Stephen Cawley Vice president for information technology and chief information officer with the University of Minnesota. Appointed as the representative of higher education systems. 3330 Xanthus Lane North Plymouth, MN 55447 612.625.8855 763.449.9389 cawley@umn.edu Porte281@umn.edu Brent Christensen General manager of Christensen Communications. Christensen is telephone companies with 50,000 or fewer subscribers located outside the Twin Cities metropolitan area. 104 West Main Street Madelia, MN 56062 507.642.5514 507.642.3123 brentc@chriscomco.net Thomas Garrison Communications director for the city of Eagan and the founding editor of Minnesota Technology magazine. Garrison is appointed as the representative of metropolitan area Minnesota cities. 3830 Pilot Knob Road Eagan, MN 55122 651.675.5008 tgarrison@cityofeagan.com Jack Geller Professor and head of arts, humanities and social sciences with the University of Minnesota, Crookston, and past president of the Center for Rural Policy and Development. Geller is appointed as the representative of rural residential citizens at-large. 129 Ironwood Court Mankato, MN 56001 507.381.0720 507.385.0837 gelle045@umn.edu Barbara Gervais Senior investment associate and associate vice president with RBC Dain Rauscher in Duluth. Gervais is rural business citizens at-large. PO BOX 2266 Tofte, MN 55615 218.728.8420 218.663.7315 barbara.gervais@rbc.com 1 10/23/2008
John Gibbs Vice president of state government and regulatory affairs with Comcast Corporation in Minnetonka. Gibbs is metropolitan area cable communications systems providers. 9705 Data Park Minnetonka, MN 55343 952.607.4210 952.942.5813 john_gibbs@cable.comcast.com heather_kiedrowski@cable.comcast.co m JoAnne Johnson Manager of government and external relations for the central region states with Frontier Communications. Johnson is appointed as a representative of telephone companies. 6496 Mistral Lane Eden Prairie, MN 55346 612.229.7173 952.934.2082 joanne.johnson@czn.com Gopal Khanna Commissioner/OET 6605 Nordic Drive, Edina, MN 55439 651.556.8007 952.943.2662 gopal.khanna@state.mn.us Marcia.Hansen@state.mn.us Rick King Executive vice president and chief operations officer for Thomson Reuters North American Legal. King is appointed as the task force s chair as well as the representative of metropolitan area business citizens at-large. 8628 Wynstone Pass Eden Prairie, MN 55347 651.848.7819 952.294.9779 rick.king@thomsonreuters.com Susan.lauermann@thomsonreuters.com Tim Lovaasen President of the Minnesota State Council of the Communications Workers of America. Lovaasen is appointed as the representative of the Communications Workers of America. 10713 Cavell Road Bloomington, MN 55438 612.275.6148 952.933.7953 tim@cwamncouncil.org 2 10/23/2008
Dan McElroy Commissioner/DEED MN Dept of Employment & Economic Development 1st National Bank Building 332 Minnesota Street, Suite E200 St. Paul, MN 55101-1351 651-259-7119 dan.mcelroy@state.mn.us Cheryl.Klein@state.mn.us Mike O Connor Semi-retired entrepreneur who serves on a number of high-speed internet advisory boards. He co-founded gofast.net and was the founding president of the Minnesota Internet Services Trade Association. O Connor is metropolitan area residential citizens atlarge. 1666 Coffman Street Apartment 234 Falcon Heights, MN 55108 651.647.6109 651.645.2043 mike@haven2.com Kim Ross District superintendent of the Houston Public Schools. Ross is appointed as the representative of K-12 institutions. 306 Elm Street Houston, MN 55943 507.896.5323 x 5 507.896.4076 kim.ross@houston.k12.mn.us Vijay Sethi Clay County administrator. Sethi is rural area Minnesota counties. Clay County Courthouse 807 North 11th Street Moorhead, MN 56560 218.299.7327 218.233.8832 vijay.sethi@co.clay.mn.us Richard Sjoberg President and CEO of Sjoberg s, Inc., a cable television business that operates in 33 Minnesota towns and townships in Northwestern Minnesota. Sjoberg is rural area cable communications systems providers. 315 Main Avenue North Thief River Falls, MN 56701 218.681.3044 218.681.7534 rsjoberg@mncable.net 3 10/23/2008
Karen Smith Public relations manager for the great plains region of Verizon Wireless. Smith is wireless Internet service providers. 505 North Highway 169 Suite 600 Plymouth, MN 55441 763.595.2511 651.488.2931 karen.smith@verizonwireless.com John Stanoch President of Minnesota operations with Qwest Communications. Stanoch is appointed as a representative of telephone companies. 200 South 5th Street Room 2100 Minneapolis, MN 55402 612.663.6911 952.922.9190 john.stanoch@qwest.com LeAnn.Cammarata@qwest.com Chris Swanson Co-founder and partner with Wi-Fi Guys, LLC, and a member of the Two Harbors City Council. Swanson is appointed as the representative of non-metropolitan area Minnesota cities. 719 3rd Avenue Two Harbors, MN 55616 218.590.9500 cswanson@tcsth.com Craig Taylor Director of information systems and technology with HealthPartners in Bloomington. Taylor is appointed as the representative of health care institutions located in the metropolitan area. 11166 Apennine Way, Inver Grove Heights, MN 55077 952.883.6372 651.688.8175 craig.d.taylor@healthpartners.com Mary Ellen Wells President and CEO of Hutchinson Area Health Care. Wells is appointed as the representative of health care institutions located in rural areas. 1095 Highway 15 South Hutchinson, MN 55350 320.234.3822 320.234.6821 mewells@hahc-mn.org Sherout@hahc-mn.org 4 10/23/2008
Peg Werner Director of Viking Library System, a regional public library system that serves six west-central Minnesota counties. Werner is appointed as the representative of regional public libraries. 204 North Cascade Street Fergus Falls, MN 56537 218.739.5286 218.739.6004 pwerner@viking.lib.mn.us Robyn West Member of the Anoka County Board of Commissioners, serving as a county commissioner in District 3. West is metropolitan area Minnesota counties. 2100 3rd Avenue Anoka, MN 55303 612.804.8207 612.804.8207 robyn.west@co.anoka.mn.us Glenn Wilson Commissioner/DOC 85 7th Place East Suite 500 St. Paul, MN 55101 651.296.6025 glenn.wilson@state.mn.us 5 10/23/2008