Bi-Monthly Notice of Vacancies in State Boards, Councils and Committees

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July 18, 2023 ? The Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State today released notice of vacancies for various state boards, councils and committees that are accepting applications. Minnesotans are encouraged to apply and serve in demonstration of public service. The newest vacancies are listed below, and the full list of 975 vacancies / 557 positions can be found on our website?Open Positions.

Applications may be submitted online and must be submitted within 21 days of the ?Publish Date? listed on our O pen Positions page, to be assured of full consideration by the appointing authority. Appointing authorities may choose to review applications received by the Secretary of State after the 21 day application period.

CURRENT VACANCIES
Below is a list of agencies with vacancies posted in the previous 15 days.

Please visit our website for complete descriptions and all other vacancy listings previously posted.

(HEAL COUNCIL) Health Equity Advisory and Leadership Council (July 1, 2023)

Vacancies: 18 Seats -- Members

Active Transportation Advisory Committee

Vacancies: 7 Seats -- 7 At-Large Members (Up-To)

Vacancies: 7 Seats -- Greater Minnesota District Members

Vacancies: 4 Seats -- Metro District Seats

Advisory Council on Traffic Safety

Vacancies: 2 Seats -- Individuals representing vulnerable road users, including pedestrians, bicyclists, and other operators of a personal conveyance

Vacancies: 1 Seat -- Person representing contractors engaged in construction and maintenance of highways and other infrastructure

Vacancies: 1 Seat -- Person representing metropolitan planning organizations

Vacancies: 1 Seat -- Tribal Government Representative

Cannabis Advisory Council

Vacancies: 1 Seat -- Expert in adult medicine

Vacancies: 1 Seat -- Expert in cannabis cultivation

Vacancies: 1 Seat -- Expert in cannabis product manufacturing

Vacancies: 1 Seat -- Expert in cannabis retailing

Vacancies: 1 Seat -- Expert in criminal justice reform to mitigate the disproportionate impact of drug prosecutions on communities of color

Vacancies: 1 Seat -- Expert in economic development strategies for under-resourced communities

Vacancies: 1 Seat -- Expert in farming or representing the interests of farmers

Vacancies: 1 Seat -- Expert in laboratory sciences and toxicology

Vacancies: 1 Seat -- Expert in Minority Business Development

Vacancies: 1 Seat -- Expert in minority business ownership

Vacancies: 1 Seat -- Expert in municipal law enforcement with advanced training in impairment detection and evaluation

Vacancies: 1 Seat -- Expert in pediatric medicine

Vacancies: 1 Seat -- Expert in prevention, treatment, and recovery related to substance use disorders

Vacancies: 1 Seat -- Expert in providing legal services to cannabis businesses

Vacancies: 1 Seat -- Expert in social welfare or social justice

Vacancies: 1 Seat -- Expert in women-owned businesses

Vacancies: 1 Seat -- Expert representing the interests of cannabis workers

Vacancies: 1 Seat -- Expert representing the interests of employers

Vacancies: 2 Seats -- Licensed mental health professionals

Vacancies: 1 Seat -- Patient advocate who is a parent or caregiver of a patient in the medical cannabis program

Vacancies: 1 Seat -- Patient advocate who is a patient enrolled in the medical cannabis program

Vacancies: 1 Seat -- Patient advocate with experience in the mental health system or substance use disorder treatment system

Vacancies: 1 Seat -- Veteran Member

Cannabis Expungement Board

Vacancies: 1 Seat -- Public Defender Member

Vacancies: 1 Seat -- Public Member with Relevant Experience as an Advocate for Victim's Rights

Clean Transportation Fuel Standard Working Group

Vacancies: 2 Seats -- Environmental Science Organization Representatives

Vacancies: 2 Seats -- Members Representing a Statewide Organization of Environmental and Natural Resource Organizations

Vacancies: 2 Seats -- Members Representing Organizations with Expertise in Renewable Energy and Low-Carbon Transportation Fuel Policy

Vacancies: 2 Seats -- Members with Organizations Representing Sustainable Agriculture or Regenerative Biofuels Producers

