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Ten members of the Policy Advisory Council

Advises the Minnesota Office of Higher Education and our Director in the planning, development, and evaluation of Minitex programs and services.

Members

Twin Cities & Southern State Colleges

Deanna Munson (2025)
Anoka Technical College

University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Campus

Lisa German
University of Minnesota Libraries

State Universities

Beth Clausen (2025)
Metro State University

Multicounty Multitype Library Systems

Ashley Dress (2026)
Southeast Library System (SELS)

K-12 Schools

Allison Hackenmiller (2027)
Champlin Park High School

Greater Minnesota Public Libraries

Will Richter (2026)
Grand Rapids Area Library

Private Academic Libraries

Emily Waitz (2026)
Northwestern Health Sciences University

State Government Libraries

Chris Anning (2027)
Department of Revenue Library

Central & Northern State Colleges

Rachel Milani (2026)
Minnesota North College, Hibbing Campus

University of Minnesota System Campuses

Keri Youngstrand (2027)
University of Minnesota, Crookston

Metro-Area Public Libraries 

Scott Duimstra (2027)
Hennepin County Library

Regional System Libraries

Stacey Lunsford (2027)
Traverse des Sioux Library System

Tribal College Libraries

Kim Dickson (2027)
Leech Lake Tribal College

Ex Officio Members

Minnesota State Colleges & Universities

Johnna Horton
PALS

State of Minnesota

Tami Lee
State Library Services

State of North Dakota

Mary Soucie
North Dakota State Library

State of South Dakota

Dan Daily
University of South Dakota

George Seamon
South Dakota State Library

Staff

Maggie Snow
Minitex
612-624-4362
msnow@umn.edu

Laura Benson 
Minnesota Office of Higher Education
651-259-3906
laura.benson@state.mn.us

Staff contact
Zach Miller

Head of Communications