Minnesota DHS Commissioner Jodi Harpstead steps down; Governor Walz praises her work, including contributing to the DHS split ...

Gandhi first started working for DHS in 2017. She was appointed in 2022 as DHS Deputy Commissioner for Agency Effectiveness.

Governor Tim Walz and Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan appointed Shireen Gandhi as temporary commissioner of the Minnesota ...

Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) Commissioner Jodi Harpstead will step down from her role Feb. 3, Gov. Tim Walz announced Monday. Harpstead has lead the agency since her appointment in ...

Minnesota Department of Human Services Commissioner Jodi Harpstead will step down next month, Gov. Tim Walz announced on Monday. Harpstead, who was appointed in August 2019, will vacate her post ...

Minnesota Department of Human Services Commisioner Jodi Harpstead speaks to a legislative task force in 2023 at the Minnesota Senate Building in St. Paul. (Aaron Lavinsky/The Minnesota Star Tribune) ...

Jodi Harpstead speaks during the Circle of Excellence Award ceremony on Nov. 12, 2024. She will leave her role of Department of Human Services commissioner on Feb. 3. The head of Minnesota’s ...

The head of Minnesota’s largest state agency is stepping down. Department of Human Services Commissioner Jodi Harpstead announced Monday that she’s leaving her role on Feb. 3. Harpstead was ...

Jodi Harpstead, commissioner of the Department of Human Services, will resign her post effective Feb. 3, according to the governor’s office. Gov Tim Walz thanked Harpstead for her time serving ...

Jodi Harpstead at the time of her appointment: Why would anyone want a job with so much responsibility and so little compensation? Unless feeling called to public service had something to do with it.

Human Services Commissioner Jodi Harpstead addresses the House Health and Human Services Finance Division on Dec. 2, 2019. Photo by Andrew VonBank/House Information Services. Jodi Harpstead, ...

Human Services Commissioner Jodi Harpstead addresses the House Health and Human Services Finance Division on Dec. 2, 2019. Photo by Andrew VonBank/House Information Services. Jodi Harpstead ...