Vacancies: 2 Seats -- Representatives for Agricultural Commodity Groups

Vacancies: 2 Seats -- Representatives for Automotive Manufacturers

Vacancies: 2 Seats -- Representatives for Aviation Interests

Vacancies: 2 Seats -- Representatives for Conservation Organizations

Vacancies: 2 Seats -- Representatives for Conventional Transportation Fuel Producers and Retailers

Vacancies: 2 Seats -- Representatives for Electric Utilities or Cooperatives

Vacancies: 2 Seats -- Representatives for Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Companies

Vacancies: 2 Seats -- Representatives for Environmental Justice Organizations

Vacancies: 2 Seats -- Representatives for Forestry Interests

Vacancies: 2 Seats -- Representatives for General Farm Organizations

Vacancies: 2 Seats -- Representatives for Labor Unions

Vacancies: 2 Seats -- Representatives for Public Health Interests

Vacancies: 2 Seats -- Representatives for Renewable Fuel Producers

Vacancies: 2 Seats -- Representatives for Renewable Natural Gas and Organic Waste Interests

Vacancies: 2 Seats -- Representatives for Water Quality Interests

Vacancies: 2 Seats -- Tribal Government Representatives

Clemency Review Commission

Vacancies: 3 Seats -- Attorney General's Appointees

Vacancies: 3 Seats -- Governor's Appointees

Combative Sports Advisory Council (July 1, 2023)

Vacancies: 1 Seat -- Combative Sports

Community Solutions Advisory Council (July 1, 2023)

Vacancies: 3 Seats -- Asian-Pacific Minnesotans with Asian-Pacific heritage Members

Vacancies: 3 Seats -- Black Minnesotans of African heritage Members

Vacancies: 3 Seats -- Latino and Latina Minnesotans with an ethnic heritage from Mexico, a country in Central or South America, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, or Puerto Rico Members

Vacancies: 1 Seat -- Member with Research or Academic Expertise in Racial Equity and Healthy Child Development

Vacancies: 3 Seats -- Members representing the American Indian community

Council For Minnesotans Of African Heritage

Vacancies: 1 Seat -- Member

Council on LGBTQIA2S+ Minnesotans

Vacancies: 12 Seats -- Public Members

Crime Victims Reparations Board

Vacancies: 1 Seat -- Board Member

Cultural And Ethnic Communities Leadership Council

Vacancies: 2 Seats -- Advocacy Group Representative

Vacancies: 1 Seat -- American Indian Community Rep

Vacancies: 4 Seats -- Community Member Representing Diverse Cultural and Ethnic Community

Vacancies: 2 Seats -- County Provider serving large cultural and ethnic communities

Vacancies: 2 Seats -- Culturally Specific Human Services Providers

Vacancies: 2 Seats -- Department of Human Services Employees

Vacancies: 2 Seats -- Faith-based/Spiritual Organization Rep

Vacancies: 1 Seat -- Human Services Program Participant representing communities of color

Vacancies: 1 Seat -- Parent Of Child/Adolescent Program Participant

Vacancies: 1 Seat -- Private Industry Rep

Vacancies: 1 Seat -- U Of M Health Equity Research

Energy Transition Advisory Committee

Vacancies: 1 Seat -- Coalition of Utility Cities Representative

Vacancies: 4 Seats -- Impacted Communities Representatives

Vacancies: 1 Seat -- Impacted Worker Employed by Company under Contract

Vacancies: 3 Seats -- Impacted Workers at Impacted Facilities

Vacancies: 1 Seat -- Nonprofit Organization with expertise and experience delivering energy efficiency and conservation programs

Vacancies: 1 Seat -- Prairie Island Indian Community Representative

Vacancies: 1 Seat -- Professional Economic Development or Workforce Retraining Experience Representative

Vacancies: 2 Seats -- Utilities that Operate an Impacted Facility

Gaagige-Mikwendaagoziwag Reward Account for Information on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives Advisory Group

Vacancies: 1 Seat -- Representative from a Tribal, statewide, or local organization that provides advocacy or counseling for Indigenous women and girls who have been victims of violence

Vacancies: 1 Seat -- Representative from a Tribal, statewide, or local organization that provides legal services to Indigenous women and girls

Vacancies: 1 Seat -- Representative from a Tribal, statewide, or local organization that provides services to Indigenous women and girls

