Minnesota Governor-Elect Mark Dayton has appointed Ken Peterson to head the Department of Labor and Industry.
Peterson brings public service experience to the position, including serving the last DFL Governor, Rudy Perpich, in the same position. Peterson was the executive director of the Minnesota Public Interest Research Group (MPIRG), deputy commissioner of the Minnesota Public Service Department and Department of Labor and Industry, commissioner of the Department Labor and Industry, deputy mayor and mayor’s chief of staff of the city of Saint Paul, and director of the St. Paul Department of Planning and Economic Development.
His most recent public service was in the Minnesota Attorney General’s office, where he was deputy attorney general for government operations.
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