
 
 
Nerita Hughes – Minnetonka, MN
Council for Minnesotans of African Heritage
Member
Effective: April 3, 2018
Term Expires: January 3, 2022
Reappointment
 
Michael Nguyen – Brooklyn Center, MN
Governor’s Task Force on Broadband
Member
Effective: April 3, 2018
Term Expires: January 7, 2019
Replacing: Steven Lewsader
 
Martha Castanon – Moorhead, MN
Minnesota Council on Latino Affairs
Congressional District 7 Member
Effective: April 3, 2018
Term Expires: January 3, 2022
Replacing: Kandace Falcon
 
Susana Pelayo-Woodward – Duluth, MN
Minnesota Council on Latino Affairs
Congressional District 8 Member
Effective: April 3, 2018
Term Expires: January 7, 2019
Replacing: Oscar Lopez
 
Uriel Perez Espinoza – Bloomington, MN
Minnesota Council on Latino Affairs
Congressional District 3 Member
Effective: April 3, 2018
Term Expires: January 3, 2022
Reappointment
 
Julio Zelaya – Saint James, MN
Minnesota Council on Latino Affairs
Congressional District 1 Member
Effective: April 3, 2018
Term Expires: January 3, 2022
Reappointment
 
Ali Elhassan – Woodbury, MN
Minnesota Humanities Center Board of Directors
Member
Effective: April 3, 2018
Term Expires: January 7, 2019
Replacing: Susannah Ottaway
 
Jim McDonough – St. Paul, MN
State Advisory Council on Mental Health
Representative of Metro County Commissioners
Effective: April 3, 2018
Term Expires: January 6, 2020
Replacing: Linda Koblick
 
RoseAnn Faber – St. Paul, MN
Statewide Independent Living Council
State Rehabilitation Council for the Blind Representative
Effective: April 3, 2018
Term Expires: January 4, 2021
Reappointment
 
RoseAnn Faber – St. Paul, MN
State Rehabilitation Council for the Blind
Statewide Independent Living Council Representative
Effective: April 3, 2018
Term Expires: January 4, 2021
Reappointment
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