ST. PAUL, MN – Today, Governor Mark Dayton announced the following appointments to the Board of Examiners for Nursing Home Administrators, the Board of Psychology, the Food Safety and Defense Task Force, the Governor’s Council on Developmental Disabilities, the Ombudsman Committee for Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities, and the Governor’s Council on Minnesota’s Lake Superior Coastal Program.
Steven Chies – Coon Rapids, MN
Board of Examiners for Nursing Home Administrators
Proprietary Nursing Home Administrator
Effective: June 28, 2016
Term Expires: January 6, 2020
Replacing: James Birchem
Scott Alan Fischer – Mahtomedi, MN
Board of Psychology
Doctoral Level Psychologist
Effective: June 28, 2016
Term Expires: January 6, 2020
Reappointment
Jack Rusinoff – St. Paul, MN
Board of Psychology
Masters Level Psychologist
Effective: June 28, 2016
Term Expires: January 6, 2020
Replacing: Patricia Orud
Courtney Bidney – Eden Prairie, MN
Food Safety and Defense Task Force
At-Large Member
Effective: June 28, 2016
Term Expires: June 30, 2017
Reappointment
Cecilia Coulter – Lindstrom, MN
Food Safety and Defense Task Force
At-Large Member
Effective: June 28, 2016
Term Expires: June 30, 2017
Replacing: Sara Mortimore
Christopher Gindorff – Farmington, MN
Food Safety and Defense Task Force
Food Professional Member
Effective: June 27, 2016
Term Expires: June 30, 2017
Replacing: Cyrus Irani
Brent Kobielush – Maple Grove, MN
Food Safety and Defense Task Force
Food Professional Member
Effective: June 28, 2016
Term Expires: June 30, 2017
Replacing: Joseph Scimeca
Susan Palchick-Silver – St. Louis Park, MN
Food Safety and Defense Task Force
Local Food Inspection Agency Representative
Effective: June 28, 2016
Term Expires: June 30, 2017
Reappointment
Ruth Petran – Eagan, MN
Food Safety and Defense Task Force
Microbial Detection Equipment Representative
Effective: June 28, 2016
Term Expires: June 30, 2017
Reappointment
James VanDerPol – Kerkhoven, MN
Food Safety and Defense Task Force
Statewide General Farm Organization Representative
Effective: June 28, 2016
Term Expires: June 30, 2017
Reappointment
Benjamin Warren – Woodbury, MN
Food Safety and Defense Task Force
At-Large Member
Effective: June 28, 2016
Term Expires: June 30, 2017
Replacing: Kevin Myers
Michelle Albeck – Farmington, MN
Governor’s Council on Developmental Disabilities
Parent Member
Effective: June 28, 2016
Term Expires: January 2, 2017
Replacing: Alexandra Morrissey
Marisela Cantu – North St. Paul, MN
Governor’s Council on Developmental Disabilities
Parent Member
Effective: June 28, 2016
Term Expires: January 2, 2017
Replacing: Melissa Winger
Emmanuel Oppong – St. Cloud, MN
Ombudsman Committee for Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities
Psychologist
Effective: June 28, 2016
Term Expires: January 6, 2020
Karen Anderson – Maplewood, MN
Governor’s Council on Minnesota’s Lake Superior Coastal Program
At-Large Member
Effective: June 28, 2016
Term Expires: January 7, 2019
Reappointment
Daniel Belden – Tofte, MN
Governor’s Council on Minnesota’s Lake Superior Coastal Program
Carlton County Member
Effective: June 28, 2016
Term Expires: January 7, 2019
Reappointment
Rick Goutermont – Silver Bay, MN
Governor’s Council on Minnesota’s Lake Superior Coastal Program
Lake County Member
Effective: June 28, 2016
Term Expires: January 7, 2019
Reappointment
James King – Tofte, MN
Governor’s Council on Minnesota’s Lake Superior Coastal Program
Cook County Member
Effective: June 28, 2016
Term Expires: January 7, 2019
Reappointment
William Majewski – Duluth, MN
Governor’s Council on Minnesota’s Lake Superior Coastal Program
At-Large Member
Effective: June 28, 2016
Term Expires: January 7, 2019
Reappointment
Donald Schreiner – Two Harbors, MN
Governor’s Council on Minnesota’s Lake Superior Coastal Program
St. Louis County Member
Effective: June 28, 2016
Term Expires: January 7, 2019
Replacing: Zandra Zwiebel