Vacancies: 1 Seat -- Survivor or family member of a missing and murdered Indigenous woman, child, or Two-Spirit relative

Vacancies: 1 Seat -- Tribal peace officer who works for or resides on a federally recognized American Indian reservation in Minnesota

Governor's Children's Cabinet Advisory Council

Vacancies: 1 Seat -- Members

Home Care and Assisted Living Program Advisory Council

Vacancies: 1 Seat -- Member of a County Health and Human Services or County Adult Protection Office

Vacancies: 2 Seats -- Minnesota Assisted Living Facility Licensees Representing Assisted Living Facilities and Assisted Living Facilities with Dementia Care Levels (Facility Assisted Living Directors, Managerial Officials, or Clinical Nurse Supervisors)

Vacancies: 1 Seat -- Organization Representing Long-Term Care Providers, Home Care Providers, and Assisted Living Providers in Minnesota

Vacancies: 1 Seat -- Past or Current Resident of an Assisted Living Facility

Vacancies: 1 Seat -- Person who Has or Had a Family Member Living in an Assisted Living Facility Setting

Infrastructure Resilience Advisory Task Force

Vacancies: 2 Seats -- General Members

Vacancies: 1 Seat -- Representative from a Federally Recognized Tribal government

Local Taxes Advisory Task Force

Vacancies: 4 Seats -- Public Member

Medicaid Services Advisory Committee

Vacancies: 2 Seats -- Consumer or Non-Profit or Human Services Organizations (familiar with health care needs of Medicaid population)

Vacancies: 4 Seats -- Medicaid Beneficiaries (or caregivers of beneficiaries)

Vacancies: 3 Seats -- Physicians or Providers (familiar with health care needs of Medicaid population)

Medical Services Review Board

Vacancies: 1 Seat -- Chiropractor Member

Metropolitan Governance Task Force

Vacancies: 2 Seats -- General Member - LCC

Minnesota Attorney General's Advisory Task Force on Worker Misclassification

Vacancies: 5 Seats -- Advocates for Workers

Vacancies: 3 Seats -- Minnesotans of any Background with an Interest in the Topic

Vacancies: 2 Seats -- Researchers or Academics (specializing in employment, labor, and/or economic justice)

Minnesota Climate Innovation Finance Authority

Vacancies: 1 Seat -- Member representing either a municipal electric utility or a cooperative electric association

Vacancies: 1 Seat -- Member with expertise in environmental justice

Vacancies: 1 Seat -- Member with expertise in financing projects at a community bank, credit union, community development institution, or local government

Vacancies: 1 Seat -- Member with expertise in investment fund management or financing and deploying clean energy technologies

Vacancies: 1 Seat -- Member with expertise in sustainable development and energy conservation

Vacancies: 1 Seat -- Member with expertise in the impact of climate change on Minnesota communities, particularly low-income communities

Vacancies: 1 Seat -- Representative of a labor union with experience working on clean energy projects

Minnesota Commission of the Deaf, Deafblind & Hard of Hearing

Vacancies: 1 Seat -- Metro Advisory Council

Minnesota Cybersecurity Task Force

Vacancies: 1 Seat -- County, City, Town, or Tribal Government Member

Minnesota Nursing Home Workforce Standards Board

Vacancies: 3 Seats -- Members who Represent Nursing Home Employers or Employer Organizations

Vacancies: 3 Seats -- Members who Represent Nursing Home Workers or Worker Organizations

Minnesota Organic Advisory Task Force

Vacancies: 1 Seat -- Organic Certification Agency Representative

Vacancies: 2 Seats -- Organic Processor

Vacancies: 1 Seat -- Public Member

Vacancies: 1 Seat -- Retailer Of Organic Products

Vacancies: 1 Seat -- U Of M Extension Rep

Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission

Vacancies: 1 Seat -- Academic with Background in Criminal Justice or Corrections

Vacancies: 1 Seat -- Treatment or Rehabilitative Service Provider for Individuals Convicted of Felony Offenses

