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6/26/2014 10:14:43 AM
        Today Governor Mark Dayton announced the following appointments to the Board of Architecture, Engineering, Land Surveying, Landscape Architecture, Geoscience, and Interior Design, the Board of Firefighter Training and Education, the Board of School Administrators, the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources, the Minnesota Amateur Sports Commission, the Occupational Health and Safety Review Board, and the Petroleum Tank Release Compensation Fund.
        
                  
                
                  Nirmal Jain - Maple Grove, MN
                  
          Board of Architecture, Engineering, Land Surveying, Landscape Architecture, Geoscience, and Interior Design
          
          Licensed Engineer
          
          Effective: June 30, 2014
          
          Term Expires: January 1, 2018
          
          Replacing: Douglas Cooley
          
David Krech - Duluth, MN
          Board of Architecture, Engineering, Land Surveying, Landscape Architecture, Geoscience, and Interior Design
          
          Licensed Engineer
          
          Effective: June 30, 2014
          
          Term Expires: January 1, 2018
          
          Reappointment
          
Marjorie Pitz -St. Paul, MN
          Board of Architecture, Engineering, Land Surveying, Landscape Architecture, Geoscience, and Interior Design
          
          Landscape Architect
          
          Effective: June 30, 2014
          
          Term Expires: January 1, 2018
          
          Reappointment
          
Eric Hedtke - Minneapolis, MN
          Board of Firefighter Training and Education
          
          Representative of Minnesota Towns
          
          Effective: June 30, 2014
          
          Term Expires: January 1, 2018
          
          Reappointment
          
Kelli Slavik - Plymouth, MN
          Board of Firefighter Training and Education
          
          Representative of Minnesota Towns
          
          Effective: June 30, 2014
          
          Term Expires: January 1, 2018
          
          Reappointment
          
Tracine Asberry - Minneapolis, MN
          Board of School Administrators
          
          Public Member
          
          Effective: June 30, 2014
          
          Term Expires: January 1, 2018
          
          Replacing: Jim Rhodes
          
Della Young - Brooklyn Park, MN
          Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources
          
          Citizen Member
          
          Effective: June 30, 2014
          
          Term Expires: January 1, 2018
          
          Replacing: Thomas Cook
          
Alberder Gillespie - Woodbury, MN
          Minnesota Amateur Sports Commission
          
          Member
          
          Effective: June 30, 2014
          
          Term Expires: January 2, 2017
          
          Replacing: Karla Bigham
          
Judge Joan Hallock - St. Paul, MN
          Minnesota Amateur Sports Commission
          
          Member
          
          Effective: June 30, 2014
          
          Term Expires: January 2, 2017
          
          Replacing: John Evans
          
Lori Higgins - Blaine, MN
          Minnesota Amateur Sports Commission
          
          Member
          
          Effective: June 30, 2014
          
          Term Expires: January 2, 2017
          
          Replacing: Ed Hruska
          
Leonard Price - Woodbury, MN
          Occupational Health and Safety Review Board
          
          Chair
          
          Effective: June 30, 2014
          
          Term Expires: January 5, 2015
          
          Replacing: Patricia Solheid
          
William Hefner - Minneapolis, MN
          Petroleum Tank Release Compensation Board
          
          Public Member
          
          Effective: June 30, 2014
          
          Term Expires: January 1, 2018
          
          Replacing: Bonita Wilhelm