MN Drug Formulary Committee

Vacancies: 2 Seats -- Consumer Representatives

Vacancies: 4 Seats -- Licensed Healthcare Professionals

Vacancies: 3 Seats -- Licensed Pharmacists

Vacancies: 5 Seats -- Licensed Physicians

MN Fair Plan

Vacancies: 3 Seats -- Public Member

Newborn Hearing Screening Advisory Committee

Vacancies: 1 Seat -- Primary Care Provider

Ombudsperson Board For Asian-pacific Families

Vacancies: 3 Seats -- Member

Opioid Epidemic Response Advisory Council

Vacancies: 1 Seat -- Local Department of Health Representative

Vacancies: 1 Seat -- Mental Health Advocate Representative

Vacancies: 1 Seat -- Minnesota Courts Representative ( judge or law enforcement officer)

Vacancies: 3 Seats -- Minnesota Indian Tribes Representatives (Dakota & Ojibwe, and Urban)

Vacancies: 1 Seat -- Nonprofit Organization (conducting initiatives to address opioid epidemic) * Note the initial appointment is for a member representing the Steve Rummler Hope Network

Psychedelic Medicine Task Force

Vacancies: 2 Seats -- Indian Tribal Member Representatives

Registered Naturopathic Doctor Advisory Council

Vacancies: 1 Seat -- Lic. Physician Or Osteopath

Vacancies: 2 Seats -- Registered Naturopathic Doctor

State Advisory Council on Early Childhood Education and Care

Vacancies: 2 Seats -- Members

State Emblems Redesign Commission

Vacancies: 3 Seats -- General Members of the Public

Vacancies: 1 Seat -- Member Appointed by the Council for Minnesotans of African Heritage

Vacancies: 1 Seat -- Member Appointed by the Council on Asian-Pacific Minnesotans

Vacancies: 1 Seat -- Member Appointed by the Minnesota Council on Latino Affairs

Vacancies: 1 Seat -- Member representing the Dakota community

Vacancies: 1 Seat -- Member representing the Ojibwe community

State of Minnesota Board of Public Defense

Vacancies: 1 Seat -- Public Member

State Rehabilitation Council - General

Vacancies: 1 Seat -- Mn Dept Of Education Rep

Subcommittee On Children's Mental Health

Vacancies: 1 Seat -- Parent Of A Child W/E.D.

Supervised Release Board

Vacancies: 2 Seats -- Individuals with an Academic Degree in Neurology, Psychology, or a Comparable Field and who Have Expertise in the Neurological Development of Juveniles

Vacancies: 4 Seats -- Members of Various Backgrounds

Task Force on Pregnancy Health and Substance Use Disorders

Vacancies: 2 Seats -- Members who identify as Black or African American and who have lived experience with the child welfare system and substance use disorders

Vacancies: 2 Seats -- Members who identify as Native American or American Indian and who have lived experience with the child welfare system and substance use disorders

Vacancies: 2 Seats -- Tribal Representatives

Task Force on Priority Admissions to State-Operated Treatment Programs

Vacancies: 2 Seats -- Organizations Representing Racial and Ethnic Groups that are Overrepresented in the Criminal Justice System

Veteran Domiciliary Resident Quality of Care Working Group

Vacancies: 5 Seats -- Medical Professionals

Vacancies: 3 Seats -- Past or Current Domiciliary Staff with Experience Caring for Residents

Vacancies: 2 Seats -- Public Members who have an Interest in Veterans Affairs - Senate Majority Leader Appointments

Vacancies: 2 Seats -- Public Members who have an Interest in Veterans Affairs - Speaker of the House Appointments

Visit the Open Positions page.
Scroll down to find the correct Agency/Board/Council.
Choose the correct seat type, and click button that says APPLY
The system will walk you through creating an application profile.

Page 2 of the application will now allow you to attach the following documents:
? Letter of Interest
? Resume or Biography

Applicants are encouraged to use the online application as the Appointing Authority will have access to your information as soon as it is submitted.

Applications submitted via downloadable application?may experience some delay in reaching the Appointing Authority.
Paper applications may be submitted by email to:?[email protected]

Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State
180 State Office Building
100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.
St Paul, MN 55155-1299

In accordance with the Minnesota Open Appointments Law, the Secretary of State acts as an administrator in publishing vacancies, receiving applications and recording appointments. Applications will be reviewed and appointments made by the appointing authorities; questions about specific vacancies and appointments should be directed to the appointing authority. Applications are kept on file for a one-year period.